<s>
LightZone	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
digital	O
photo	B-Application
editor	I-Application
software	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
purpose	O
is	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
workflow	O
,	O
including	O
non-destructive	O
editing	O
when	O
handling	O
images	O
in	O
various	O
RAW	B-Application
formats	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
comparable	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Lightroom	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
were	O
available	O
commercially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
free	B-Application
of	O
charge	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
its	O
price	O
was	O
adapted	O
with	O
the	O
3.5	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Fabio	O
Riccardi	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Light	O
Crafts	O
and	O
the	O
primary	O
developer	O
of	O
LightZone	B-Language
,	O
was	O
now	O
working	O
as	O
an	O
Apple	O
employee	O
,	O
as	O
evidenced	O
by	O
his	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
version	O
from	O
Light	O
Crafts	O
was	O
version	O
3.9	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
which	O
had	O
a	O
bug-fix	O
version	O
3.9.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ongoing	O
LightZone	B-Language
support	O
,	O
including	O
updates	O
to	O
let	O
LightZone	B-Language
process	O
Raw	B-Application
files	I-Application
from	O
new	O
camera	O
models	O
,	O
was	O
being	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
volunteer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
LightZombie	O
domain	O
was	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
LightZoneProject.org	O
site	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
announcement	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
Anton	O
Kast	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
authors	O
of	O
LightZone	B-Language
)	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
negotiated	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
original	O
LightZone	B-Language
source	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
new	O
packages	O
of	O
LightZone	B-Language
were	O
released	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OSX	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
effectively	O
identical	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
proprietary	B-Application
version	O
(	O
v3.9.x	O
)	O
this	O
release	O
was	O
cast	O
as	O
v4.0.0	O
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
under	O
the	O
free	O
BSD-3-Clause	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightZone	B-Language
edits	O
both	O
RAW	B-Application
and	O
JPEG	O
format	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightZone	B-Language
can	O
create	O
and	O
apply	O
pre-determined	O
image	O
transformations	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
styles	O
"	O
,	O
to	O
an	O
entire	O
batch	O
of	O
images	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
styles	O
,	O
photographers	O
make	O
and	O
save	O
their	O
own	O
preferred	O
compensations	O
for	O
each	O
RAW	B-Application
image	I-Application
based	O
upon	O
camera	O
specific	O
characteristics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightZone	B-Language
is	O
a	O
non-destructive	O
RAW	B-Application
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
treats	O
the	O
digital	O
image	O
original	O
(	O
typically	O
a	O
RAW	B-Application
file	I-Application
)	O
as	O
precious	O
and	O
non-editable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
LightZone	B-Language
edits	O
an	O
original	O
digital	O
image	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
resulting	O
post-edit	O
image	O
file	O
is	O
created	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
a	O
new	O
JPEG	O
copy	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
image	O
file	O
is	O
left	O
unaltered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
being	O
non-destructive	O
LightZone	B-Language
preserves	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
digital	O
negative	O
"	O
which	O
contains	O
the	O
maximum	O
information	O
originally	O
captured	O
by	O
the	O
camera	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
additional	O
images	O
with	O
different	O
transformations	O
to	O
be	O
produced	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightZone	B-Language
outputs	O
JPEG	O
files	O
which	O
contain	O
metadata	O
references	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
image	O
file	O
location	O
and	O
a	O
record	O
of	O
the	O
transformations	O
applied	O
during	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
JPEG	O
output	O
files	O
that	O
LightZone	B-Language
crates	O
contain	O
the	O
entire	O
transformation	O
history	O
,	O
edits	O
can	O
always	O
be	O
undone	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
edit	O
session	O
,	O
long	O
after	O
they	O
were	O
saved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
since	O
transformations	O
always	O
begin	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
RAW	B-Application
image	I-Application
rather	O
than	O
an	O
intermediate	O
JPEG	O
version	O
,	O
JPEG	O
compression	O
related	O
editing	O
artifacts	O
are	O
avoided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
LightZone	B-Language
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
MacWorld	O
's	O
23rd	O
Annual	O
Editors	O
 '	O
Choice	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
