You can see the algorythm applied moving the mouse inside and outside the image
ALCE with radius 200 at 80% and lighten layer blending mode - Res. 4674 by 2843 pix - Masking layer
A shot that's in the same time relaxing and dramatic. The file seen at actual pixels was very pleasant but print results was not so good. The application of ALCE delivered a more dramatic impact to the image and a print result by far better than original.
Camera: Hasselblad H1 with 384 digital back, Lens: Zoom HC 80, Exp.1/250 sec.f/5.6, ISO 50.
© Roberto Bigano 2005
A simple yet powerful Photoshop tool to effectively boost the local contrast of an image, by means of a smart algorithm which avoids the clipping issues typical of methods like shadows/highlights. The user interface is simple and clean, with just one slider, allowing the user to customize the effect in a straightforward way.
In 2000 Imacon, now Hasselblad, created a new proprietary format for the Imacon scanners, the Flexible File Format or fff. 3F has determined the biggest revolution in the field of original analog scanning since the introduction of the drum scanner.
First of all forgive us the word play, which might come off as presumptuous. However, we felt like we came up with something that perfectly summarizes our philosophy in this arena by uniting the concepts of high resolution and quality reproduction.