pjglad Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 So I know what clipped highlights and shadows are, but what are clipped tones and how do I remedy? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted January 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hi pjglad, Show Clipped tones when enabled will show all the clipped midtones areas with a bright yellow colour. This then allows you to use the tools such as Exposure to adjust your image. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjglad Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjglad Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Hi pjglad, Show Clipped tones when enabled will show all the clipped midtones areas with a bright yellow colour. This then allows you to use the tools such as Exposure to adjust your image. L Actually, I'm confused. What are clipped midtones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wumpus Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Show Clipped Tones Would love to understand too. Also checked other forums, including the Workbook, and Betas, but while it's often mentioned, it's never defined in a clear way. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Easiest way I can think of to explain this is (referring to the Histogram), From Left to Right, Black Tones, Shadow tones, Mid Tones Highlights, Whites. So if you clip any tones, they're too bright or too dark. Here's a good article explaining Camera Tones, Histograms, ect. https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/histograms1.htm Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Mid tone in this context does not make much sense. Yes, colour can be a mid tone and still have one colour component clipped or missing. Like 100, 100, 255. Point is that if one colour component is clipped or too low, you can correct. Ron P. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Seems to me that the Clipped Tones warning in the Develop Persona responds to Contrast adjustments. It drives me bananas trying to adjust for it, so I don't use it. Way too sensitive. In developing my RAW images, I don't mess with contrast adjustment in the Develop persona, since I'll be dealing with adjustments that affect the contrast in the Photo Persona. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumpus Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Thanks very much. I do so love the articles in Cambridge in Colour too. I am pretty comfortable working with histograms, and am quite clear on lost shadow detail and clipped highlights, ETRR and blown channels and such, but "clipped tones" seems to be an Affinity-specific warning. It has never been explained by Affinity, aside from the several very generous and considerate musings and conjecture contributed by users here on these forums, but has yet to be confirmed by Affinity, so I was hopeful that someone authoritative might write a sentence about it for the user community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumpus Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I am investigating every possible slider for any explanatory effects or explanations. Develop Personas, under Tones, Split Toning, changing Shadow Saturation percent affects the yellow warning in a big way. Detail refinement (under Detail) for larger radii when coupled with larger sharpening amounts also seems to have an impact. Raising (darkening) Blackpoint levels (under Basic) impacts it, whereas lowering it (brightening) makes it go away at slight increases. Therefore, in the spirit of true Wiki-based support, I surmise that it's presence can only be symptomatic of severe transmogrification manifestation levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumpus Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 In addition to manifestations of severe transmogrification levels, it appears that photos of transparent faeries riding on blue unicorns in close proximity to the camera may also create images that trip the yellow "Clipped Tones" warning. Also, when there are so many mid-tones that they even spill out the top of the histogram, that's "Clipped Tones" too. If anyone knows of any additional purpose of this switch, and how to correct for this warning, that would *really* be much appreciated. I already have loads of speculation across the fora for the last half year: I had been hoping to find an authoritative alternative. Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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