SoftwareTips: Tonality - Macphun's software targeting creators for black and white images

Macphun Software

It's a software-based company that develops iOS-apps. Macphhun company, grounded 2008, has over 22 million customers and has a wide rang of products to meet most needs.

Tonality

Being developed for amateurs/hobbyists as well as professional users Tonality is - according to the developers, suited for Portrait, Nature Macro, Action and fine art.

This standalone app is intended to create monochrome photos in order to give the highest quality to black and white photos, by enabling maximum creativity with minimal effort, through a 16 bit processing engine along with advanced imaging algorithms and unique digital darkroom features.

Some of it's key features are:

16-bit RAW processing engine
One-click image styles
Various textures - for instance organic-style overlay and plus user-loaded
Multiple effect layers
Unique stylistic expressions - using color channel sliders

If the standard version does not meet the needed requirements, then the upgraded professional version will provide the additional tools.

Additional features:

Works as plug-in

Adobe: Photoshop, Lightroom & Elements
Apple Aperture

Advanced Layers

Blend Modes
Use source color from original image
Increased layers - 8 compared to 5

Colour Temperature tool
Histogram improvements

Show histogram clippings
Zone System

The price for the standard version starts at 26.99 €, however Macphun introduces the new product at a promotion-price for 16.99 € which will last one week after launch. The professional version has a retail price at 54,99 €. Those who wish to upgrade to the professional versionen will need pay additionally 28,99 €.