Tone Selection Script
- Download Instructions -

File Type:  JavaScript

File Extension:  *.js
Description:  This JavaScript helps the photographer analyze and select tones in an image by creating selections for each of the % brightness ranges of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100%.  These percent brightness correspond to the Zone System's ranges of Zones 0 through Zone X.  The selections are stored as alpha channels.

 

System Requirements

To run this script, you must have Photoshop CS or highter.  Even though Photoshop 7 can run scripts using an add-on, this script was written using Photoshop CS' version of JavaScript.  Therefore, it is likely the script will not operate properly in Photoshop 7.  In Photoshop CS, you access scripts by clicking File > Scripts.  Since the script is written in JavaScript, it should run on both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

The script must be executed from within Photoshop since it is processing Photoshop objects.

The Help feature needs an Internet connection in order to connect your web browser to the Support page on www.ZuberPhotographics.com.
 

Download And Install the File

1. Right click the Right click to Save Target link.  If you are prompted to open or save the file, click Save.  If you get a web page that begins with /* TZ-Tone-Selection.js ..., then you probably left clicked the link.  To correct, use your web browser's Back button to go back to the Downloads Page and right click the link.
2. Click Save Target As...
3. Using the Save As dialog box, save the file in Photoshop's script directory.  On a Windows-based computer, this is usually in the following path c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop <version>\Presets\Scripts.
4. After downloading, if prompted to Open the file or Close the download dialog box, close the dialog box.
5. Close Photoshop and reopen it.  The script is now installed and ready to use.