Hello miksh7,

In all the time I've used PhD, I've never had the urge to try "Auto Tone". I just tried it now on some RAW photos & didn't find that the histogram was affected in the same way.

Here are before & after auto tone screenshots:



Now - I don't like what "auto tone" did to my photo at all, but I'd think of it as a starting point for editing if I intended to use it.

Could you please post one of your originals as an attachment?

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Thank PIX. Indeed, it depends on the image but in most case the the result of "auto tone" feature is useless

Here is my example. Auto tome increases exposure to 0.49 and midtone to 45

Hello again miksh7,

I'm afraid that, after a little investigating, I'd have to agree with you that using Auto Tone with NEF files from the Nikon D300 is "useless"!

After testing your attached photo (thank you), I downloaded some further samples from the D300. The results of using auto tone were all similar. Midtones were blown out to ridiculous levels.



I have not found the same flaw with other camera files I've tried.

Clearly, you've already decided that for your camera the feature is useless. I think we'd just have to admit defeat and not use it.

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That's sad... I definitely won't change my camera.

Any chance to let Cyberlynk know about that issue? I'd like have it fixed in one of the next hotfixes.

Of course you shouldn't change your camera!

You'll be pleased to hear that - without my intervention - the team at CL noticed your posted issue & it's already been forwarded to the R&D team to work on a "fix".

Service with a smile

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I know this is an old topic, but PhD 7 has the same issue.

'Auto Tone' is OK with JPEg images, but not with Canon CR2 (Eos 70d) and Fuji RAF (HS50exr) files.

The problem is always the same, midtone is set far too high and blows out most of the detail. Vic The Click, Fuji HS50exr snapper.