# Historgram features

**URL:** <https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090>\
**Category:** Product Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 28, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090 "2017-09-28T15:18:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ScottO](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@ScottO](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/ScottO)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090/1 "2017-09-28T15:18:19Z")

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Hello,

A few VERY useful aspects of the histogram in LightRoom are:

- The little triangles that indicate highlight and shadow clipping.  
 ![](https://discourseupload.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/d/dbcb5e8bddcc7c9626ef5bb221337af8d7cab967.JPG)
- The related clipping colors directly on the image.  
 ![](https://discourseupload.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/c/c27d8f8aa07313b38b996c9ab3815f08879269e4.JPG)
- The primary area of the histogram affected by a given slider is highlighted when using or hovering over that slider.  
For example:

Exposure mostly affects the middle  
 ![](https://discourseupload.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/8/824e39ae2c473c4532d4335370ade76699d74e24.jpg)  
Highlights mostly affects the portion between exposure and whites.  
 ![](https://discourseupload.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/7/73782e52eb0440b3db07125ef175be7d37e5d5e3.jpg)

- You can also click and drag directly on the histogram to adjust any of the 5 zones - blacks, shadows, exposure, highlights, whites.
- The colors are also a bit toned down which makes the histogram a bit easier on the eyes

It would be great if any or all of these features could be integrated into Topaz Studio and plug-ins that have histograms.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![cre8art](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/cre8art/32/153_2.png) [@cre8art](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/cre8art)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090/2 "2017-09-28T22:24:22Z")

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> [@ScottO](#):
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> It would be great if any or all of these features could be integrated into Topaz Studio and plug-ins that have histograms.

I agree, the more functionality in Studio… the better for our one stop workflow edits.

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**Author:** ![Bart\_van\_der\_Wolf](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bart\_van\_der\_Wolf](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Bart_van_der_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090/3 "2017-09-30T16:45:06Z")

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I agree that clipping indicators are currently very much missed.

As a minimum addition, it would be appreciated as a feature enhancement.

Cheers,  
Bart

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**Author:** ![ScottO](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@ScottO](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/ScottO)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090/4 "2017-09-30T17:06:25Z")

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> [@Bart\_van\_der\_Wolf](#):
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> I agree that clipping indicators are currently very much missed.

I sometimes return to LR and discover my Topaz processing has introduced a bit of clipping that I couldn’t detect while in Topaz and can’t fix once back in LR.

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**Author:** ![jgr00ms2](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/jgr00ms2/32/21660_2.png) [@jgr00ms2](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/jgr00ms2)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090/5 "2017-11-24T18:09:31Z")

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ACDSee also has this functionality. It would be great if it could be added to Studio.

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**Author:** ![pellissier](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/pellissier/32/29161_2.png) [@pellissier](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/pellissier)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090/6 "2017-12-31T07:06:36Z")

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+1 Much needed 🙂

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**Author:** ![jgr00ms2](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/jgr00ms2/32/21660_2.png) [@jgr00ms2](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/jgr00ms2)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/historgram-features/2090/7 "2018-01-01T21:30:10Z")

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PT Photo Editor also has on-image under/over clipping. ![](https://discourseupload.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/7/73e87af93ccdbf21c36babbb535ad7d041669bd1.JPG)