


The Contrast Optimizer highlights a simple Module with controls for Lighting Effect, White and Black Clips, Color Saturation, Strength, and others. The Detail Enhancer: A favorite for several users, Detail Enhancer can be used to create stunning tone-mapping effects in quick record times.Ĭontrast Optimizer: It amazingly produces realistic HDR images –quick and easy.

The four different tone mappings include:
#PHOTOMATRIX VS EASYHDR PRO#
Supporting four different tone-mapping methods, Photomatix Pro can be used to produce a number of distinct looks of the same image.

Over the years, responses from users, of different skill levels, strongly suggest that the HDR-image app efficiently handles photos of a wide range of exposure values provided the user is working with the right settings. On Photomatix Pro, the choice is always yours to decide on how you’d rather proceed –the flexibility is quite obvious! The app gives you the option to either do it yourself or make use of any its default presets.īesides helping with the production of a quality HDR image effect, the app includes functions like the sharpness and contrast tools and several others that help give your photos the superb finishing touches they deserve.Īlthough its older iterations had issues with the fake-HDR image-effects they produced which were grossly lacking, the updated versions with new algorithms now produce more realistic images, assuming user knows what real HDR photography is. I just have to call before the renewal every year.In its fifth iteration, the app can be described as a collection of several distinct tone-mapping algorithms, each equipped with unique settings that offer different types of results. I get the entire CC for a significant discount, and have for 4 years now. Regardless, I've found that if you call them, they will give you a better deal, sometimes as much as half the price on their web site. When I pulled up that page, the photography package is $9.99/m. Depending on where you are, you may get a different price (this has been confirmed with the photography package, where some users are shown $19.99 and some $9.99 rumor has been that they're considering raising it to $19.99 for all and they're doing market testing). I used Photomatix years ago and it was good too.Īdobe has some somewhat sketchy business practices. So I use it to merge the images and then do further editing in Lightroom (and occasionally Photoshop). I've found Aurora HDR, for example, gives me much more nuanced control over settings than Lightroom when it comes to HDR images. That said, I much prefer a stand-alone HDR program. I do agree Ps/LR are worth it (as are some of the other apps, like Premiere Pro, though I've transitioned to Davinci Resolve despite paying for Premiere). I just have to call before the renewal every year. Click to expand.Adobe has some somewhat sketchy business practices.
