Photomatix Essentials 4 [for PC & Mac]

Have you ever photographed a high contrast scene? If so, you know that even the best exposure gives you blown out highlights, flat shadows, or both. The solution is High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing:

• Take multiple photographs at varying exposure levels (brackets)
• Merge the photos into an HDR image
• Choose a style, from natural to painterly or surreal, and adjust settings to get the look you want

Photomatix Essentials 4 Key Features:

•  Merge of upto 5 bracketed photos
• HDR Tone Mapping with Details Enhancer
• HDR Tone Mapping with Contrast Optimizer
• Exposure Fusion with Fusion/Natural
• Finishing Touch (sharpening, contrast)
• Undo Tone Mapping / Fusion
• Automatic alignment of hand-held photos
• Automatic ghost removal
• Thumbnails of built-in presets
• Saving and loading of user presets
• Automatic noise reduction

New in version 4

• New Tone Mapping method designed to give realistic looking results while preserving details in highlight and shadow. It is called Contrast Optimizer and adds the ‘Balanced’ and ‘Vibrant’ Presets.
• Finishing Touch step to add Contrast or Sharpening before saving.
• Back button to return to the Adjust & Preview step and apply other settings.
• Preview checkbox in the Adjust & Preview step to toggle between the original and the image with settings applied.
• Option in Preferences to refresh the Preview continuously as slider moves (not available in Win 32-bit version).