Photomatix is a program that will extend the dynamic range of digital photographs or scanned films.
If you have ever shot a high contrast scene, you probably know the problem blown out highlights and loss of contrast in shadows.
Photomatix offers two ways to solve this problem
? Exposure Blending Merge differently exposed photographs into one image with increased dynamic range.
? Tone Mapping Reveal highlights and shadows details in an HDR image created from multiple exposures. The tone mapped image is ready for printing while showing the complete dynamic range captured.
Here are some key features of Photomatix Pro
· Saving on lighting equipment
· Given that most digital cameras can auto-bracket at different exposures, you do not need to acquire expensive lighting equipment -and carry it- when shooting high contrast scenes. Just enable Auto Exposure Bracketing, and let Photomatix merge your photos into an image with extended dynamic range.
· Saving time in post-processing
· Photomatix Pro is designed for productivity — automatic blending, unlimited stacking, easy comparison of results and batch processing save hours of masking and layers work in image editing programs.
· Taking advantage of your 32-bit images
· Have you created a 32-bit HDR image in Photoshop CS2 and could not get a good HDR conversion The Photomatix Tone Mapping tool may help. See how it compares to Photoshop CS2 HDR conversion.
· Great pictures on cloudy days
· A shadowless hazy sunlight or an overcast sky usually result in dull-looking photographs. The tone mapping tool of Photomatix Pro can turn them into great-looking images. Check this image as example.
· Noise reduction
· The Exposure Blending functions of Photomatix Pro merges any number of bracketed photos – this process is equivalent to image stacking which tends to reduce noise in the resulting image.
· Well exposed panoramas
· A panoramic scene is almost always a high contrast scene — you can’t limit your view to only areas with the same brightness when shooting a 360 panorama. By taking views under several exposures and processing them in Photomatix Pro, your panorama will show details in both the dark and bright areas of the scene.
What’s New in This Release
· Bug fixed Loading tone mapping presets sometimes failed.
· Bug fixed Image orientation exif tag was not transferred from the source to the resulting image saved as JPEG or TIFF.
· Bug fixed 360 degree image option of Details Enhancer was not taken into account with files processed via Batch Processing.
· Bug fixed Intermittent crash with generate HDR when by matching features alignment method was selected still occurred for some users in v3.2.1.
· Made the width of the tone mapping settings palette resizable in order to make it possible for users running a Korean version of Windows to see the sliders in their totality.
· Added shortcuts for Undo and Redo buttons of Tone Mapping settings palette.
· Bug fixed Clicking on the Show Original button of the Tone Mapping Preview dialog showed a black preview for some users.
· Bug fixed tone mapping a 16-bit image file did not produced correct output (lacked contrast and was too bright, as if a wrong gamma had been applied).
