If you have ever shot a high contrast scene, you know that selecting the correct exposure will not avoid blown out highlights and flat shadows. Photomatix Pro offers two ways to solve this problem:

› 32-bit Tone Mapping: Creates a High Dynamic Range Image from multiple exposures, then tones map it to compress its tonal range while preserving local contrast.

› Exposure Blending: Combines differently exposed photographs into one image with increased dynamic range.

The benefits of using Photomatix Pro include:

› 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 process the shots 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 softwares.

› 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 images 2 and 5 of our sample page for examples.

› Noise reduction

The Exposure Blending functions of Photomatix Pro combine together 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.

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Photomatix Pro 2.4

Download: Photomatix Pro 2.4 (3.4 MB)

Photomatix Pro 2.5.4

Changes:

Added support for Raw files of new camera models, such as the Nikon D300 and Sony A-700, for instance.

http://www.hdrsoft.com/download/win.html

Download:

http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/184124-...matixPro254.exe