HDR Software Features List


The HDR Software features list includes:
 
High Dynamic Range Imaging

 

  • Generation of a High Dynamic Range image from differently exposed images › Pixel depth of input images can be either 24-bit or 48-bit with an option for automatic image alignment
  • Read and Write support for Radiance RGBE (.hdr), OpenEXR (.exr) and Floating Point TIFF
  • HDR Viewer that shows local High Dynamic Range Image data at the appropriate exposure
  • Display of Dynamic Range information and HDR Histogram
  • Tone Mapping tool for compressing the dynamic range while preserving local contrast › Input can be either an HDR image generated in Photomatix, an HDR image file in the Radiance RGBE format or a 48-bit TIFF file. › Adjustment of the following settings: Dynamic Range Increase, Strength, Color Saturation, Smoothing, Microcontrast and Black and White Points › Pixel depth of output image can be either a 24-bit or 48-bit › Option for output as equirectangular image set to be viewed in a 360 degree panorama viewer
  • 48-bit compression tool for retrieving shadow details from a 48-bit TIFF image file Ability to batch convert a single RAW file (Canon, Nikon and Fuji RAWs are supported) into a High Dynamic Range image
 
Exposure Blending - Merging differently exposed images
 
  • Five algorithms for Exposure Blending: H&S Details - 2 images, H&S Details - Auto, H&S Details - Adjust, H&S Details - Light and H&S Details - Enhanced
  • Averaging (also known as Image Stacking)
  • Adjustment of radius and blending point settings (method H&S Details - Adjust)
  • Merges any number of differently exposed images (except method H&S Details - 2 images)
  • Automatic alignment tool for out-of-register images
  • Semi-manual alignment tool for difficult cases
  • 16-bit support (except methods H&S Details - Light and H&S Details - Enhanced )
 
Automatic Batch Processing
 
  • Automatically loads and processes images of the specified input location, and saves resulting images to the specified output location
  • Option for automatic image alignement.
  • Works for HDRI generation, Tone Mapping and all combination modes
  • Access to all the Tone Mapping settings
  • Ability to set the Exposure Value spacing for HDR Image generation
  • Processes all sets of bracketed images stored under a given folder (number of bracketed images in each set specified by user before running the batch)
  • Ability to select only specific files for processing
  • Ability to process all sub-folders of a given folder, combining all image files stored under each sub-folder
  • Batch can be stopped at user request (once the current process has completed)
  • Report lists the actions performed as they are processed and the error status
 
General
 
  • Support of the following image file formats: JPEG (read & write), TIFF 24-bit, 48-bit and Floating Point (read & write), Radiance RGBE (read & write), OpenEXR (read & write), BMP (Mac version: read only, Windows version: read & write), PNG (Mac version: read & write), PSD (read only)
  • Basic image operation tools › Cropping (also works with HDR images) › Resizing › Rotating (also works with HDR images) › Sharpening › Brightness & Contrast › Remapping of mirror ball (also works with HDR images)