| Photomatix Pro |  | From: HDRsoft
Category: Software
Buy New: $99.00
as of 9/8/2010 19:47 CDT details
New (2) Used (1) from $70.00
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 389
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Mac, Windows
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: mac_os_x
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6.1 x 1.2
EAN: 3760181230005
ASIN: B002CIP12U
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Creation HDR images | | • | Tone Mapping | | • | Exposure Fusion | | • | Automatic alignment hand-held photos | | • | Reduction of noise and chromatic aberrations in HDR images |
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Product Description
Standalone application for HDR tone mapping and exposure fusion. Includes advanced tone mapping settings, automatic image alignment, reduction of ghosting, noise and chromatic aberrations, and powerful batch processing. Also includes Lightroom plugin.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 22
 Zone System for the Digital Age... July 19, 2010
Paul Mark Provencher (Morgantown, WV USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Digital Sensors have a range of tones they'll record. When an exposure is calculated by the camera, something can be "lost". Either the shadow detail is going to be too dark to record, or the highlights are going to "go white" and lack any detail.
Photomatix provides a way to expand the range of tones that may be recovered from an image, and offers a number of other features (noise reduction, saturation adjustments, detail enhancement, alignment of multiple images, batch processing) to aid in getting the most out of a digital image.
This may be used to great effect to achieve natural looking images indoors without flash, preserving both shadow and highlights, and rendering the scene naturally. It may also be used to exaggerate certain aspects of an image to create surreal or hand-drawn effects.
As familiarity with the tool increases and the effects understood, some incredible results can be produced that defy belief - "How did you get that image with the shadows having such rich detail and yet still have detail in the highlights?". The learning curve is short and there are plenty of tutorials available with the product and on the internet.
Where once a photographer shot the location with a hand-held meter, setting the exposure to favor the conditions, then later in the dark room developing the film to complete the process and apply the corresponding effect there, we now can sit at a computer keyboard and with several bracketed exposures (or using one image that has been used to generate dark/regular/light versions) produce a high definition image that extends the already rich tool set for digital photographers.
Try it you'll like it!
For any serious photo imager June 21, 2010
Robert Cohen (Tri-Cities, TN)
If you're serious about photographic imaging, then you owe yourself the pleasure of at least running the trial of this software. While there are other choices, including Photoshop itself, nothing beats the ease of use and quality of output offered by PhotoMatix. If you make a living with a camera and are capable of bracketed raw frames, you have absolutely nothing to think about. Adding HDR Imaging to your menu of services (great for natural light, flashless indoor shoots) will no doubt add to your income ability.
A great product for beginners and veterans alike!
The best HDR processing tool around June 17, 2010
Michael McKee (Port Townsend, WA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been shooting high dynamic range (HDR) photos for about three years now. I've tried all the different programs for processing my images. I find that Photomatix gives me the most control.
The program is deceptively simple. I do mean deceptive. Photomatix lets you convert multiple images into an HDR photo with a couple of clicks. That is if you like the default settings. I don't. It's taken me a lot of effort to learn how to process HDR images that don't have that typical glowing edges HDR look. I understand that people like the 'HDR look.' Fine. I want my photos to most accurately portray the scene the way I saw it. Photomatix lets me do that better than the other tools. If you have Photoshop CS5, give that a go first and see if you like it. Try all the dedicated HDR applications. They have free trials. When you're done, chances are that you'll chose the most popular HDR software out there, Photomatix.
 My experience with Photomatix Pro June 11, 2010
David Scott (Albany, Oregon USA)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have been experimenting with HDR photography using Photoshop Elements 8 for a while now and have had very good results. Although I have to pin-register the images and blend them by hand, which is time consuming, overall the results are consistently well worth it. When I researched Photomatix Pro, I thought that the tone mapping feature would reduce my editing time and give me more uniform results. However, I ended up returning it to Amazon. I noticed that when I merged multiple exposures using Photomatix, it had a tendency to produce some very odd artifacts in the final image. I did not notice this problem until I zoomed in to see how it handled ghosting and image alignment. I discovered areas where there were patches of odd colored, usually dark or black colored pixels, that were completely unlike anything in that part of the image. In some instances, this was even more apparent in areas of lower and higher contrast. In one image, I noticed a rock in the foreground in which the lower portion was literally "missing" about half of its pixels. Photomatix had inserted these dark colored pixels in and around the area on the rock where the image data was simply gone. I think that if you use Photomatix to create HDR images for the Internet or for small prints, it's usable I suppose, but if you like to print 8x12 or larger sized images, be advised that this product creates enough artifacts in the final composite image that I cannot recommend it.
Poor packaging- does not deserve a star May 18, 2010
Marilyn Beasley
4 out of 30 found this review helpful
Do not buy this software from Amazon. The CD was loose in the box and came scratched. Amazon seems to be going down hill.
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