HDR photography software & plugin for Lightroom, Aperture & Photoshop - Tone Mapping, Exposure Fusion & High Dynamic Range Imaging for photography

HDR image (created from the 3 left photos) + Tone Mapping

HDR Photography

Have you ever photographed a high contrast scene? If so, you know that even the best exposure gives you blown out highlights, or 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
Adjust the settings to get the look you want: from natural-looking with Exposure Fusion to painterly or surreal with Tone Mapping

See HDR Photos Gallery Video Tutorials Try HDR with Photomatix

Photomatix

Photomatix Pro and Photomatix Essentials are stand-alone programs running on Windows and Mac OS X.

One license for Photomatix Essentials is US$39.
One license for Photomatix Pro is US$99.

Photomatix Essentials focuses on simplicity and ease of use. Photomatix Pro offers more options and includes advanced features such as batch processing and selective deghosting.

Some of the features of Photomatix are also available as an Edit Plug-in for Aperture. A free Lightroom Plug-in makes it possible to access Photomatix Pro directly from Lightroom, if desired.

News

9-Mar-13: Lightroom plugin Merge to 32-bit HDR updated to v1.1

1-July-12: Photomatix HDR plugin for Aperture updated to v2.1

30-Apr-2012: Photomatix Pro 4.2 is released. Updates include preset thumbnails display options, improved preview size controls, and Finishing Touch adjustments for contrast and sharpening.

22-Aug-11: Photomatix Light updated to version 3 and renamed Photomatix Essentials: an easy-to-use HDR photography software intended for photographers who are new to HDR.

Quotes from magazine reviews:

"Photomatix has all the features you need for producing HDR images, whether you are looking for a very natural look or the more extreme styles. The workflow is logical and easy to follow especially using the Lightroom integration."

Andrew Williams, Advanced Photographer, Feb 2011

"HDRsoft's Photomatix is currently the most sophisticated and robust, yet easy-to-use solution."

John Paul Caponigro, Digital Photo Pro, Jan/Feb 2009

"Photomatix Pro is an excellent tool for creating high dynamic range photographs."

Stuart Gripman, Mac Life, issue #17, 2008

"The Photomatix details enhancer does a better job of rendering shadow detail than the comparable local adaptation algorithm in Photoshop, and produces images with a distinctive ethereal appearance. Photomatix is polished software, backed by a helpful technical support team, and is highly recommended."

Guy J Brown, Royal Photographic Society Journal, November 2006