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

Photomatix

Create stunning photographs of high-contrast scenes

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

News

11-Aug-10: Photomatix Pro 4.0 is in beta.

30-Apr-10: Comparisons with Local Adaptation tone mapping of Photoshop CS5

12-Apr-10: Mac version of Tone Mapping Plug-In now 64-bit in Photoshop CS5.

17-Feb-10: HDR Tone Mapping plug-in for Aperture updated to add 64-bit support for Aperture 3.

15-Feb-10: Tone Mapping Plug-In for Photoshop updated to v2.0.

15-Dec-09: First version of Photomatix Light: easy-to-use software intended for photographers who are new to HDR.

13-Jul-09: Photomatix Pro version 3.2.

7-Apr-09: First version HDR Tone Mapping plug-in for Aperture.

4-Feb-09: Photomatix Pro version 3.1.3 with improved version of Lightroom Export plug-in.

1-Nov-08: Tone Mapping Plug-In now compatible with 64-bit Photoshop CS4.

24-Oct-08: Photomatix Pro version 3.1, including Lightroom Export Plugin

27-Mar-08: Photomatix Pro version 3.0.

9-Aug-07: Tone Mapping Plug-In version 1.2 compatible with Photoshop CS3.

12-Jul-07: We are looking for a PhD graduate interested in a postdoc on Removal of Ghosting Artifacts in High Dynamic Range Images.

Poster at SIGGRAPH 2005

The poster "High Dynamic Range Images From Digital Cameras Raw Data" was displayed in Hall A throughout the conference week. You can download a pdf version of the poster in A4 format and the one-page abstract.

14-July-05: HDR Imaging Library

Library of HDR Imaging functions. The SDK includes a Dynamic Link Library and related API documentation for functions such as HDR image creation and merging of differently exposed photos. Intended for developers and for internal use only.

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If you have ever photographed a high contrast scene, you know that even the best exposure will typically have blown out highlights and flat shadows. The solution is High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing:

›	Take multiple photographs at varying exposure levels
›	Merge the photos in Photomatix into an HDR image that reveals highlight and shadow details.
›	Adjust the settings to get the look you want: from natural-looking with Exposure Fusion to painterly or surreal with Tone Mapping.

View samples in the User Gallery

Get started with introduction video tutorial

Download a free trial version

Photomatix Pro and Photomatix Light are stand-alone programs that create and process HDR images, and run on Mac OS X and Windows.

A free Lightroom Plug-in makes it possible to access Photomatix Pro directly from Lightroom, if desired. Some of the features of Photomatix are also available as a Filter Plug-in of Photoshop CS2 or higher and an Edit Plug-in of Aperture 2 or higher.

One license for Photomatix Pro costs US$99 and one license for Photomatix Light US$39.

Quotes from magazines reviews:

"Photomatix Pro is an excellent tool for creating high dynamic range photographs."
Stuart Gripman, Mac Life, issue # 17, 2008

"Using a trial download of Photomatix I came almost immediately to prefer it to CS3. Simpler and faster, I also thought it did a better job with mid-tones, shadows and saturation."
Adam Woolfitt, The International Journal of Photographic Art & Practice, issue # 51, 2008

"Details Enhancer is the option that I and many others photographers use exclusively because of the many creative and interpretative controls."
Tony Sweet, Shutterbug, issue # 454, 2008

"HDRsoft's Photomatix is currently the most sophisticated and robust, yet easy-to-use solution"
John Paul Caponigro, Digital Photo Pro, Jan/Feb 2009

"Make fantastic HDR with Photomatix."
Paul Carroll, Digital Photo, issue # 102, 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

Benefits for professional photographers:

›	Saving on lighting equipment
	No need to acquire expensive lighting equipment -and carry it- when you shoot high contrast scenes. Just enable the Auto Exposure Bracketing feature of your camera, and let Photomatix merge your photos into an image with extended dynamic range.

›	Great pictures on cloudy days
	Shadowless hazy sunlight or an overcast sky usually results in dull-looking photographs. The tone mapping tool of Photomatix can turn them into great-looking images. Check this image as example.

›	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.

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Well exposed panoramas

A panoramic scene is almost always a high contrast scene -- you can't limit your view to areas with the same brightness when shooting a 360° panorama. By taking views under several exposures and processing them in Photomatix Pro, you can create a panorama that will show details in both the dark and bright areas of the scene. Photomatix Pro offers both exposure fusion (also knows as exposure blending) and HDR tone mapping.

	Note: the name of our dynamic range increase software is Photomatix not Photomatrix.

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