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PhotomatixCL.exe, the command line version of Photomatix Pro is automatically installed on your computer when you install the Photomatix Pro application. |
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The command line options listed below are for PhotomatixCL version 2.0 which is available from Photomatix Pro version 3.0 on. You can download the latest version Photomatix Pro from the download page. PhotomatixCL.exe will be installed under the PhotomatixPro3 application folder (stored by default under the "Program Files" directory) when you install
Photomatix Pro 3. |
| Command line arguments |
| -0 |
Combination of the source images with Average |
| -1 |
Combination of the source images with H&S - Auto |
| -2 |
Combination of the source images with H&S - Adjust |
| -bl |
Blending Point for method "H&S - Adjust", e.g. -bl 2 (valid values vary between -5 and 5) |
| -4 |
Combination of the source images with H&S - Intensive |
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| -3 |
Merge of the source images into an HDR image (by default saved in Radiance ".hdr" format) |
| -h |
HDR saving options: -h "exr" will save the HDR image in the OpenEXR format, -h "remove" will remove the HDR image after having tone mapped it. |
| -e |
EV spacing for generating HDR image when exposure information not found on source files, e.g. -e 2.0 for images with a two EVs difference between them.
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| -g |
Attempt to reduce ghosting artifacts: -g 1 pour Moving Objects - setting Normal, -g 2 pour Moving Objects - setting High, -g 11 pour Ripples - setting Normal, -g 12 pour Ripples - setting High |
| -cu |
Tonal curve for HDR generation. Options are -cu 0 for tonal curve of ICC profiles of source images (default), -cu 1 for attempting to recover tone curve applied, -cu 1 |
| -wb |
Color temperature for RAW conversion when source images are RAW files, e.g. -wb 7500 |
| -co |
Output color space when source images are RAW files. Options are -co 0 for sRGB, -co 1 for AdobeRGB (default), -co 2 for ProPhotoRGB |
| -m |
Generate HDR image strip by strip instead of loading the whole source files in memory. Requires option -3 and TIFF files as source. Alignment and ghosting reducing options will be disabled |
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| -a1 |
Alignment of the source images prior to combining them (option is -a2 of the alignment with correction for rotation) |
| -a1n | (or -a2n) Align images but do not crop the aligned results |
| -a1s | (or -a2s) Align images and save the aligned results |
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| -t1 |
Tone map HDR image with "Details Enhancer" (requires option -3) |
| -t2 |
Tone map HDR image with "Tone Compressor" (requires option -3) |
| -x1 |
Settings file in XMP format for tone mapping method "Details Enhancer", .e.g. -x1 EnhancerSettings.xmp |
| -x2 |
Settings file in XMP format for tone mapping method "Tone Compressor", .e.g. -x2 CompressorSettings.xmp |
| -bi |
Bit-depth of tone mapped image: -bi 8 for 8 bits/channel, -bi 16 for 16/bits channel |
| -p |
Tone mapped image is a 360 degree panorama intended to be viewed in a panorama viewer - useful for method Details Enhancer only. |
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| -tr |
Consider files with the .tif extension coming from the Canon 1Ds and Phase One P45 as RAW files |
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| -d |
Destination path for the resulting image, including the last "\" character if applicable. E.g. -d C:\images\ |
| -n |
Naming options for the resulting images. Options are -n 0 for resulting name starting with name of first image in the set (default), -n 1 for name starting with set number, and -n 2 for shortened version. In the case of 1 or 2, set number has to be given with argument -q, e.g. -q 3 |
| -ns |
Naming options for the resulting images (same as above) and appended suffix. E.g. -ns 0 trial1. |
| -s |
Resulting image saved in a format different from the one of the source images. Options are: -s tif or -s jpg |
| -j |
Jpeg quality for resulting image saved in the JPEG format, e.g. -j 90 (default is 100) |
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The source images need to be given as arguments. |
For instance, the following will align the images image1.jpg and image2.jpg, combine them with the "H&S - Auto" method, merge them into an HDR image saved in the OpenEXR format and tone map it with Details Enhancer into a 16 bits/channel image.
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PhotomatixCL -a -1 -3 -h exr -t1 -x1 de.xmp -bi 16 image1.jpg image2.jpg
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