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Features Comparison

 
 
  Photomatix Pro Photomatix Light Aperture Plugin Photoshop Plugin
Merge bracketed photos into 32-bit HDR Yes Yes Yes No (*)
Tone Mapping with Details Enhancer Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced Details Enhancer settings Yes No Yes Yes
Tone Mapping with Tone Compressor Yes No Yes Yes
Automatic alignment of hand-held photos Yes Yes Yes No (*)
Choice between two alignment methods Yes No Yes n/a
Exposure Fusion of bracketed photos ("Adjust" method) Yes Yes No No
Average and Exposure Fusion with other methods Yes No No No
Automatic reduction of chromatic aberrations Yes No Yes No
Automatic noise reduction in 32-bit HDR images Yes No Yes No
Automatic reduction of ghosting artifacts Yes No No No (*)
Maximum number of photos per bracketed set Unlimited 5 Unlimited n/a
Read/write in 32-bit HDR image formats Yes No No No (*)
Batch processing of bracketed photos Yes No No No
Batch of single HDR files Yes No No No
Integration with Lightroom via free export plugin Yes No n/a n/a
Required imaging application None None Aperture 2.1 or higher Photoshop CS2 or higher
 
 
(*) Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4 includes the merge of bracketed photos into 32-bit HDR with automatic alignment and read/write in 32-bit HDR image formats. Photoshop CS5 adds an option for ghosting reduction.
 
 
 
You can also visually compare Photomatix Light and Photomatix Pro through their introduction videos.
 
 
 
Note: If you buy a license of Photomatix Light, you can later upgrade to Photomatix Pro for the $60 price difference between both products.
 
 
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