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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 |