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	Photomatix Pro Photomatix Essentials/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 Yes Yes Yes Automatic alignment of hand-held photos Yes Yes Yes No (*) Choice between two alignment methods Yes Yes Yes n/a Exposure Fusion of bracketed photos ("Adjust" method) Yes Yes Yes No Average and Exposure Fusion with other methods Yes No No No Thumbnails of built-in presets Yes Yes Yes No Thumbnails of custom presets Yes No No No Saving and loading of user presets Yes No Yes No Selective Deghosting tool Yes No No No Automatic ghost removal Yes Yes Yes No (*) Automatic reduction of chromatic aberrations Yes No Yes No Automatic noise reduction Yes Yes Yes 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 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 Essentials and Photomatix Pro through their introduction videos.
	Note: If you buy a license of Photomatix Essentials, you can later upgrade to Photomatix Pro for the $60 price difference between both products.

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