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Photomatix Pro is a standalone application. It includes HDR Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion among other features.
Images produced with Photomatix Pro can be further processed in any image editing application.
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The Tone Mapping Plug-In for Photoshop is a plug-in. It offers only Tone Mapping and works within Photoshop CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6 or CC. |
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Advantages of Tone Mapping with the plug-in for Photoshop |
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You don't have to leave Photoshop |
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Advantages of Tone Mapping with Photomatix Pro |
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You are sure to tone map the 32-bit HDR image -- in Photoshop CS5, CS6 and CC, HDR Merge Pro defaults to the low dynamic range 16-bit image. |
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No need to change the bit-depth of the 32-bit HDR image after Tone Mapping. |
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Integration with powerful Batch Processing |
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Ability to tone map larger HDR image files. Due to memory limitations imposed to Photoshop plug-ins, the Tone Mapping plug-in may get into issues of insufficient memory when processing relatively large images. |
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