Photomatix Pro

Photomatix Pro is a specialized software solution that is meant to enhance your photos so as to reflect exactly the amazing landscape you captured.

You can process not only a single graphic file, but also a series of bracketed shots to merge into one high-quality HDR photograph.

If you choose the first option, you can simply drag and drop it onto the main window or manually browse to its location. There are numerous source files supported by Photomatix Pro, namely JPEG, TIF, HDR, EXR, PSD, CRW, NEF, RAF, ORF, DCR, RAW, DNG and others.

You can begin with reducing its noise and chromatic aberrations, while also adjusting the color space and white balance. You can apply lens corrections specific to the camera model used to take the photo - by default, Photomatix Pro automatically identifies the correct device model, but you can also change it if you are not satisfied with its choice.

You get the possibility to select several images and merge them to HDR according to the configuration you create. You can choose the filters, adjust the contrast and sharpening values, set up the bracket selection information and the image alignment options.

You can finish off by specifying renaming and resizing patterns for your graphic files.

Once you have completed the previous steps, you can move on to configuring the HDR parameters to your liking. You can change the tone compression, lighting, or detail contrast, the color brightness and saturation, shadows and many more.

You can try out multiple filters and preview them before applying them onto the final version.

Photomatix Pro can assist passionate photographers merge bracketed shots into HDR images or just enhance their individual photos with a flurry of tweaks.