Photomatix Essentials

Standalone program for HDR image creation and processing. Features: *HDR processing from JPEG, TIFF, PSD and RAW files.*Automatic alignment of bracketed photos.*Automatic removal of ghosts.*Option to pre-Process photos with high quality noise reduction.*Reading of Exposure information from Exif data.*Three HDR processing methods: Exposure Fusion (for "natural" look), Details Enhancer Tone Mapping (for creative work) and Tone Compressor Tone Mapping.*Dialog with preview for adjusting the following settings:Exposure Fusion: Accentuation, Blending Point, Sharpness, Color Saturation, Midtones contrast.Details Enhancer: Strength, Color Saturation, Smoothing, Luminosity, Microcontrast.Tone Compressor: Brightness, Compression, Contrast Adaptation, Color Saturation, Color Temperature.*One-click presets showing as thumbnails.*Ability to adjust alignment and noise reduction options on Preferences panel.*HDR processed image can be saved as JPEG or 16-bit TIFF.*Color managed display.