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What is the Best HDR Photography Software?

Until recently if asked the question “What is the best HDR photography software?”, I would have instantly and without hesitation said “Photomatix“.  This answer is still true to a large extent, but Photomatix definitely has a contender now. Oleono HDREngine is HDR software that I just heard about recently from a member of my Facebook […]

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Photomatix File Formats

Photomatix Pro will work with a variety of file formats.  Specifically, the software will open and save images with the following formats: JPEG, TIFF (8-bit, 16-bit and Floating Point), Radiance RGBE, OpenEXR, and RAW files from supported cameras. A list cameras which the current version of Photomatix Pro and Light support RAW files are available […]

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Photomatix Vs Photoshop

If you decide to purchase any Photomatix product at some point, you will get a 15% discount on your purchase, by entering the coupon code “photoluminary” (without the quotes) into the Online order form. Photoshop CS5 (now CS6) offers what is advertised as a substantially improved HDR feature, over past versions of the software.  The […]

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HDR Histogram – Photomatix

For an automatic 15% discount on any Photomatix product, enter the coupon code photoluminary during your order. The HDR histogram in Photomatix functions in the same way that a normal histogram does.  A histogram is simply a graph which shows the brightness levels of a scene.  The left side of the graph shows the darkest […]

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Download Photomatix – Free Trial

If you decide to purchase a license for any Photomatix product, you will get an automatic 15% discount by entering the coupon code photoluminary on the order form at HDRsoft.com. It is possible to download Photomatix free of charge, as a trial version from HDRsoft.com.  The trial versions of all Photomatix products are fully functional […]

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What is HDR Photography?

To get started with HDR photography, download Photomatix from HDRsoft.com.  They offer a fully functional trial version, which will never expire.  If you decide to purchase a license, you can get an instant 15% discount by entering the coupon code photoluminary during your order. If you are considering Photomatix Pro as a gift, I would […]

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Lightroom Photomatix Plug-In

To get an automatic 15% discount on the purchase of any Photomatix product, enter the coupon code photoluminary into the order form. Photomatix Pro, made by HDRsoft, comes with a free Lightroom Export Plug-In.  This plug-in is an export only plug-in, which can make your work-flow faster, especially when you have multiple sets of bracketed […]

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Chromatic Aberrations and HDR

Get an automatic 15% discount on any Photomatix product.  Simply enter the coupon code photoluminary during your order. Chromatic aberrations, which are also commonly called “color fringing”,  are a common problem in HDR photography.  This is a type of distortion caused by a lens, typically a cheaper model or a wide angle lens.  The lens […]

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Noise Reduction – Photomatix Pro

For a 15% discount on any Photomatix product, enter the coupon code photoluminary during your order. The newest version of Photomatix Pro, version 4, now offers a very high quality noise reduction option.  The previous version of Photomatix Pro only applied noise reduction to the merged 32-bit result, rather than to the source images.  With […]

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HDR Tutorial – Photomatix Pro 4

Welcome to my HDR tutorial and Photomatix Pro Version 4 Review Get a 15 % discount on any Photomatix product by entering the coupon code photoluminary during your order from HDRsoft.com.  Photomatix Pro is typically $99, so that’s quite a discount! Last July, I wrote a Photomatix tutorial which was aimed at beginning HDR photographers. […]

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