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Photomatix

Create stunning photographs of high-contrast scenes

If you have ever photographed a high contrast scene, you know that even the best exposure will typically have blown out highlights and flat shadows. 
The solution is High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing:
Take multiple photographs at varying exposure levels
Merge the photos in Photomatix into an HDR image that reveals highlight and shadow details.
Adjust the settings to get the look you want: from natural-looking with Exposure Fusion to painterly or surreal with Tone Mapping.

Photomatix Pro and Photomatix Light are stand-alone programs that create and process HDR images, and run on Mac OS X and Windows.
A free Lightroom Plug-in makes it possible to access Photomatix Pro directly from Lightroom, 
if desired. Some of the features of Photomatix are also available as a Filter Plug-in of Photoshop CS2 or higher and an Edit Plug-in of Aperture 2 or higher.

Benefits for professional photographers:

Saving on lighting equipment

No need to acquire expensive lighting equipment -and carry it- when you shoot high contrast scenes. 
Just enable the Auto Exposure Bracketing feature of your camera, and let Photomatix merge your photos into an image with extended dynamic range.

Great pictures on cloudy days

32-bit HDR image support