Photomatix Pro is a stand-alone program that creates and processes HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. 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. Photomatix offers two ways to solve this problem. HDR Tone Mapping: Reveal highlight and shadow details in an HDR image created from multiple exposures. Exposure Fusion: Merge differently exposed photographs into one image with increased dynamic range.
A free Lightroom Plug-in makes it possible to access the program directly from Lightroom, if desired. Some of the features of Photomatix Pro are also available as a Filter Plug-in of Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4 and an Edit Plug-in of Aperture 2.1.
