Comments on: Best HDR software https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2009/01/11/best-hdr-software/ Intrigued by photography Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:15:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yves Roumazeilles https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2009/01/11/best-hdr-software/#comment-44 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:11:05 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=949#comment-44 In reply to Ted.

Well. It seems that Photoshop is aiming at the maximum realism and this leads to somewhat low-key HDR. Actual dynamic range increase, but also a minimal transformation of the rendered image and a little under-exposure in most cases.

]]> By: Ted https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2009/01/11/best-hdr-software/#comment-43 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:23:02 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=949#comment-43 Is the so-called HDR feature of Photoshop really HDR ? I don’t own it myself, but from the experiments I could run on a friend’s machine the results looked like an exposure blender.

My preference definitely goes to Photomatix for its simplicity and outstanding results. As Yves suggests you need to be light on the sliders if you want realism, but realism is not always the goal. Photomatix is a bit more expensive than the listed competitors (99 USD, free trial version with watermark) but really stands out.

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