HDR starts with taking multiple exposures. For more information and a video tutorial, see the Merge to HDR Plugin for Capture One page. The plugin will be installed if Capture One is installed on your computer. The Photomatix Pro download includes a plugin for Capture One as well. For more information and a video tutorial, see the Export to Photomatix Plugin for Lightroom page. The plugin will be installed if Adobe Lightroom is installed on your computer. The Photomatix Pro download includes a plugin for Lightroom. without an installer - you will just need to drag the Photomatix Pro 6 app to your Applications folder). I chose no for this image, since the source images were JPEGs.If the automatic installation doesn't work, or if you are running on macOS 10.6 or 10.7, download the Photomatix Pro 6 for Mac app directly (i.e. If you are using RAW files, it is a good idea to say yes. You will prompted to decide if you want to apply noise reduction prior to processing. Here is the tone mapping menu, showing my chosen settings, and the preview of the Lighthouse image: Ready for ProcessingĪt this point you will want to click the “Process & Save” button. In either mode, higher values have a more natural look and lower values tend to have a more artificial look. Lighting Effects mode tends to give more surrealistic results. Lighting Adjustments = Either Lighting Effects mode or the slider mode. Moving the slider to the right gives a sharper look. Moving it to the left can create a more naturalistic result.ĭetail Contrast = Sets how much local details are amplified. Moving the slider to the right boosts shadow detail and brightens the image. Luminosity = Controls the compression of the tonal range. Moving the slider all the way to the left produces a gray scale image and moving the slider to the right increases saturation. ![]() 100 gives the maximum increase in both local and global contrast enhancements.Ĭolor Saturation = Controls the saturation of the RGB color channels. Strength = Controls the strength of the contrast enhancements. The tone mapping settings I have chosen for this HDR image are: Chosen Tone Mapping Settings You can click them for an instant change and either leave the results as-is or make further slider adjustments: Preset Thumbnails The preset thumbnail panel on the right, shows you small previews of the built in presets. Here is what the combined Lighthouse exposures look like in the Details Enhancer tone mapping menu, at the “Default” setting: Combined Exposures – Default Settings Photomatix Essentials Choose which option applies to your image: Remove Ghosting Windowįor the sake of this tutorial/review I will go over the Details Enhancer tone mapping method, which is the most commonly used. Once you have chosen and opened your bracketed exposures, you will see the following screen, and you can then click the “Next…” button: Three Exposures Ready to be Edited in Photomatix EssentialsĪfter you click the “Next” button, the following window will pop up. Once you have finished with this step, the following window will appear: Opening Screen Photomatix EssentialsĬlick the “Browse” button and choose your bracketed exposures: Opening Bracketed Exposures ![]() If you have purchased a license, you can enter your license key, or you can choose to continue with the trial. Your first step, after downloading and installing the trial version is to open the software. If you are considering trying Photomatix Pro instead, it might be a good starting point. It also goes through a step by step process of creating an HDR image using Photomatix Pro version 4.0.2. I would suggest also reading my comprehensive HDR tutorial, which describes in detail what an HDR image is, how to bracket exposures. For the sake of this tutorial I will be using the Lighthouse sample photos located on the download page for the software. You can also download sample bracketed images from the above download pages on. ![]() ![]() I am writing this review and tutorial with my Windows 7 computer, but the process is basically the same on a Mac.ĭownload Windows trial of Photomatix Esentials from ĭownload Mac trial of Photomatix Essentials from Like the Pro version, you can download a free and fully functional trial version of Photomatix Light, which will never expire, but does leave watermarks on saved images. It’s also great for those on a tight budget, as it’s a full $60 cheaper than the Pro version of the software. While I would always first recommend Photomatix Pro to any photographer that is serious about professional HDR photography results, Photomatix Light is great for newcomers to HDR or digital photography. Welcome to my Photomatix Esentials (Light) tutorial and review. 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