Features

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.5.4 Leopard or later
  • Any Intel Mac or a PowerMac G5 with at least 64MB of VRAM (GPU) required.
    Mac with Intel processor and at least 128 MB VRAM highly recommended.

Input Images

  • Images (TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, PDF, RAW, DNG, PEF and most other file formats)
  • Exposure Value Calculator
  • Input filters (contrast, sharpness, color temperature)

Output Formats

  • Hydra Documents (.hydra)
  • JPEG Images (8-bit)
  • TIFF (8-bit and 16-bit)
  • OpenEXR (32-bit) only available in the stand-alone version

Aperture Support

  • Import from Aperture Library
  • Export to Aperture Projects
  • Plug-In (processing within Aperture with the same interface as in the stand-alone version)

Application Support

  • Real-Time Preview
  • Document Saving (choice of the file name and directory)

Alignment

  • Advanced Automatic Image Matching Techniques (free form and homography)
  • Multi-core acceleration
  • Manual Matching with Visual Feedback
  • Non-linear Warping based on Morph Age Technology (CeedMorph)
  • Real-time Previewing
  • Special image border handling (crop or mirror)

Merging

  • Ultra-fast GPU accelerated HDR image merging
  • Real-time Previewing
  • Individual Image Influence Parameterization
  • Output filters (saturation, sharpness, brightness, contrast)
  • Smoothness Tuning
  • Blending Tuning
  • Navigation through exposure
  • Loupe Tool with real time 1:1 preview

Tone Mapping

  • Perceptive
  • Highlights Compression
  • Local Adaptation

User Experience

  • Elegant and Intuitive Interface (the same in the stand-alone version as in the Aperture Plug-in)
  • Zoom and Navigation for Images
  • Switch Regular and HDR Viewing
  • Fullscreen Mode with HUD
  • Connection to iLife, input from and export to iPhoto library
  • Saving/loading HDR Presets, for user-defined effects