If you've never heard of it, High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging allows
photographers to achieve perfect exposure no matter what the luminosity is.
Normally, it's restricted to professional tools but you can have a go
yourself thanks to Photomatix. Note that you should make sure you're working
with plenty of RAM and a decent processor because Photomatix takes quite a
bit of processing power. There is an auto and manual setting in Photomatix
depending on your expertise - most are advised to use automatic as it does
the processing for you. Photomatix offers two ways of bringing your photos
into greater contrast. The first is 'Exposure Blending', which allows you to
merge differently-exposed photographs into one image with increased dynamic
range. The second is 'Tone Mapping', which helps reveal highlight and shadow
details in an HDR image created from multiple exposures. The result of both
is that your images should look much sharper afterwards. Unless you've got a
trained photographic eye, you may have problems distinguishing any
difference, however. It's hard for general users to at first to notice any
distinct changes that have been made after Photomatix has finished processing
them. However, it's generally a lot easier than trying to use a professional
application to perform such image processing. *Photomatix is a powerful photo
tool that brings professional HDR processing to the general user.*Download
*Photomatix Pro 4.1* in Softonic
