Photomatix

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Photomatix Pro /
Photomatix Essentials
Basic data

developer HDRsoft
Current  version 6.2.1
(July 1, 2020)
operating system Linux , Mac OS X , Windows
category Graphics software
License proprietary
German speaking Yes
HDRSoft

Photomatix is software for creating HDR images. It was developed by HDRsoft for the operating systems Mac OS X and Windows (32- and 64-bit version).

The product has been available in two versions since the beginning of 2011. In addition to the normal version that had been sold until then , which is now called Photomatix PRO 5 , a function- reduced software called Photomatix Essentials 3.x (formerly called Light ) is offered at a significantly reduced price. The Essentials version has also been available in German since January 8, 2012.

A fully functional test version with no time limit is available on the website. However, a watermark will be added to the images as long as they are not licensed.

In contrast to software such as HDR Shop or Photosphere, Photomatix up to version 3.x used a tone mapping operator, which is difficult to configure for realistic results. There is criticism that this leads the user to abuse tone mapping as an artistic effect tool.

From version 4 it is possible to assign the number of processor cores to be used to Photomatix . In addition, after reading in the template images, you can select the following 12 different HDR creation modes via "Preset Thumbnails":

  • Enhancer (Default, Painterly, Grunge, Smooth, B&W)
  • Compressor (Default, Deep)
  • Fusion (Default, Adjusted, Auto, 2 Images, Intensive).

In addition, you can create your own presets.

With version 4.2 in April 2012, the selection of preset operators was significantly increased and the import of new RAW formats was considerably expanded (e.g. Canon S100, G1 X, Nikon D4, D800, Sony NEX-7, Panasonic GX1).

Version 5 was published on November 20, 2013 (previously only in English). The German version was published on March 3, 2014.

See also

Web links

Commons : Category: Created with Photomatix  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Update Log Photomatix Pro for Mac
  2. ↑ Liane M. Dubowy: HDR software Photomatix for Linux available , July 16, 2016
  3. ↑ Download page of the manufacturer's test version
  4. ↑ Erik Reinhard: "Flickr HDR" ( memento of the original from August 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Entry page to discuss this issue @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cs.bris.ac.uk