As a result, the question becomes where should you put your hard earned dollars? While Lightroom and Photoshop have definitely improved their HDR support, I still think it sucks compared to what all of the third part solutions offer. If you’ve seen my HDR software comparison, then you know what I think of the industry leading products in this space. I’ve spent a day kicking the tires and I’m very impressed. Now he’s decided to team up with Macphun, a company known for phenomenally well designed software, to create the first HDR software that isn’t for geeks.Īt first I was a bit skeptical, but when I saw this image made from 8 bracketed shots he got my attention:Ĩ Exposure HDR of Shackleton Hut in Antarctica - Copyright (c) Trey RatcliffĪs you learn more about the user interface in this video you quickly realize it has the same great fluid responsiveness and ease of use as the current line up of products in the Creative Kit. Trey Ratcliff has long been known for his popular HDR images, but in the past he’s always talked about doing his work mostly in Photomatix or sometimes HDR Efex Pro.

UPDATE: Now with over 270,000 downloads (as of 3/21/16)Īurora HDR Screen Shot (link goes to MacPhun)

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