![]() Some are new, some will be familiar to you if you used other software. You get quite a long list, with Tonemapping, Tone, Structure, HDR Denoise, Image Radiance, Color, Details, Glow, Top & Bottom Lighting, Tone Curve, Color Filter, Color Toning and Vignette. FeaturesĪs I mentioned, Aurora offers a wide variety of possible edits. If you see a strong HDR effect, light inversion and bright outlines, the algorithm is not the best. You can see this easily, just by loading the brackets into the software, and moving the tonemapping slider. In this Aurora provide very good results. The most important thing for me there, is the quality of the tonemapped image. I prefer the more gradual control I can get there, to a more limited set that is usually available in tonemapping software. In my personal workflow, the tonemapping software is just one step, before I go into Photoshop. On other hand, if you are just starting with HDR, and still looking for your work-flow, this may work just fine for you. For instance if you have a whole library in Lightroom, it quite easier just to do a mass edits there, before you even start with HDR processing. This may work for your work-flow, or may not. It’s to take the most used edits you perform on HDR photos, and instead of having them in multiple applications, they tried to put them all into one program. If you look at Aurora more, you will quite quickly see what the goal is here. And on top, it offers many edits that are very familiar from Lightroom. What I mean with this, that it’s not as straightforward as Photoengie, but does not overwhelm you with tonemapping options as Photomatix. ![]() When looking at Aurora, in comparison to other HDR tonemapping software I use or used, I will define it as a middle ground between Photomatix and Photoengine, with a part of Lightroom sprinkled in. It was not the newest model, so it was a bit slower when confronted with 36Mpix files, but it was still usable. But so I can take a look at this software, I borrowed a Macbook Pro and tried it on that. For me that’s a bit of a complication, as I use Windows on all my devices. You can get Aurora from the StuckInCustoms store here or from Macphun here.įirst of all, Aurora HDR is only available for Mac OS currently. And today, I will share with you my thoughts about this new pieced of software. I will be doing a more in depth comparison with previously processed HDR images and comparing them with Aurora HDR’s results.ĭid you buy this new HDR software? What did you think? Let us know your thoughts.You have probably already heard about the new program from Macphun and Trey Ratcliff. Here are 3 images I have created using this brand spanking new software and have been very happy with the final result. The additional advantage of the software is that it let’s you use Layers so you can apply and tone image right there in Aurora HDR without having to use Photoshop at all. A 3 image HDR of 18Megapixel RAW images took 10 seconds to process and you have a final result (tested on Mac Book Pro with SSD & 16GB RAM). Even on my 2009 iMac Aurora HDR runs relatively faster than all other HDR softwares. I am really impressed with the speed of this software at which it processes. Lightroom and other software tools like Nik HDR Efex Pro, Perfect Photo Suite users will find it very easy to use and the layout is very conveniently designed and familiar for photographers. ![]() If you have a License key you can install it right away after you start it up or you can run it up in trial mode. Simply download the latest version from MacPhun, unzip the file and move it into your Applications folder. Very easy and quick but as a Mac software you would expect that. ![]() So here is a first hand experience and look at this latest software by MacPhun and Trey Ratcliff. Overnight its finally out and of course I had to install it right away on both iMac and the Mac Book Pro. Aurora HDR Pro is finally out and having placed my pre-order I was keenly waiting for its release.
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