High Dynamic Range software offers photographers vast new possibilities and incorporates U Point® powered selective controls
San Diego, CA – October 11th,
2010
Nik Software today began shipping HDR Efex Pro, a completely new High Dynamic Range
(HDR) imaging solution designed to help professional and amateur
photographers quickly and easily achieve a full spectrum of HDR
enhancements. HDR Efex Pro overcomes limitations in other software
products with a revolutionary all-in-one approach and multiple tone
mapping algorithms that enable realistic and artistic results to be
created start-to-finish within a single tool. Introductory videos, free
trial versions, and live online training can be found at www.niksoftware.com/hdrefexpr or here in our downloads section.
"Our HDR Efex Pro beta group had over 500 photography industry
professionals and HDR enthusiasts and the feedback from this group has
been both comprehensive and incredibly positive," said Michael J.
Slater, President and CEO of Nik Software. "We have incorporated much of
their feedback and I am confident that this product will advance HDR
imaging."
HDR Efex Pro brings innovative and best-in-class technologies to HDR
photography. HDR Efex Pro enables a wide variety of options, including
single-click visual style presets, as well as global adjustments such as
exposure, contrast, structure to fine detail contrast, and a new HDR
Method option. This feature makes use of four tone-mapping algorithms,
which enable virtually unlimited HDR “looks” that can be adapted to a
particular HDR style of photography.
Nik Software’s proprietary U Point® technology is also incorporated
into HDR Efex Pro, providing precise selective fine-tuning of images
without the need for complicated selections or layer masks.
Photographers can precisely control selective adjustments with a single
mouse-click providing the ability to quickly create amazing results.
Finishing adjustments, such as vignette controls and levels &
curves, make it possible to easily accomplish a range of enhancements
within HDR Efex Pro.
HDR Efex Pro also enables photographers to create popular and
dramatic HDR images from a single exposure. This feature allows
photographers to reprocess a single image in which an exposure series
was not previously shot or for subject matter that does not lend itself
to multiple exposures.
Key Features
- Intuitive interface, with easy to understand photographic terminology and the actual processed results always displayed
- U Point powered selective tools for fast, precise enhancements of contrast, shadow, structure, saturation adjustments, and more
- Multiple proprietary tone mapping algorithms enabling a wide range of HDR styles
- Standard and custom presets organized into categories for single-click HDR imaging
- Visual presets that produce amazing results in a single-click
- Ability to create the HDR look from a single exposure
- Advanced technology for automatic image alignment and reduction of subject motion artifacts known as "ghosts"
- All-in-one 32-bit color workflow enabling the creation of professional HDR images
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