Photomatix是一款能够调节图片曝光度和通过多个曝光源生成HDRI－High Dynamic Range Image高动态范围图像。

它能把多个不同曝光的照片混合成一张照片，并保持高光和阴影区的细节。

打开在同一场景拍摄的不同曝光度的照片，选择一个曝光混合方法，PhotomatixPro能让你在6种联合模式中选择：平均＋5种曝光混合方法，每个方法都基于不同的算法。

Photomatix用来处理同一场景下不同曝光设置的照片。

这些照片称为包围曝光照片，许多型号的相机都有自动包围曝光功能。

但并非一定需要多张照片才能使用Photomatix。

色调映射工具（Tone Mapping tool）也能用于48位TIFF文件，同样适用于48位压缩工具（Compression tool）。

另一技巧是使用从RAW文件解压出来的不同曝光度的照片。

这对于合并菜单下的曝光混合方式来说，特别是对自动高光和阴影（Highlight & Shadows - Auto）这一方式，处理的效果非常好。

当然，从RAW文件能够获得的动态范围是有限的，所以对于有明亮窗户的室内景这样的挑战性场景，效果并不是很好。

同时，必须指出的是，这样的处理不适合于生成HDR图像。

Photomatix提供两种处理方式，把两张或更多张不同曝光的照片形成一张更大动态范围的照片。

一种称作曝光混合（Exposure Blending），通过“合并”菜单（combine）来进行。

另一个叫HDR色调映射（HDR Tone Mapping），通过“HDRI”菜单来进行。

曝光混合是最容易理解的了。

它将不同曝光的照片进行合并，将它们合并成一张高光和阴影都呈现细节的照片。

HDR色调映射处理包含两步：第一步是把不同曝光的照片生成一幅HDR图像；第二步是将生成的HDR图像进行色调映射。

第二步对呈现HDR图像的高光和阴影的细节至关重要。

HDRsoft Photomatix Pro 6.xPhotomatix Pro merges photographs taken at varying exposure levels into a single HDR image that reveals both highlight and shadow details, with options for automatically aligning hand-held photographs, removing ghosts, and reducing noise and chromatic aberrations.

Merged images can then be adjusted by a range of options and settings to get the look that users want – from natural-looking results using exposure fusion to painterly, surreal or ultra-realistic images using the tone mapping mode.

- Merge to HDR, Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion- Automatic Alignment of hand-held photos- Automatic Ghost Removal and Selective Deghosting tool- Options for real estate photography- Automation with Batch ProcessingBenefits for professional photographers:- Saving on lighting equipment.

No need to acquire expensive lighting equipment -and carry it- when you shoot high contrast scenes.

Just enable the Auto Exposure Bracketing feature of your camera, and let Photomatix merge your photos into an image with extended dynamic range.

- Great pictures on cloudy days.

Shadowless hazy sunlight or an overcast sky usually results in dull-looking photographs.

The tone mapping tool of Photomatix can turn them into great-looking images.

Check out this image as an example.

- Saving time in post-processing.

Photomatix Pro is designed for productivity — automatic blending, unlimited stacking, easy comparison of results and batch processing save hours of masking and layers work in image editing programs.

- Well exposed panoramas.

A panoramic scene is almost always a high contrast scene — you can’t limit your view to areas with the same brightness when shooting a 360° panorama.

By taking views under several exposures and processing them in Photomatix Pro, you can create a panorama that will show details in both the dark and bright areas of the scene.

Photomatix Pro offers both exposure fusion (also known as exposure blending) and HDR tone mapping.

HDRsoft Photomatix Pro 6.0aNew Rendering Method for Realistic LookTone Balancer is a new Tone Mapping HDR rendering method which is good for realistic-looking results.

It is well suited to real estate photographers and natural style landscape photographers who want more realistic style options.

Individual Color AdjustmentsA new color adjustment tool, built right into the HDR Rendering panel, allows you to change the hue, saturation and brightness of individual colors in your image, which is particularly useful for fixing color casts.

Brush ToolMake adjustments to just part of your image using the brush tool.

Select the changes to color or brightness that you want, and paint over the area you want to affect.

You can also use the brush to blend areas with one of the source photos and select multiple effects for different parts of the image.

BlendingFor a more realistic look, you can now blend the HDR rendered image with one of the original photos.

Change the opacity to get a larger or smaller influence on the end result.

Straightening ToolCorrect the horizon in your image if it's not level, or when vertical things like walls or buildings don't look vertical.

The tool is part of the Finishing Touch palette.

More Intuitive WorkflowWhether you are working with a single image, or a bracketed set of photos, a more intuitive workflow makes it easier to load and choose images and proceed through to editing.

Requirements:Intel OS X 10.6 or later-