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1. #Aurora hdr pro 2017 for mac os#
2. #Aurora hdr pro 2017 software#
3. #Aurora hdr pro 2017 trial#
4. #Aurora hdr pro 2017 windows#

#Aurora hdr pro 2017 trial#

You can find a trial version on the website.Īnd to end this review, here you have 4 photos edited only in Aurora (with only some dust spots removed in Photoshop). But for you, if you are using a MacOS computer, you should give it a try.

#Aurora hdr pro 2017 windows#

I still need more time to experiment more, and get used to it, but that will come after a Windows version is released. Overall I’m quite impressed with what all Aurora provides and what results it can bring. Of course if you need a more pixel based layers, if you do retouching and similar, Phothoshop is a must. This work very nice, if you have images where different parts need different adjustments. So what you do is, you create a layer, make adjustments on it and then tweak the mask and opacity to where and how much the effect is used. This work quite similar to adjustment layers in Photoshop. But what you get here, is already quite a nice tone-mapping result, and a good start to further edits.Īurora also supports layers. Additionaly, same as other tone-maping software, there is quite a lack of contrast in the results, and that has to be added. Also, the default made every single image too bright, so that had to be also corrected under tone. But going down into negative values, corrected this rather quickly. Here I actually had to tone down the Smart Tone quite a bit, as the default gives a too strong HDR look, compared to what I like.

For most images I had no need to even tweak the Tonemapping, just the Tone. I quite like the default tone-mapping that was applied to the images I tried. You can of course skip any editing and just use the provided presets, but than you will miss all the fun of creating your own style. But again, as I mentioned, just from the list you can see what everything is put together in one place in Aurora. 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.

#Aurora hdr pro 2017 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.

#Aurora hdr pro 2017 for mac os#

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. You have probably already heard about the new program from Macphun and Trey Ratcliff.