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Photomatix Pro Changelog

What's new in Photomatix Pro 6.3

Aug 25, 2021
  • Added native support for newer Macs with M1 chip.
  • Support for RAW files for new camera models including Canon R5 and R6, Nikon Z5, Z6 II, Z7 II.
  • Updated lens database.
  • Bug fixed: Thumbnails for RAW files for some newer camera models didn't display.
  • Bug fixed: Batch Single would crash with some custom settings.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.2.0 (Jan 27, 2020)

  • New Merge to HDR plugin for Capture One, allowing users to merge a bracketed set of photos to HDR, then adjust and reimport the HDR image ba ck into Capture One, without leaving their Catalog or Session.
  • Support for Canon CR3 RAW files
  • Support for new camera models including Olympus TG-6, Canon EOS M50, 90D, fUJI x-pRO3.
  • Enabled drag & drop as a workaround for the issue of the application freezing when saving in the folder of imported photos on macOS Catalina.
  • Bug fixed: Since macOS Mojave, the custom presets list (displayed on the 'Adjust & Preview' window as well as the Batch windows) weren't ordered in alphabetical order anymore.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.1.2 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Bug fixed: The final image was mistakenly converted to sRGB just before saving it, while the original colour profile was still embedded in the saved image, resulting in some of its colours looking more saturated.
  • The bug had been introduced in v6.1 where it happened when the image was saved at a lower size, but made worse in version 6.1.1 where it also happened with the image saved at full resolution.
  • Bug fixed: When using custom tone mapping/fusion settings with the Batch Bracketed Photos or Batch Single Photos, HDR and color settings changed by the user weren't taken into account. The bug had been introduced in v6.1.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.1.1 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Bug fixed: On macOS Mojave, the 'About Photomatix Pro' panel didn't show when invoked from the 'Photomatix Pro' menu.
  • Bug fixed: The 'Check exposures' report systematically indicated that the most overexposed photos may not cover the darkest parts of the scene well, regardless of how bright the overexposed photos were.
  • Bug fixed: Once a size other than full size had been selected when saving an image, the save panel systematically defaulted to the lower size even when Full Size had been selected in a previous session.
  • Bug fixed: When loading photos missing exif data or sharing the same exposure with the dark colour scheme, it was difficult to adjust an EV entry as its text had almost the same color as its background.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.1 (Aug 6, 2018)

  • Dark Color Scheme option: The windows where you adjust and finish the image have been refreshed with a dark color theme, and you can choose between a Light and Dark color scheme for the other windows.
  • Dual White Balance for HDR merge: When processing bracketed sets of RAW images, you can assign a different white balance to the brighter and the darker images.
  • Lasso Tool: The selective adjustment tools now include a lasso in addition to the existing brush option, allowing easy selection of geometric areas such as windows that need different color or blending settings.
  • The brush tool can now use either a round or square brush, and you can set the sensitivity for edge-detection.
  • Support for compressed Fuji RAW files, Canon mRAW files and 12-bit NEF files.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.0.3 (Aug 2, 2018)

  • Support for RAW files from the Canon 6D Mark II.
  • Automatic lens corrections of RAW files taken with a lens that Photomatix recognizes.
  • When dragging multiples files to Photomatix Pro, a dialog is now displayed to give the choice between merging the files to HDR or opening each file individually. The dialog can be set not to appear on the 'Files' tab of the Preferences window.
  • The window appearing at start up when using Photomatix Pro in trial mode can now be closed via the window's top left 'Close' button.
  • The "refresh preview continuously as slider moves" option on the 'General' tab of the Preferences window is now the default option.
  • Bug fixed: Batch processing with presets from the Fusion/Natural or Fusion/Interior methods and with the 'Remove ghosts' option enabled resulted in an unexpectedly dark image.
  • Bug fixed: On macOS High Sierra, Photomatix Pro crashed just after closing it.
  • Bug fixed: When adjusting Details Enhancer settings on the 'Adjust & Preview' window, checking or unchecking the 'Lighting Effects Mode' box didn't change the Preview.
  • Bug fixed: When leaving the final HDR rendered image opened in Photomatix Pro, and then loading and merging a second set of bracketed photos, attempting to quit Photomatix Pro while on the 'Adjust & Preview' window resulted in a hang.
  • Bug fixed: The brush outline disappeared when drawing strokes using the Brush Tool.
  • Bug fixed: When the 'Upon opening a 32-bit HDR file: Show HDR Viewer' option was checked in Preferences, the HDR viewer didn't display anything.
  • Bug fixed: When using the Brush Tool to adjust colors, undoing a previous selection didn't remove the brush strokes of the previous selection from the Preview.
  • Bug fixed: When Photomatix is used in trial mode and the final image is saved at a size lower than full size, the watermark removal option available after registration didn't always work as expected.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.0.2 (Aug 2, 2018)

  • Bug fixed: With images in landscape mode, the 'Adjust & Preview' window sometimes opened with the Preview image not fitting in the available height, requiring scrollbars.
  • Bug fixed: When processing photos using the Photomatix Plugin for Lightroom, the rendered image re-imported into Lightroom was missing many of its metadata. The bug was already present in version 5, but another bug made it more noticeable in version 6 in the case when a bracketed set is processed.
  • Bug fixed: Support for Raw files from Sony A6000, A6300 and A6500 didn't work anymore. Bug had been introduced in version 6.0.1.
  • Bug fixed: When using the Straightening Tool on the Finishing Touch window (with default Preferences options), the image didn't refresh until the slider was released .
  • Bug fixed: When saving a 32-bit merged HDR image as Floating Point TIFF, the metadata were missing from the saved image.
  • Bug fixed: When clicking back and forth between a Tone Balancer preset and a Fusion/Natural or Fusion/Interior preset, the preview image didn't always reflect the clicked Tone Balancer preset.
  • Bug fixed: When processing photos created as virtual copies in Lightroom and exported via the Lightroom plugin, the dialog inviting to adjust the exposures didn't show.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.1 Beta 9 (Aug 2, 2018)

  • Dark Color Scheme option: The windows where you adjust and finish the image have been refreshed with a dark color theme, and you can choose between a Light and Dark color scheme for the other windows.
  • Dual White Balance for HDR merge: When processing bracketed sets of RAW images, you can assign a different white balance to the brighter and the darker images.
  • Lasso Tool: The selective adjustment tools now include a lasso in addition to the existing brush option, allowing easy selection of geometric areas such as windows that need different color or blending settings.
  • The brush tool can now use either a round or square brush, and you can set the sensitivity for edge-detection.
  • Support for compressed Fuji RAW files, Canon mRAW files and 12-bit NEF files.
  • The sliders on the 'Adjust & Preview' window have been made much more responsive.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.0.1 (May 31, 2017)

  • Added Raw support for a few more camera models, such as the Canon 77D and 800D, Nikon D3400 and D5600, Olympus E-PL8 and E-M1Mark II, Pentax K-70 and K-P, and Panasonic G8, GF9 and GH5, among others.
  • Bug fixed: Canon 5D Mark IV Raw files shot in sRaw/mRaw mode, or at ISO settings higher than 400 were not supported.

New in Photomatix Pro 6.0 (May 21, 2017)

  • More style choice for realistic results - A new HDR rendering method called Tone Balancer gives you more options for achieving a realistic look. It is well-suited to real estate and natural style landscapes.
  • Refine your image with more control over color - With the new interactive brush tool, you can make color changes to just parts of the image by painting over those areas. You can also remove color casts, enhance skies, and adjust other image features by fine-tuning the saturation, hue, and brightness of individual colors.
  • Avoid overdoing it - If you want a more realistic look, you can blend your original photo with the HDR rendered image. You can also use a brush to blend specific areas with the original photo, or one of the other photos from a bracketed set.
  • Remove distortion from your photos - If the horizon isn't straight or vertical objects like buildings aren't vertical, you can quickly straighten your photo and fix perspective issues where lines don't look parallel when they should. These are particularly helpful features for architectural and landscape photographers.
  • A more intuitive workflow - Whether 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.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.1.1 (Oct 19, 2015)

  • Added Apple's Photos app to the list of apps the saved image may be opened in.
  • Bug fixed: When loading RAW files from the Nikon D810, resulting image had incorrect colors. Bug had been introduced in version 5.1.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.1 (Sep 7, 2015)

  • Added support for recent camera models such as the Nikon D7200 and Canon G7X, EOS M3, and 750D/760D (T6i/T6s).
  • Ability to mark presets as Favorites (by clicking on the 'star' icon to the left of each thumbnail) and filter the preset list to only show those favorites.
  • Fusion/Real-Estate renamed into Fusion/Interior and now includes a Brightness setting.
  • Addition of "Architecture" category to filter Presets.
  • By default, the preset name or method name is now appended to the file name of the final image. You can also adjust the suffix in the Preferences panel.
  • On Batch of Bracketed Photos, addition of Base Exposure option for deghosting.
  • The alignment is now done with one alignment method for all cases. The alignment settings (perspective correction option and maximum alignment shift) can be pre-selected via an Alignment Preset pull-down menu.
  • "License Information" panel shows the license status, as well as the license key if a Photomatix Pro copy has already been registered on the computer.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.1 Beta 3 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Support for recent camera models such as the Nikon D7200 and Canon 5DS/5DSR, G7X, M3, and 750D/760D (T6i/T6s).
  • Ability to mark presets as Favorites (by clicking on the 'star' icon at bottom of each thumbnail) and filter the preset list to only show Favorite presets.
  • The default file name of final images now includes the preset name or method name as suffix. The suffix can also be adjusted on the Preferences panel.
  • On Batch of Bracketed Photos, addition of Base Exposure option for deghosting.
  • The alignment is now done with one alignment method for all cases. The alignment settings (perspective correction option and maximum alignment shift) can be pre-selected via an Alignment Preset pull-down menu.
  • "License Information" panel shows the license status, as well as the license key if a Photomatix Pro copy has already been registered on the computer.
  • Addition of "Architecture" category to filter Presets.
  • Addition of two built-in Presets ('Interior 3' and 'Smooth 3') under the Architecture category.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.0.5 (Oct 29, 2014)

  • Added support for recent camera models such as the Panasonic GH4 and Nikon D750 and D810.
  • On Batch Bracketed Photos, resizing options now differentiate between landscape and portrait orientation (by letting the user resize the long and short edge instead of width and height), and offer the ability to automatically set the short edge based on the long edge.
  • Bug fixed: Processing Nikon D600 Raw files could result in pink highlights. (Bug had been fixed in version 4.2.7 but reintroduced in version 5.0)
  • Bug fixed: With some specific images, the Batch Bracketed Photos could crash when the "perspective correction" option was left unchecked.
  • Bug fixed: The '360º image' option of the Fusion/Real-Estate method did not work.
  • Bug fixed: The Fusion/Real-Estate method didn't properly support 64-bit addressing, resulting in incorrect result when fusing a relatively high number of large files, such as 7 or more 200 MegaPixels panoramas for instance.
  • [Mac only] Bug fixed: When a single Jpeg or Tiff file is tone mapped and 'Yes' chosen when prompted on whether to apply the noise reduction, the 'Redo with Other Settings' feature did not work, hanging the application.
  • [Mac only] Bug fixed: Loading ZIP-compressed TIFF files coming from an iPhone could hang the application.
  • [Mac only] Bug fixed: Batch Bracketed Photos didn't list the Fusion/Auto Preset.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.0.3 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Bug fixed: When Nikon D610 RAW files were loaded, resulting image had red lines on the border. Bug had been introduced in v5.0.2.
  • Bug fixed: When dragging image files to the Photomatix Pro icon while Photomatix Pro had not yet been opened, the "Merge to HDR Options" dialog showed behind the background window.
  • Bug fixed: Moving sliders of the Finishing Touch dialog did not refresh the image until slider was released, even though the "refresh continuously as slider moves" option was set in Preferences.
  • Bug fixed: Sony RAW files with the SRW file extension could not be loaded from the Open Panel to load a single photo.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.0.2 (Feb 11, 2014)

  • Added support for RAW files of recent camera models such as the Nikon Df, Pentax K-3, and Sony A7 and A7R.
  • On Batch Bracketed Photos, added a "Previous Session (non-batch)" item to the list of the Preset pop-up menu.
  • Changed the item selected by default on the File Format combo-box for saving tonemapped/fused images from TIFF to JPEG (selected item is "sticky", so change only affects first use).
  • Bug fixed: When using the Lightroom Plugin to export to Photomatix Pro on Mac OS 10.9, Photomatix Pro would sometimes not open when the OS is set to a language other than English.
  • Bug fixed: Alignment for the "taken on tripod" option did not support 64-bit addressing, which resulted in a crash when aligning a bracketed set composed of a very high number of bracketed photos.
  • Bug fixed: On Batch Bracketed Photos, separators disappeared from the list of the Preset pop-up menu when the Filter was used.
  • Bug fixed: On Batch Bracketed Photos, the dialog for entering custom settings or multiple presets referred to custom settings as "User Preset" in the 'Settings Type' column of the Preset list box.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.0.1 (Jan 4, 2014)

  • Added support for D610 RAW files.
  • Bug fixed: Incorrect result when using the Batch Bracketed Photos with a set having two or more images at the same exposure.
  • Bug fixed: Option in Preferences to start Tone Mapping with default settings did not work.
  • Bug fixed: Tooltip bug for Micro-Smoothing setting was wrong.

New in Photomatix Pro 5.0 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • Main new features:
  • New Tone Mapping method named Contrast Optimizer. It is good at producing realistic-looking results while still enhancing shadows and highlights. You can access it via the 'Balanced' preset (second on the list).
  • New Fusion method called Fusion/Real-Estate. It is intended for rendering interior scenes with a view out of the window. It replaces the Fusion/Realistic method available in batch mode in version 4.2.
  • Option to enable Exposure Fusion when a single RAW file is loaded.
  • Automatic Deghosting offers additional options: You can adjust the Deghosting strength and select the base exposure used, with the help of a preview of the deghosted image.
  • Updates in Batch of Bracketed Photos: You can now select a Preset directly from the main batch window, and can also process with multiple presets and custom settings.
  • More options on Workflow Shortcuts panel. In particular, ability to return with one click to the last session to process the image again with different settings.
  • Option to refresh Preview continuously as slider moves. You can enable it on the General section of the Preferences dialog.
  • Other updates:
  • Significant improvements to alignment of hand-held images.
  • Automatic highlight recovery is now used before tone mapping a single RAW file.
  • When using Photomatix Pro via the Lightroom Plugin, photos part of a Collection are now re-imported into the Collection.
  • Interface is now set to "Unified Window" by default, which makes the 'Overview Shortcuts' panel become an app frame window and the Setting Adjustments, Preview and Preset Thumbnails show in one single window.
  • Contextual help for Merge to HDR Options shows in a help frame.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2.7 (May 24, 2013)

  • Updated Raw conversion to add support for Raw files from the Nikon D7100, Panasonic GH3 and Sony NEX-5R.
  • Bug fixed: On Settings Adjustment panel, "360 image" box was enabled for images in portrait orientation.
  • Bug fixed: Issue of pink highlights happening with some D600 Raw files.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2.6 (Jan 21, 2013)

  • Updated Raw conversion to add support for recent camera models such as the Canon 6D, G15, S110, or Sony A99 among others.
  • Bug fixed: On Mac OX 10.4, processing images with Fusion/Natural resulted in a crash. On more recent Mac OS X versions, the same bug made the multithreading of Fusion/Natural fail to work properly.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2.5 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • Added check to detect when bracketed photos were dragged from Aperture and display a message informing that low resolution previews may have been loaded in this case.
  • Added support for Raw files from the Nikon D600.
  • Updated app icons and graphics to optimize them for high resolution Retina display.
  • Bug fixed: Batch listed files with missing leading zeros (e.g. image99 and image100) in alphanumerical order which resulted in listing image100 before image99.
  • Bug fixed: Camera manufacturer information ('Make' tag) was not always transferred to the saved image.
  • Bug fixed: Items of the 'Utilities' were enabled on a 32-bit intermediary HDR image prior to tonemapping and fusion whereas the actions of the items could not be applied to fusion.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2.4 (Aug 23, 2012)

  • Bug fixed: On Retina display, selection for deghosting or replacing a region was not working properly.
  • Bug fixed: When batch processing Raw or 16-bit files with fusion methods and with a Contrast and/or Sharpen preset selected, output was incorrect when saved as jpeg or tiff 8-bit.
  • Bug fixed: After having added an application to open the saved image in, that application was not remembered the next time the save panel is invoked.
  • Bug fixed: When the option to bypass all processing is set in Preferences and Raw files are loaded, no color profile was applied.
  • Bug fixed: On Mac OS 10.8, batch report did not display while progressing.
  • Updated Raw conversion to add support for recent camera models such as the Canon 650D / T4i.
  • Lightroom Plug-in: Added naming options for the re-imported file and fixed issue of GPS location metadata being removed on export from Lightroom 4.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2.3 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Bug fixed: Canon Raws shot in SRAW/MRAW mode were not converted properly.
  • Bug fixed: With some specific image width and height, tone mapping with Details Enhancer in Lighting Effects mode could cause a very dark output and/or artifacts at the left and/or bottom of the image. Bug had been introduced in version 4.2.2.
  • Added support for DNG files created with the Embed Fast Load Data option.
  • Bug fixed: On Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5, error message was returned when running in batch mode.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2.2 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • Bug fixed: Intermittent crash when using the Finishing Touch feature.
  • Bug fixed: Automatic deghosting option was not taken into account when loaded files were exported from Lightroom via the 'Export to Photomatix Pro' plugin.
  • Workaround to ViewNX bug: Using ViewNX to browse files saved with Photomatix made the Mac ViewNX (Mac version only) crash when the files were produced from photos taken with a Nikon camera. The workaround is to transfer only part of the metadata when View NX is installed on the computer and when processing photos taken with Nikon camera.
  • Bug fixed: On the pop-up menu to open the saved image on the Save dialog, the option to select an application other than the one listed did not work.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2.1 (May 24, 2012)

  • Bug fixed: On Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5, error message was popping up after having saved a processed image. Bug was introduced in v4.2.0.
  • Bug fixed: On Mac OS 10.5, tone mapping a single JPEG or TIFF file made the application crash. Bug was introduced in v4.2.0.
  • Bug fixed: When exporting bracketed photos to Photomatix Pro via the Lightroom plugin with the "Automatically reimport into Lightroom library" option checked, a temporary file was not deleted.
  • Bug fixed: 32-bit HDR files saved as 32-bit Floating Point TIFF were displayed very overexposed when opened in Photoshop or Lightroom 4.1.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.2 (May 2, 2012)

  • Main new features:
  • Display options for preset thumbnails: View at a larger size or in two columns, and filtering built-in presets by category.
  • Simplified size options on Preview dialog: Size ratio mechanism replaced by magnifier icons for zooming in or out at 20% increments.
  • "Finishing Touch" palette for post-processing a tonemapped or fused image: Options for increasing contrast, adjusting the saturation of individual colors, and sharpening.
  • Addition of 20 built-in presets.
  • New fusion method designed to produce natural-looking rendering of interiors with bright windows. This method is called Fusion/Realistic and is only accessible in batch mode. Note that Fusion/Realistic requires much longer processing times than the other methods.
  • Transfer of all EXIF metadata in the source photos to the tonemapped or fused image.
  • Other updates:
  • Option to import presets. The option is accessible from the Preset Category combo-box when the "My Presets" tab is selected.
  • Changes in the Details Enhancer algorithm aimed at addressing the issue of difference between the preview and final image that may occur in some cases.
  • Custom presets can now be organized in groups. Presets belonging to a group are listed under a sub-menu of the Preset combo-box list of the Setting Adjustments dialog, as well as on the Preset Category combo-box of the Preset Thumbnails panel when the "My Presets" tab is selected.
  • Option in Batch of Bracketed Photos for reducing the size of the output files, and adding contrast and sharpening.
  • Added support for Raw files from the Canon S100, 5D Mark III and G1 X, Nikon D4 and D800, Panasonic GX1, Fuji X10 and Sony NEX-7.
  • Various small improvements to the dialog for entering EVs that is showing when the source photos do not contain exif metadata or when one or more exposures are the same. In the latter case, the dialog now lists the exposure information read from the EXIF metadata.
  • Option in Batch Single Photos for adding a suffix to the output file name.
  • In Naming Options of Batch Bracketed Photos, ability to only use the name of the first file in the bracketed set to compose the file name of the combined image.
  • Added support of undo and redo keys (cmd+Z/cmd+shift+Z) to Setting Adjustments window as shortcut to the "Undo" and "Redo" buttons.
  • File created in batch mode is automatically renamed if a file with the same file name already exists.
  • Ability to open saved image in another application now also available when saving a 32-bit HDR file.
  • Added detection of DNG files saved with Fast Load Data option, returning an error message when loading them instead of processing incorrectly.
  • Option in Preferences to save EXR files without Mac OS X Image I/O framework in order to avoid normalizing the floating point values before writing them.
  • Made watermark removal accessible to licensed users of Photomatix Essentials and Photomatix HDR Plug-In for Aperture.
  • Bug fixed: Memory leak when the "Show intermediary 32-bit image" box is checked.
  • Bug fixed: Clicking on the "Preview sample..." button of the White Balance setting section of the Preprocessing dialog prompted to a directory other than the directory of the loaded bracketed Raw files.
  • Bug fixed: Histogram did not refresh when coming back to the tonemapped/fused preview image by unchecking the 'Preview' box.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.1.3 (Dec 20, 2011)

  • Bug fixed: When processing a single file, other than a 32-bit HDR file, with the Tone Compressor method, an error message was returned.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.1.2 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • Updated Raw conversion function, adding among others support of Raw files from Olympus E-PL3, Nikon P7100, and Sony A77 and A65.
  • Bug fixed: Using a function from the 'Utilities' menu on an 8 or 16-bit image made the image display with an incorrect color profile.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.1.1 (Oct 3, 2011)

  • Updated Raw conversion function, adding support of Raw files from the Olympus E-P3, Leica D-LUX 6 and V-LUX 2, Panasonic G3/G3F, and Sony NEX-C3 and SLT-A35.
  • Bug fixed: When processing jpeg files that do not have an embedded color profile, tone mapping again with the same settings after having undone the tone mapping did not produce the same output.
  • Bug fixed: The exposure of 32-bit HDR image file created with deghosting on was 9 to 10 stops higher than exposure of 32-bit HDR image file created without deghosting. Bug prevented to stitch 32-bit HDR files when some of the frames needed deghosting and others not.
  • Bug fixed: When height of source image is particularly height (e.g. 10500 pixels high), using the options for reducing chromatic aberrations caused bands of color artifacts in the upper side of the image.
  • Bug fixed: When the Settings Adjustment window was positioned on the left after loading but was then moved to the right, clicking on the "Fit to screen" button at large preview sizes resulted in a preview reduced to a narrow vertical band.
  • Bug fixed: On 10.4/Tiger, export to Photomatix Pro via Lightroom plugin failed.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.1 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Ability to select a region on the Tone Mapping/Fusion preview and replace it with a source photo. A "Selection Mode" option on the Preview window lets users select one or more regions with lasso tools and replace the selected region with one of the source image(s). "Attach to Edges" button automatically adjusts the selection to follow the nearest edges.
  • Improved automatic ghosting reduction: more ghosts removed and less artifacts.
  • Addition of Sharpness setting to Fusion/Adjust method.
  • Improvements to Fusion/Intensive method: several times faster and better results.
  • Option to exclude perspective correction from alignment by matching features.
  • "Quick Selection" option added on Selective Deghosting tool, so that region is automatically marked as ghosted once selected with the lasso tool.
  • Added option in Preferences not to show the Preset Thumbnails panel when the Tone Mapping/Fusion windows load.
  • Made double-clicking on sliders reset to default value for the setting.
  • The Selective Deghosting dialog now shows thumbnails of source photos in contextual menu for selecting photos at a specific EV.
  • Added ability to set the maximum alignment shift.
  • Added option in Preferences for setting location for temporary files used for processing large files with Details Enhancer in "Preview" mode, or processing relatively large files with Fusion/Adjust.
  • On Mac OS 10.5 and higher, progress bar shows on icon in the Dock during processing.
  • Length of Preset Thumbnails panel is now resizable.
  • Cosmetic naming and presentation changes on the Details Enhancer Settings Adjustments window.
  • Updated RAW conversion to support files from the Nikon D5100, Fuji HS20EXR, F550EXR and X100, Olympus E-PL2 and XZ-1, Samsung NX1 and Sony A-290.
  • Bug fixed: JPEG files straight of the camera in portrait mode were not always loaded in the correct orientation.
  • Bug fixed: Images saved as TIFF not showing the correct DPI resolution in Adobe Bridge
  • Bug fixed: Tone Mapping of underexposed single JPEG or 8-bit TIFF produced bad result.
  • Bug fixed: When reimporting processed images in Lightroom, stacking was not working properly when the user selected another photo in Lightroom before Photomatix Pro finished processing the image.
  • Bug fixed: Noise reduction crashed when processed on images having a width or height greater than 6143 pixels.
  • Bug fixed: App crashed when batch processing with Fusion/Adjust as only selected method but with deghosting on (which is possible when checking the "Merge into 32-bit HDR file" box, and then unchecking it after having changed the settings)
  • Bug fixed: When dragging bracketed images to the Photomatix Pro icon on the Dock, but with the app not yet opened, the Tone Mapping/Fusion dialogs did not show even though the "Show intermediary 32-bit HDR file" box was left unchecked.
  • Bug fixed: memory leak each time the Tone Mapping preview was refreshed with Details Enhancer selected.
  • Bug fixed: "360 degree image" option was not part of the settings embedded in tonemapped image.
  • Bug fixed: The Advanced functions of the Batch Processing (auto detection of bracketed frames and partial selection) were not working properly on a file list filtered by file type.
  • Bug fixed: On Mac OS 10.4/Tiger, clicking on the "Preview deghosting" button could sometimes result in a crash.
  • Bug fixed: When loading raw files from the Pentax K-5 (and likely other Pentax models), the resulting image had red lines on the right border.
  • Bug fixed: On the Selective Deghosting window, the photo selected by default on the contextual menu was often not the appropriate exposure for the ghosted region.
  • Bug fixed: The Advanced Options of the batch processing did not work properly when the file list was filtered by file type.
  • Bug fixed: Batch Single Photos did not embed any color profile when tone mapping RAW files. It did not embed it either when tone mapping a Radiance file that was created by Photomatix and tagged with a color profile name.
  • Bug fixed: Batch Single Photos did not add the keyword set in Preferences.
  • Bug fixed: An image opened in Photomatix Pro did not display according to the color profile embedded in the file (but display was correct after tonemapping)
  • Bug fixed: Error returned by Photoshop when opening an image saved in Photomatix and that had been tonemapped a second time after having re-opened a tonemapped image.
  • Bug fixed: NEF files from the Nikon D7000 shot as multiple exposure could result in strong magenta cast.
  • Bug fixed: After having selected a ghosted region and clicked on the "Preview Deghosting" button of the Selective Dehgosting Tool, adjusting the Brightness slider displayed a very dark preview.
  • Bug fixed: Failure to open Floating Point 32-bit TIFF file with an alpha channel.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.0.2 (Nov 18, 2010)

  • Added support for RAW files of new camera models such as the Canon 60D and G12, Nikon D7000, Olympus E-5, and Pentax K-r and K-5 among others.
  • Bug fixed: On the Lightroom plug-in dialog, the "Crop resulting images" and "Align images" options were not sticky.

New in Photomatix Pro 4.0.1 (Nov 18, 2010)

  • Bug fixed: The "View Settings" feature was not working after having opened a saved tonemapped or fused JPEG image.
  • Bug fixed: The removal of watermark from JPEG images was not working properly on Mac OS 10.6

New in Photomatix Pro 4.0 (Sep 28, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Selective deghosting tool: enables users to select ghosted regions with a lasso tool, and change the preferred image taken for each selected region.
  • Preset thumbnails panel: built-in and user presets for tone mapping and fusion show as thumbnails in a panel alongside the preview. Panel can be set in horizontal or vertical orientation.
  • High quality noise reduction with new algorithm applied on source images (users can still use the old algorithm when the noise reduction is applied to the merged 32-bit HDR image).
  • Ability to tone map a single image in 8 bits/channel mode.
  • Unified dialog for HDR Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion methods.
  • Viewing of tone mapping or fusion settings embedded in processed image.
  • Improved rendering of Tone Compressor tone mapping method with default settings and extension of the range of the Tonal Range Compression setting.
  • Other updates:
  • Option in Preferences to customise default filename.
  • Alignment with the "by matching feature" method now takes into account perspective correction in addition to rotation, translation and scaling.
  • Faster upsampling of preview for tonemapping/fusion, with zooming control in the form of a slider instead of a stepper.
  • Dialog enabling to adjust options when opening a single RAW file in order to tone map it.
  • Batch of single files adds options for noise and CA reduction and RAW conversion white balance and color space.
  • Transfer of lens information when available in source images in TIFF or JPEG format, or Canon RAW files (other camera manufacturers apparently encrypt the information).
  • Transfer of XMP metadata information from the source to the resulting image.
  • Embedding of tone mapping and fusion settings in images saved as JPEG (previously was only when saved as TIFF).
  • Changed options in Preferences to bypass dialogs so that in enables to bypass all dialogs till tonemapping/fusion instead of just the dialog asking what to do with the dragged files.
  • Faster processing and reduced memory usage for Fusion/Adjust.
  • Extended time for automatic bracket detection of batch processing from 8 to 64 seconds.
  • Made the directory for loading photos via the Open Dialog default to the directory of the last loaded files instead of the directory of the last save file. Added option in Preferences enabling to change the behavior.
  • Set the DPI setting for exporting with the Lightroom plug-in to 300 pixels/inch instead of the Lightroom's default of 240 pixels/inch.
  • Made it possible to merge images that do not have the same width and/or height.
  • Enabled zoom factor of less than 100% for the zoom slider of the Tone Mapping preview window, and adjusted fit-to-screen to replace the upsampling from the smallest size by a downsampling from the medium size.
  • In Batch Processing, removed the process suffix (e.g. "Enhancer") added to the saved file name in the case when only one tone mapping / fusion method is selected.
  • Made the Lightroom plug-in ignore the error returned by Lightroom when importing a photo that is already in the catalog.
  • Added support for reading PSB files (8, 16 and 32 bits/channel).
  • Multi-threading support added to RAW demosacing, parts of fusion/adjust and last part of "by matching features" alignment.
  • Bug fixed: On some computers, histogram disappeared when hovering the mouse over the histogram's view.
  • Bug fixed: When the metadata of source files contained hierarchical keywords set in Lightroom, the hierarchical keyword structure was not preserved in the tone mapped tiff file.
  • Bug fixed: With RAW files as source, Batch Processing was stalling after having processed around 250 bracketed sets.
  • Bug fixed: Black Point setting for Fusion/Adjust had almost no effect
  • Bug fixed: When the tone mapping preview needs vertical scrollbar, the pointer remained in the form of a magnification outside of the preview area.
  • Bug fixed: Pointer was outside of Loupe marquee with images in portrait mode and/or when tone mapping preview needed scrollbars.
  • Bug fixed: When "Preview" box of Tone Mapping preview window was unchecked, pointer was still in the form of a magnification icon.
  • Bug fixed: Entering a value into the zoom box of the Tone Mapping preview window led to unexpected results. Bug had been introduced in beta 1.
  • Bug fixed: Progress bar without advancement did not animate.
  • Bug fixed: Saving as Radiance when the image has a width higher than 32768 pixels produced invalid files (Radiance files need to be written uncompressed in this case, as RLE-compression requires that the image is less than 32768 pixels wide).

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.9 (May 18, 2010)

  • Bug fixed: When processing bracketed RAW files loaded directly in Photomatix, the tone mapped or fused file had corrupted metadata.
  • Bug fixed: Crash when processing RAW files from Fuji camera models.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.8 (May 3, 2010)

  • Support of RAW files from recent camera models such as the NIKON D3S, Pentax K-x, Sony A5 and Canon 550D/T2i, S90 and 1D Mark IV.
  • Made the panel for Exposure Fusion/Adjust settings in batch processing load the settings used in the last session instead of the defaults.
  • Bug fixed: Removal of watermark from jpeg files did not work correctly on Mac OS 10.6.
  • Bug fixed: Clicking on the border of one of the tables for selecting files on the dialog "H&S - 2 images" exposure fusion method made the application crash.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.8 Beta 2 (Apr 2, 2010)

  • Support of RAW files from recent camera models such as the NIKON D3S, Pentax K-x, Sony A5 and Canon S90 and 1D Mark IV.
  • Made the panel for Exposure Fusion/Adjust settings in batch processing load the settings used in the last session instead of the defaults.
  • Bug fixed: Removal of watermark from jpeg files did not work correctly on Mac OS 10.6.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.7 (Jan 8, 2010)

  • Added 64-bit support. The code is 32/64-bit Universal, which means it will run as 64-bit if your system is 64-bit (which is the case of most Mac Intel computers) and as 32-bit otherwise.
  • Bug fixed: When "Don't crop" option was selected for the alignment with Batch Processing, results starting from the second set were scrambled.
  • Bug fixed: When the active image is in 16 bits/channel mode, the "Tone Mapping" button of the 'Workflow Shortcuts' panel was greyed out.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.7 Beta 4 (Nov 29, 2009)

  • Added 64-bit support. The code is 32/64-bit Universal, which means it will run as 64-bit if your system is 64-bit (which is the case of most Mac Intel computers) and as 32-bit otherwise.
  • Bug fixed: When "Don't crop" option was selected for the alignment with Batch Processing, results starting from the second set were scrambled.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.6 (Oct 12, 2009)

  • Made the ratio and preview magnification settings remembered separately depending on whether the image is in landscape or portrait mode.
  • Made the text boxes of the Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion settings in batch mode editable.
  • Bug fixed: Position of the Tone Mapping Preview dialog was not correctly remembered.
  • Bug fixed: When the "Process sub-folders" box of the Batch Processing dialog was checked, changing the number of images could then cause the batch to hang.
  • Bug fixed: White Point and Black Point sliders on the Tone Mapping Settings panel in batch mode were not refreshed correctly when xmp settings file was loaded, which resulted in the batch not taking into account the loaded White and Black Point settings.
  • Bug fixed: HDR image files in OpenEXR format having an alpha channel were not read correctly. Bug had been introduced in version 3.2.3.
  • Bug fixed: Failure to correctly process RAW files from the Olympus E-500. Bug had been introduced in version 3.2.4.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.5 (Sep 29, 2009)

  • Bug fixed: Using RAW files as source images produced incorrect results. Bug had been introduced in v3.2.4.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.4 (Sep 28, 2009)

  • Updated RAW conversion routine to support RAW files from new camera models, such as the Canon 7D, Nikon D5000 and D300s, Olympus E-P1 and E-620, Panasonic FZ35 and GF1, Pentax K-7, and Sony A230, A330, A380 and A850.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.3 (Sep 17, 2009)

  • Bug fixed: Saving images failed when keyword tag was set in Preferences.
  • Implemented a workaround to an apparent bug in Mac OS 10.6 that caused memory leaks when Photomatix was run on Snow Leopard. The memory leaks made the Batch Processing crash after a few runs but could also made the application crash in non-batch mode when large files were used.
  • Bug fixed: The bit-depth of files created by fusing exposures with the Batch Processing did not always follow the bit-depth selected on the output file format drop-down menu.
  • Bug fixed: When exporting via the Lightroom plugin, selecting the "Moving objects/people" ghosting reduction option had not effect, i.e. the option was not taken into account.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.2 (Aug 25, 2009)

  • Bug fixed: On Snow Leopard, processing JPEG images resulted in scrambled output.
  • Bug fixed: Image orientation exif tag was not transferred from the source to the resulting image saved as JPEG or TIFF.
  • Bug fixed: When batch processing 16-bit images with exposure fusion and with the output format set to 8-bit TIFF, the created TIFF file could not be opened.
  • Bug fixed: When batch processing with exposure fusion TIFF images having an alpha channel, batch reported insufficient memory error and did not proceed.
  • Bug fixed: When batch processing with advanced selection options (either automatic bracket detection or partial selection) a folder containing RAW files with their XMP files, no images were selected and batch did not work.
  • Bug fixed: On Panther/Mac OS 10.3.9, tone mapping crashed just after loading the dialog. Bug had been introduced in version 3.2.0.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2.1 (Aug 10, 2009)

  • Bug fixed: After having clicked on the Tone Compressor tab, built-in presets disappeared from the Presets menu of Details Enhancer.
  • Bug fixed: Processing TIFF files having an alpha channel with Generate HDR and "by matching features" alignment resulted in a scrambled image.
  • Bug fixed: When the length of the iptc data embedded in an image saved as JPEG was not a multiple of 2, Photoshop returned an error/warning message about corrupted Photoshop data when opening the JPEG file.
  • Bug fixed: RLE-compressed 16-bit PSD files could not be loaded.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2 (Jul 13, 2009)

  • Summary of main updates:
  • Multi-threading support for Tone Compressor and parts of Details Enhancer
  • Details Enhancer settings improvements: New mode offering finer control for Smoothing setting (i.e. the setting that affects natural vs artificial look) and improved effect of Highlights Smoothness (i.e. the setting that preserves "clean" skies)
  • Ability to tag saved images with keyword
  • Built-in presets for Details Enhancer
  • Improved alignment of "by matching features" method.
  • Batch processing advanced options: automatic detection of bracketed photos and ability to process a sub-set of each bracketed set.
  • Detailed list of updates:
  • Updated RAW conversion routine to support RAW files from the Canon 500D/T1i, Nikon D3X, Olympus E30, Pentax K-m/K2000, Canon SX1/SX110 and Panasonic GH1.
  • Multi-threading support for tone mapping: complete multi-threading for Tone Compressor method and partial for Details Enhancer method. The maximum number of cores used can be adjusted in Preferences. -Details Enhancer's Light Smoothing setting (renamed "Smoothing" in v3.2) has now two modes. The new mode is in the form of a slider and produces a slightly different effect. The behavior of previous versions corresponds to the "Light" mode which is in the form of five buttons named "Min", "Low", "Mid", "High" and "Max".
  • Details Enhancer's Highlights Smoothness setting (i.e. the setting that avoids grey highlights and preserves "clean" skies) has been significantly improved.
  • Improved the accuracy of the Tone Mapping preview compared to the final image and changed the size options on the preview dialog. Size options are now ratios of the input HDR image such as 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8. Intermediary sizes are achieved via the 'Preview Magnification' setting.
  • Histogram of tone mapping dialog in now available per color channel and shows in a separate window. The count and percentile of each level is displayed while the user moves the mouse over the histogram.
  • Contextual help for the tone mapping controls shows in an expandable section of the Tone Mapping Settings dialog. -Batch Processing adds an option for automatically detecting the photos belonging to a bracketed set. This option is useful when some of the photos in the processed folder are not part of a bracketed set and/or when the number of frames per bracketed set varies. -Batch Processing adds an option for processing a sub-set of each bracketed set. This option is useful, for instance, when the user wish to batch process only three frames of bracketed sets containing five frames taken in one-EV step each.
  • Improved alignment of "by matching features" method.
  • Added built-in presets for Details Enhancer. Presets are "Natural", "Smooth Skies", "Painterly" and "Grunge", and are accessible from the Presets combo-box.
  • Added ability to tag saved images with keyword set in Preferences. Keyword is added to IPTC metadata of images saved using the 'File' menu or created via Batch Processing (though not to via batching of single files).
  • Added option in Preferences giving the choice between default and previous settings when starting the tone mapping dialog.
  • Changed the name of 'Process' button into 'Save and re-import' when source images were exported using the Lightroom plug-in and the "Automatically re-import images into Lightroom" box was checked.
  • Simplified the layout of the Batch conversion of single files and added ability to set the JPEG quality.
  • Bug fixed: Export from Lightroom plug-in stalled when 9 or more photos were exported.
  • Bug fixed: selecting the "360° image" option did not correct the difference at the zenith.
  • Bug fixed: crash when processing TIFF files with an alpha channel.
  • Bug fixed: changing the Light Smoothing setting while the "360 degree image" box was checked could result in a crash. -Bug fixed: generating an HDR image from more than eight files of 21 MegaPixels each and in 16 bits/channel crashed due to insufficient memory. -Bug fixed: When saving image as TIFF, DateTimeOriginal tag was not written in the correct order, which made Picasa crash and GIMP return a warning. -Bug fixed: Exposure Blending with the Adjust method did not produce correct output when the "Shadows" setting was higher than 0 and the source images in 16 bits/channel mode.
  • Bug fixed: When resizing tone mapping preview to a smaller size, previous preview was not erased.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.2 Beta 5 (Jul 3, 2009)

  • Made the preview magnification editable.
  • Bug fixed: Exporting to Photomatix via the Lightroom plugin was not working anymore. Bug was introduced in beta 4.
  • Bug fixed: By default, tone mapping dialog started with default settings, even though "previous settings" was set in Preferences.
  • Bug fixed: Preview size options were not remembered.
  • Bug fixed: Values shown for 'Ratio to Original' were not always consistent for relatively small images.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.1.3 (Feb 4, 2009)

  • Tighter integration with Lightroom. HDR options are now set from the Lightroom plug-in and the processed image can be automatically re-imported into the Lightroom library.
  • HDR Generation process made faster.
  • Bug fixed: Applying the Chromatic Aberrations reduction to a non-HDR image could result in a crash.
  • Bug fixed: Processing files in Canon sRaw format did not always work correctly.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.1.1 (Dec 2, 2008)

  • Added support of RAW files from recent camera models such as the 5D Mark II and Panasonic LX-3.
  • Bug fixed: When using multiple monitors with preview size of Tone Mapping dialog set to "Fit", Tone Mapping sometimes crashed upon loading the Tone Mapping Preview dialog.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.1 (Oct 24, 2008)

  • New settings for blending method 'H&S - Adjust'
  • Option for automatic reduction of chromatic aberrations in HDR images
  • Option for reducing noise in HDR images
  • Settings of Details Enhancer dialog grouped in expandable views
  • Alignment method "By matching features" made more robust
  • Lightroom Export Plug-In

New in Photomatix Pro 3.1 Beta 10 (Oct 22, 2008)

  • User manual updated to version 3.1.
  • Bug fixed: Crash when batch processing 16-bit images with one of the exposure blending method while the output bit-depth was set to 8-bit.
  • Bug fixed: With Details Enhancer set to default values, text box for Micro-smoothing setting was not showing the correct value.
  • Bug fixed: Title of Exposure Blending dialog did not refer to "Exposure Blending".

New in Photomatix Pro 3.1 Beta 9 (Oct 16, 2008)

  • On dialog popping up when multiple image files are dragged to Photomatix, added option to skip dialogs for source image selection and Generate HDR options.
  • Bug fixed: Blending method "H&S - 2 images" did not produce correct output.
  • Bug fixed: When tone mapped image was saved as JPEG or 8-bit TIFF, Tone Mapping item was still enabled on the Process menu and clicking on it made the application quit.
  • Bug fixed: If all images were removed from dialog to select images for Generate HDR or Exposure Blending, clicking on OK button did not work correctly.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.1 Beta 6 (Sep 22, 2008)

  • Availability of Lightroom Export Plug-In to Photomatix Pro.
  • Added option to Save Panel for opening saved image in another application. Option is available for 8 and 16-bit images. By default, popup menu lists imaging applications installed on computer, such as Aperture, Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. Choice is made sticky.
  • Updated raw conversion to support recent camera models such as the Nikon D90.
  • Bug fixed: For low values of "Strength" setting for "Details Enhancer", changing the color saturation above 50 abruptly changed the image. Bug had been introduced in beta 1.
  • Bug fixed: Processing of HDR image with Tone Compressor produced incorrect result (preview was OK) due to use of incorrect White and Black point settings.
  • Bug fixed: Crash when images of different sizes were loaded for Generate HDR or Exposure Blending.
  • Bug fixed: Color Temperature text box for Tone Compressor tone mapping method did not update correctly.
  • Bug fixed: Flashing when expanding Tone Mapping settings for Details Enhancer.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.1 Beta 4 (Sep 4, 2008)

  • Made expandable sections of Tone Mapping Settings dialog auto hide when showing expanded settings do not fit in display's resolution. "Auto hide" behavior can be changed in Preferences.
  • Made path of resulting image of batch show as clickable hyperlink.
  • When more than one image files are selected for opening via "File->Open" command, showed the same dialog as when multiple files are dragged to the Photomatix Pro application.
  • Adapted settings dialogs invoked from Batch Processing and Single File Conversion to the new layout introduced in beta 3 for the Tone Mapping Settings dialog.
  • Bug fixed: When destination folder for saving results of Batch Processing or Single File Conversion did not exist, batch still run till the end though it could not save anything.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.0.3 (May 16, 2008)

  • Made settings values in text boxes refresh live when sliders are moved.
  • Bug fixed: Opening uncompressed Radiance .hdr files in preview mode crashed the application
  • Bug fixed: RAWs from the Sony A-200 were not correctly converted.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.0.2 (Apr 17, 2008)

  • Added support for RAW files from Canon 450D and Nikon D60.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.0.1 (Apr 8, 2008)

  • Bug fixed: JPEG quality setting set in Preferences should now be transferred correctly from the Preferences of version 2.5.
  • Bug fixed: When the Exposure Blending dialog is open, items under the View and Utilities menu should not be accessible anymore.
  • Bug fixed: incorrect date in metadata of saved images on the 30th and 31st of the month when source images are RAW files should not happen anymore.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.0 (Mar 27, 2008)

  • Improved workflow and User Interface
  • "Workflow Shortcuts" panel and addition of Tone Mapping button on HDR viewer
  • Dragging multiple image files to the Photomatix icon can automatically invoke the Generate HDR or Exposure Blending dialog.
  • Tone Mapping preview opens in a separate window with improved size controls
  • Presets menu allows quick access to user settings
  • Loupe does not replace image preview anymore. Checkbox enables to control separate refresh of preview and loupe
  • Second automatic alignment method
  • New alignment method is based on feature matching, and corrects for rotation in addition to translation.
  • New alignment method uses a different algorithm and approach from the first method, allowing to choose the best algorithm depending on the image. The new alignment algorithm is slower but often more accurate.
  • Improved Exposure Blending
  • New algorithm for method 'H&S - Adjust'. It produces natural looking results while preserving highlights and shadows details well.
  • Preview and Loupe available for all Exposure Blending methods.
  • Ability to select the images for method 'H&S - 2 images'
  • Merge of the two 'H&S - Intensive' sub-methods into one with a Strength setting added (its default value is equivalent to the formerly Light method and its maximum to the formerly Enhanced method).
  • RAW files are now supported for Exposure Blending
  • Improved handling of large HDR image files
  • When the size of the opened HDR image file reaches a threshold, a dialog box offers the option to open the image in preview mode. Choosing this option works similarly as formerly "Large File Processing" which has therefore been removed.
  • Size of threshold that triggers the dialog is 30 MegaPixels by default and adjustable in Preferences.
  • New options in Batch Processing
  • Selection of source files can now be done by files in addition to folder.
  • When the source image has a thumbnail embedded, selecting that image with the mouse shows the thumbnail.
  • Option to process bracketed images having each exposure located under a separate folder
  • Added support for Raw files of new camera models, such as the Nikon D300 and Sony A-700, for instance.

New in Photomatix Pro 3.0 Beta 8 (Mar 10, 2008)

  • Added exposure blending from RAW files. It was already possible from Canon and DNG files, but now added it for all camera models, as well as to Batch Processing.
  • Improved alignment with the second option (feature matching) by correcting for rotation in the planes perpendicular to the image plane, as well as scaling differences.
  • Bug fixed: Batch converting HDR image files with Tone Compressor via "Single File Conversion" should now produce the expected files.
  • Bug fixed: When source images are PSD files, the EXIF data are now retrieved. This means the exposure values do not need to be entered manually anymore when exposure information is available in the EXIF of PSD files and the images have different exposures.
  • Bug fixed: Removal of watermark should now work correctly
  • Bug fixed: Changing the "Saturation Shadows" setting of Details Enhancer Batch on the Tone Mapping settings window should not change the "Saturation Highlights" setting at the same time.
  • Bug fixed: Alignment settings for Exposure Blending should now be correctly remembered
  • Bug fixed: Memory leak after having run a batch.
  • Bug fixed: Memory leak in Exposure Blending.

New in Photomatix Pro 2.5.5b2 (Nov 19, 2007)

  • Added support for Raw files from the Sony A-700 and Canon G9.