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easyHDR Changelog

What's new in easyHDR 3.16.1

Mar 16, 2023
  • New features:
  • Added ACES 2065-1 and ACEScg linear color profiles for HDR/EXR output,
  • MacOS: added automatic detection of monitor color profile (selected by default, but can be changed under Color Management settings), Windows version had it before,
  • Norwegian translation added.
  • Improvements:
  • Better preset, input image, layer & LUT items with thumbnails - the whole item is now clickable, not only the thumbnail itself.
  • Other changes:
  • MacOS: Fixed possible crash when tone mapping presets panel was resized,
  • Fixed crash when new project was created while 3dLUT dialog was previously shown & live tone mapping was enabled,
  • Fixed some problems with DPI scalability (dialog logo sizes or text/value area length), especially visible at larger scaling ratios like 300%,
  • Fixed issue with nested EXIF headers (EXIF was not found in some kinds of photos),
  • Fixed bug in lens detection in case of some models,
  • Fixed problem when loading very wide photos (wider than 46339 pixels),
  • Fixed JPEG/PNG image loading bug causing a single or couple of lines in the bottom of large images to be black,
  • Repaired keeping last aspect ratio setting in the crop tool,
  • Fixed checking available disk space,
  • Updated LensFun database with new camera and lens definitions for lens correction,
  • Updated LibRAW for new camera RAW support,
  • Updated Exiftool.

New in easyHDR 3.16.0 (Apr 5, 2022)

  • New features:
  • New 'Colors' parameter for HDR/LDR noise filter. It allows reduction of high ISO color noise as well as reduction of color fringes (lens'es chromatic aberration artifacts),
  • Added option to step in the middle of HDR Generation - new button allows applying automatic lens correction and alignment followed by manual cropping and return to HDR generation,
  • When loading FITS images, an options dialog with image preview is shown, similar to the RAW import dialog. It allows stretching histogram, setting gamma, correcting white balance, applying calibration frames (darks and flats), etc.,
  • Added new tool for creating master calibration frames by stacking multiple dark or flat frames. It is available for both RAW and FITS import (in the dialogs as well as in the main window's 'File' menu),
  • It is now also possible to load tone mapping settings from ehpx project files,
  • New selectivity options for HDR generation (and stacking) - allows selecting how many brightest or darkest pixels in each location shall be rejected from the merge. It allows some control over fine ghosting, but most importantly it provides a way to automatically reject artifacts caused by hot pixels and satellites in case of astrophotography stacking.
  • Improvements:
  • Switched default RAW demosaicing interpolation algorithm from AHD to DCB (lower moire). Added possibility to select the algorithm (Program Options -> Misc).
  • Added the 'last used' preset to the batch processing,
  • Added new 'Colors/Sigma' parameter in the 'Bilateral filter' in the 'Postprocessing' tab. Allows reduction of color noise,
  • Added option (see Program Options -> Misc) to use the last used preset instead of default when easyHDR starts,
  • Improvements in the auto task creator in batch processing,
  • Crop tool - added option to keep last used aspect ratio selection.
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed installer problem on Windows when the system's User Name contains Unicode characters (the easyHDR installer could not start),
  • Fixed more issues (also possible on macOS) regarding handling of Unicode characters in file paths, especially for the color management support (still there might be trouble with OpenEXR & JPEG2000 handling, in such a case please move the images to folders that do not contain characters not supported by currently set operating system region/language),
  • Repaired some workspace display glitches - i.e. the view was sometimes not updated after image transformation,
  • Repaired white balance sample picker in RAW load dialog, which was not sampling smoothened area, it could have also failed when preview image was switched,
  • Fixed loading grayscale TIFF images,
  • Fixed sorting of image items with the same EV in the input images list,
  • Updated LensFun database with new camera and lens definitions for lens correction,
  • Updated LibRAW for new camera RAW support,
  • Updated LittleCMS library (color management).

New in easyHDR 3.15.2 (Apr 12, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Added HEIF image loading support (*.heic images, with HEVC compression). Supported natively on macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and later. In case of Windows, the required system version is Windows 10 1709 or newer, but required is also "HEVC Video Extensions" codec utility by "Microsoft Corporation" - it may be already preinstalled in your system, or you may need to purchase it via Microsoft Store (costs ca. $1).
  • Improvements:
  • Possibility to move tasks in batch processing list (see popup menu - right click on tasks),
  • Added option to assign dark frames to tasks in batch processing (also in popup menu).
  • Other changes:
  • Repaired option allowing turning off automatic rotation of RAW photos.

New in easyHDR 3.15.1 (Mar 17, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Faster RAW loading (vs. version 3.15, which introduced better interpolation algorithm),
  • Checking for available disk space in the batch processing,
  • Option to add LUT name to default result file name,
  • Better detection of some compact cameras in Lens Correction.
  • Other changes:
  • Updated LibRAW (new camera support),
  • Repaired rare crash that could have happened when starting HDR generation,
  • Fixed automatic RAW white balance option in batch processing,
  • Fixed preview of the manual white balance setting in RAW import dialog,
  • Ask before canceling changes made with clone/healing tool,
  • Fixed loading some ARW RAWs (problem introduced by LibRAW used in version 3.15),
  • Fixed loading RAWs from paths with '#' characters,
  • Fixed random appearance of a warning dialog telling about the "AlreadyApplied" tag being "false" when loading some RAWs,
  • Corrected saving OpenEXR and RadianceRGBE with "normalization" turned off.

New in easyHDR 3.15.0 (Jan 11, 2021)

  • New features:
  • RAW load: added histogram view,
  • RAW load: new dark frame subtract option - useful for long exposures (night, astrophotography),
  • Lens correction: possibility to add user LensFun entries,
  • Lens correction: possibility mark favourite (owned) cameras and lenses (they are treated with higher priority),
  • Possibility to add user watermark/logo/signature to the output photos,
  • Added load/save support of BigTIFF 8/16/32 bit variant of the TIFF format (files larger than 2GB),
  • Added GoPro RAW support and also support for RAW sub-images (multiple RAWs in one file).
  • Improvements:
  • RAW load: improved white balancing options,
  • Handling of color profiles when loading and saving OpenEXR and RadianceRGBE image formats,
  • Lens correction: improved searching for matching cameras and lenses,
  • Windows: improved title bar.
  • Other changes:
  • Improved messaging to handle new security restrictions that can be enabled in macOS Catalina or Big Sur,
  • Fixed possible crash (on macOS) when loading the "vintage2" built-in preset,
  • Added possibility to change user folder location (where the user presets, 3dLUT imports, etc. are held),
  • Repaired RAW brightness and contrast in batch processing,
  • Fixed "True-HDR" method with "none" selectivity - it works now like the Stacking method (but allows ghost removal),
  • Updated LibRAW,
  • Updated Exiftool,
  • Updated LensFun database.

New in easyHDR 3.14.1 (Mar 9, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Auto task list creation for batch processing - added parameter to define maximum time difference between the photos that should form a single HDR sequence.
  • Other changes:
  • Auto task list creation for batch processing: Repaired bug introduced in version 3.14 causing some image files not to form HDR sequences (problem affected only photos that contained a 'Software' tag in EXIF),
  • Fixed display issues causing rare, short lasting flicker in the main workspace,
  • Windows version only: Repaired a problem with loading photos introduced in version 3.14. Could have been noticed on very fast, newest multi-core CPUs,
  • Windows version only: Fixed issue with missing DLL libraries that could appear on older Windows 7, possibly not kept up-to-date,
  • Windows version: upgraded Qt library version to 5.13.2,
  • MacOS version: lowered CPU requirement in order to allow easyHDR to run on older Macs (year 2009 or newer).

New in easyHDR 3.14 (Feb 2, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Lens correction: added vignetting repair (coefficients from LensFun database),
  • Added defringing option (automatic and manual) - better chromatic aberration correction,
  • Added "Details" parameter in the "Local Contrast" tone mapping parameters - allows boosting details around distinct edges. Useful especially in combination with large "Range" values,
  • New "Balance" parameter for the "Temperature" and "Tint" settings - gives control over strength of white balancing for shadows and highlights.
  • Improvements:
  • Added new presets and 2 sample LUTs,
  • Improvements in lens correction due to addition of vignetting compensation, possibility to apply different parameters for each photo in the HDR sequence (in the manual tool),
  • Lens correction tool as well as freehand crop/perspective/distortion tool - possibility to move the center point with mouse,
  • Faster painting with clone/healing tool,
  • Updated Lightroom plug-in, due to the new additions to the program,
  • Added option to disable default comment in result's EXIF (see in the "Program Options"),
  • Added new tag '%1' for default result file name - it translates into the first input image file name,
  • Main workspace: hold the space bar to force image panning, while other tools are enabled, like brush, crop tool, etc. (the space was used before to invert gradient in the layer's mask painting mode, now it's done with backspace),
  • Updated LibRAW (including new CR3 format support and more),
  • Updated Exiftool,
  • Updated LensFun database.
  • Other changes:
  • Dropping support for Windows XP and all 32-bit Windows versions,
  • Windows version: upgraded Qt library to version 5.11.3, which fixes a couple of issues with 4K screens,
  • MacOS version: fixed random crash on program exit,
  • Repaired loading grayscale JPEG image format,
  • Fixed EXIF transfer from/to files in paths containing characters outside of current locale.

New in easyHDR 3.13 (Apr 15, 2019)

  • New features:
  • New clone/healing tool - allows removing dust particles, or removing unwanted objects from the photo during tone mapping,
  • It is now possible to load HDR sequence photos that slightly differ in size (the allowance has to be defined first in the Program Options),
  • Possibility to hide all warning message dialogs - warning and error messages are shown in the status bar,
  • Added option to enable/disable auto cropping for automatic Lens Correction and automatic Alignment (in the HDR Generation window).
  • Improvements:
  • Interactive crop tool: possibility to mark the crop area starting from outside of the image (allows no-margin selection),
  • Interactive crop tool: the helper grid is movable, allowing easier rotation and rectification of the photo,
  • Layers: brush stroke can be started from outside of the image,
  • Possibility to minimize/maximize the Layers tool and the 3d LUT browser - allows larger workspace while having these tools enabled,
  • Improved auto cropping in Lens Correction - the cropped area is larger,
  • Updated LibRAW, also added support of DNGs with JPEG compression,
  • Updated LensFun database.
  • Other changes:
  • MacOS: fixed access to the "Photos" library,
  • MacOS: version 3.12.2 required CPUs supporting SSE4, so it was not working on Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs, like those used in Macs from around the year 2010, version 3.13 requires SSE3, so should work on any CPU manufactured after the year 2006,
  • A couple of more or less important fixes.

New in easyHDR 3.12.2 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • New features:
  • Batch - added multiple task renaming and an option to duplicate tasks.
  • Improvements:
  • Increased resolution of the temperature, tint and hue sliders. Added possibility to fine tune the settings.
  • Other changes:
  • MacOS: repaired blocking during batch processing (version 3.12.1 was stopping, when there was no user's activity on the computer - batch jobs were resuming when i.e. mouse was moved),
  • MacOS: the batch processing window is not blocked any more while the thumbnails are being generated,
  • Fixed JPEG 2000 thumbnails in batch processing,
  • Minimum macOS version that is supported by easyHDR has been lowered from 10.11 to 10.10.

New in easyHDR 3.12.1 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • New features:
  • Quick save and return to Lightroom option,
  • Option to auto generate HDR/LDR with last used settings.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved performance of workspaces - panning, zooming - (should be noticeable especially on HighDPI screens),
  • Better compatibility with smallest logical screen resolutions - the RAW load and Lens Correction windows now fit on smaller screens,
  • Updated LensFun database,
  • Marking the tool bar buttons for the layers, crop and for the split-view when those modes are enabled.
  • Other changes:
  • Swedish translation,
  • Fixed detection of lens model in case of some types of EXIF data,
  • Repaired bug that was causing a crash when an unsupported LUT file was loaded,
  • Added support for more types (sizes) of LUT files,
  • Several HighDPI related improvements - layer brush, batch thumbnails...,
  • Batch processing: click on empty list opens auto task list creator,
  • Batch processing: fixed preset series checkboxes (click on the icon was not toggling the state).
  • MacOS: due to multiple updates, the minimum macOS version supported is 10.11,

New in easyHDR 3.12.0 (Jul 3, 2018)

  • New features:
  • Added support for 3d LUT cubes (color grading),
  • Added support for JPEG 2000 file format (J2K and JP2),
  • Improvements:
  • Possibility to select mode of automatic lens correction (CA or distortion correction only, or both),
  • It's now possible to define own file description in EXIF on saving (and the Artist in Program Options),
  • Added option in batch processing, to disable cropping in case of lens correction,
  • Storing last used lens correction settings (distortion/CA enabled or not) for the camera/lens/file format combinations,
  • Resize on saving - now the longer edge size is defined,
  • Batch processing, ghost removal - more options in base image selection,
  • LibRAW version updated to 0.19.0 (many new cameras are now supported),
  • Updated LensFun database,
  • History - possibility to mark the items with stars (helpful in marking most interesting results).
  • Other changes:
  • Repaired error in Smart Merge - it could have caused banding artifacts,
  • Repaired error in Lens Correction - for some camera/lens combination the crop factor was improperly calculated, which was resulting in slightly improper use of the distortion coefficients,
  • Further fixes and improvements regarding scaling and High-DPI operation.

New in easyHDR 3.11.1 (Dec 10, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Updated French translation,
  • Updated LibRAW version to 0.18.6,
  • Windows: Added option to provide additional command line parameters to be passed to the external editor (i.e. ACDSee editor requires parameter "/edit"),
  • Other changes:
  • OS X: easyHDR works again on OS X as old as 10.6.8.

New in easyHDR 3.11.0 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • New features:
  • LibRAW (version 0.18.5) instead of DCRAW - support for RAW photos from the newest cameras,
  • Allow setting own default preset.
  • Improvements:
  • Updated LensFun database,
  • Updated Exiftool to version 10.63,
  • When doing crop/rotate/perspective/distortion modification, the layers (all in the history) are also transformed.
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed bugs in layers' gradient mask drawing,
  • Lightroom plug-in - fixed reimport to network drive.

New in easyHDR 3.10.1 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Batch processing - possibility to create tasks by dropping a folder or files on the task list,
  • Batch processing - option to run batch without doing tone mapping (possibility to save just HDR/EXR).
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed crash in ghost removal when the tool was applied with Space or Enter keyboard key,
  • Mac OS X: Repaired problem with main window maximization.

New in easyHDR 3.10 (May 3, 2017)

  • New features:
  • Brightness and contrast adjustment setting in RAW loader,
  • Gradient painter tool in the Layers tool,
  • Added DCI-P3 color profile,
  • Updated lensfun database (devel version).
  • Improvements:
  • Batch processing - show meta data for photos and option to resize the thumbnails,
  • Batch processing - improved image resize option (longer edge defined in pixels),
  • Added option to disable automatic image rotation based on EXIF metadata,
  • Improved workspace maximization,
  • HighDPI support improved,
  • Lens Correction option added to the easyHDR Lightroom plug-in.
  • Other changes:
  • Batch window fits now on small resolution screens,
  • Batch processing - fixed storing last settings,
  • Fixed alpha channel in saved EXR files,
  • Some other bug fixes.

New in easyHDR 3.9.0 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • New features:
  • New threshold setting for the intelligent layer's mask painter,
  • Layer painting - mark the start (sample) point when painting with intelligent brush,
  • Possibility to select the base photo preference for ghost removal in batch processing,
  • Possibility not to embed the input images into the project file in order to minimize its size,
  • New translations: Dutch and Czech.
  • Improvements:
  • User presets are now also marked with an icon, not only with italic font,
  • Possibility to jump to presets on the list by typing first letter of a preset name,
  • Manual alignment - storing the last positions of the pins,
  • Default selection in the crop tool changed to whole image,
  • Shortcuts for layer painting - brush size: ] and [, brush style: Shift+] and Shift+[. When Alt key is down the intelligent brush is temporarily disabled, when Ctrl/Cmd is down the eraser is temporarily turned on,
  • Shortcuts for ghost mask painting - brush size: ] and [,
  • Windows: batch processing - showing the progress in the task bar.
  • DCRAW updated to version 9.27 (support for more cameras).
  • Other changes:
  • Repaired automatic lens correction (including in batch processing) - it could have randomly not worked at all,
  • Fixed crash when manual ghost removal was applied by hitting "Space" key instead of clicking the "Apply" button.

New in easyHDR 3.8.0 (Jan 24, 2016)

  • New features:
  • New Lens Correction tool (replaces Chromatic Aberration Correction). It uses Lensfun camera and lens database in order to fix both - distortion and chromatic aberration of the lens. It may be used in automatic or manual way. The auto mode works if the lens and camera models are read from photo's EXIF and are found in the Lensfun database,
  • Possibility to load resized JPEG and RAW photos. It requires special option to be enabled first: Settings -> Show options when loading photos,
  • Support for High DPI screens on Windows (previously it was fully supported only on Mac OS X),
  • New options in the crop and free rotate tool (Image menu). It is now also possible to apply distortion and perspective,
  • Improvements:
  • More ghost removal settings available in the batch processing,
  • Lightroom plug-in comes now with two default presets, accessible directly from the Export dialog or from the Export with preset menu in Lightroom. To use more advanced options of the plug-in the user may create own such presets.
  • Lightroom plug-in allows file renaming and resizing on export,
  • Restoring windows sizes and positions (batch, manual alignment, lens correction, ghost removal),
  • Default output file name may be now set in a more flexible way, see Program Options -> Saving Result,
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed bug in Lightroom plug-in. When the result was saved in folder with special characters, import to Lightroom catalog was not working,
  • Fixed location (GPS) EXIF data transfer.

New in easyHDR 3.7.0 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • New features:
  • New "Navigator" tool - shows thumbnail view of the entire photo with current viewport marked,
  • Undo/redo in ghost removal tool (use Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y on Windows and Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z on Mac),
  • New translation: Turkish.
  • Improvements:
  • Slight reorganization of the main menu to make it more consistent with image processing software standards - "Settings" renamed to "Presets"; "Program Options" to "Settings"; "Color settings" moved to the "Settings" menu; "Transform" moved to a new "Image" menu, etc.,
  • Auto alignment improvement - previously it could have failed with low contrast input photos,
  • Added option to append preset name to default result file name (it is enabled by default, but can be disabled in the "Program Options"),
  • The mouse middle button, in addition to left and right buttons, can now be used to pan the view,
  • Better AEB sequence detection in the batch processing task list creator.
  • DCRAW updated to version 9.26 (support for more cameras)

New in easyHDR 3.6.0 (May 25, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Layer painting - added undo/redo functionality (each change is stored in the "history"),
  • Compare mode - show before and after in one workspace, the view is split by a horizontal or vertical, movable bar (see the new icon in the toolbar),
  • HDR image saving - added 32-bit TIFF format (other formats: Radiance RGBE and OpenEXR do not allow storage of EXIF data; TIFF takes more disk space, but preserves the EXIF),
  • Option to normalize HDR data to 0..1 range (Program Options) on save to Radiance RGBE / OpenEXR / 32-bit TIFF formats - some other software have problems when loading unnormalized images,
  • Option to disable thumbnail generation in batch processing - useful for very large batch jobs,
  • Last used tone mapping settings are available as a "last used" preset on top of the list; the last used settings are stored on program exit and also when the result image is saved,
  • New translation: Greek.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved ghost removal - much better match of the fixed ghosted areas to the rest of the generated HDR image,
  • Faster manual ghost removal preview,
  • More auto ghost removal options - now the manual ghost removal window is always shown when de-ghosting is selected, the mask is drawn automatically. User can modify the mask manually, or get it drawn automatically again using different threshold level. It is also possible to select base photo (key frame) - preferred image for patching the marked, ghost areas,
  • Better auto alignment - it should have now higher success rate,
  • DCRAW updated to version 9.25 (support for more cameras),
  • Better "auto contrast" preview option in manual alignment,
  • Improved default suggested file name for image result.
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed storing of last used result image file format,
  • Mac OS X: fixed bug that was causing workspace display hiccups, when the toolboxes were docked (now the user interface is more responsive and works faster),
  • Mac OS X: repaired problems with image panning,
  • High DPI mode (i.e. in case of Retina display on Mac): fixed another (to the mentioned above) image panning problem - the move was 2x smaller than it should,
  • Mac OS X: fixed loading projects by dropping files on easyHDR app icon,
  • Mac OS X: fixed automatic system shutdown option available in the batch processing,
  • Mac OS X (full version): repaired HDR/EXR file saving (easyHDR watermark was put on the image),
  • Lightroom plug-in: when user cancels loading RAW image easyHDR now exits and the LR export is terminated, previously it had to be killed by the user,
  • Fixed double click on slider - it was setting default value correctly, but the preview was not updated.

New in easyHDR 3.5.1 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Possibility to move the tone curve's and selective saturation curve's knee points with keyboard cursors. Switching the selected point is done by pressing '-' or '+' key. The selected point is marked with a circle, when the tool has focus,
  • Added possibility to save projects in batch processing.
  • Improvements:
  • The File->Save aligned option renamed to File->Save preprocessed input images. Now it is enabled when any preprocessing is done, not only alignment. Therefore, it allows saving input photos after fixing the chromatic aberration correction, or after rotation and cropping,
  • Improved anti-aliasing - the preview looks sharper,
  • Mac OS X & Lightroom plug-in: better access to built-in presets,
  • Maximum number of photos that can be merged into a single HDR image is increased from 32 to 100,
  • Store the exposure settings of FITS images in the project files.
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed problem with EXIF transfer from loaded project into the output image. The projects saved with version 3.5 contain the EXIF data, but previous easyHDR version was not able to transfer it to the result image,
  • Repaired several problems with loading and saving photos (various formats) from folders containing diacritic characters,
  • Mac OS X: Fixed loading photos by dropping them on workspace,
  • Mac OS X: Fixed possible crash when project is saved,
  • Mac OS X: Repaired bug that was causing easyHDR to crash (when working in Lightroom plug-in mode) just when easyHDR was exiting, after successfully processing and saving photo.

New in easyHDR 3.5 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Possibility to save and load projects. The project file contains input photos, pre-generated HDR image (optionally), HDR generation settings, layers with tone mapping settings and also the deghost masks,
  • Support for High DPI Retina display - workspaces, tools and icons,
  • The preset and tone mapping settings panels are now detachable from the main window, it allows moving them to another monitor in case of dual-screen desktops,
  • Option to choose the default HDR image format Radiance RGBE or OpenEXR,
  • Option to resize JPEG ouptut photos in batch processing,
  • Possibility to define crop area aspect ratio.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved white balance (tone mapping settings),
  • Improved smoothing of the deghosting masks,
  • Double click on workspaces toggles zoom - fit or 1:1 centering on the clicked spot,
  • Improved main window state restore - now also the preset and tone mapping settings panel sizes are saved,
  • Option to tweak preset thumbnail size (slider appears when the preset panel is widened a bit),
  • Added layer opacity value and option to copy mask into a new layer,
  • Added RAW white balancing options to the batch processing setup,
  • When working in Lightroom plug-in mode with manual editing option, easyHDR asks whether to save the result on exit,
  • DCRAW updated to version 9.22 (support for more cameras),
  • Qt library updated to version 5.3.2.
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed a possible crash when new layer is added,
  • Repaired rounding of values of tone mapping settings when storing presets,
  • Now it is possible to allocate memory for photos larger than 170 MPix,
  • A couple of other, less important bug fixes.

New in easyHDR 3.4 (Jun 30, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Layers - user can manually paint masks on several layers, for which it is possible to define completely different tone mapping settings (see the new, rightmost icon in the toolbar, or use Layers->Enable layers int the main menu),
  • Automatic EV evaluation option; used by default in case of lack of valid EXIF headers,
  • Special performance improvement option - live processing a resampled image - the full resolution one is processed with some delay; this option may be especially useful on slow computers, or in case of very high screen resolutions, when preview size is big.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved HDR generation in case of larger EV differences (3 EV or more),
  • Easier zooming in and out - when using mouse wheel, the center point is defined by the mouse cursor position,
  • Double click on slider to set it to default value (right click does the same),
  • DCRAW updated to version 9.21 (support for more cameras),
  • Exiftool updated to version 9.60 (support for more EXIF tags and cameras),
  • Qt library updated to version 4.8.6.
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed bad color space when loading RAW images one by one separately,
  • Batch processing window does not steal desktop's focus any more,
  • Fixed bug that prevented setting EV values manually in case of photos that have no EXIF,
  • Improved stability - some potential crash possibilities repaired.

New in easyHDR 3.3.1 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • New features:
  • New, light-gray skin for the GUI (you can turn it on in Program Options),
  • Option to define GUI scaling (fonts and buttons can be slightly smaller or larger),
  • Possibility to select EV values for batch tasks (True-HDR method).
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed possible crash that could have happened randomly while just panning the image in the main workspace, manual alignment tool and in the ghost removal tool,
  • Repaired slider operation with arrow keys.

New in easyHDR 3.3 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Vignette tool - available at tone mapping step,
  • Show/hide effect buttons for the color adjustment, color saturation and vignette toolboxes (they allow easy comparison of the image with and without application of the effect),
  • Settings lock mechanism for the color adjustment, color saturation and vignette - allows loading presets, while preserving the locked settings; when enabled, the preset thumbnails are regenerated to reflect the real result,
  • New mode in Lightroom plug-in - processing of a series of single photos (LDR),
  • Possibility to run not only True HDR but also Smart Merge algorithm from Lightroom plug-in level.
  • Improvements:
  • Selective strength for the "Mask" operator (the "Strength" parameter is replaced with "Highlights" and "Shadows"; if both are set to the same value the result is the same as would be with "Strength" parameter set to that value),
  • Multi column view of the preset thumbnails (requires the panel to be resized),
  • Dcraw version updated to 9.20.
  • Easier access to built-in and user presets in the Lightroom plug-in (two browse buttons),
  • More image export options available in the Lightroom plug-in,
  • Option to choose whether to remove the exposure time value from the EXIF metadata (see Program Options),
  • Marking the photo's pixel value under cursor on the tone curve and the histogram,
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed behavior of sliders in live tone mapping - when they were moved fast the calculated preview might have not matched the actual value until the handle was released,
  • Repaired problem with applying user-defined color space for RAW and HDR images,
  • Fixed default destination directory when working in manual plug-in mode,
  • Skipping already done tasks in batch processing works now also, when multi-preset processing is chosen,
  • Fixed a couple minor problems in the Lightroom plug-in and in easyHDR when working in plug-in mode.

New in easyHDR 3.2.1 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • Possibility to split and combine batch tasks; possibility to break while HDR generation; a number of minor improvements and bug fixes

New in easyHDR 3.2.0 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Custom rotate tool (combined with crop tool) - allows free rotation with sub-degree precision (hold Shift key to rotate with mouse),
  • Batch processing: possibility to apply multiple tone mappings to tasks (using several selected presets),
  • Possibility to group user presets in separate, user-defined folders,
  • Possibility to break while preparing for tone mapping,
  • Option to resize photo on save (only in case of JPEG),
  • Option to disable auto histogram clipping for batch tasks - may be useful when processing frames of a movie,
  • Added possibility to choose which RAW image to preview, out of those selected for loading,
  • Double click on workspace to toggle zooming: fit to screen, or 100% zoom showing clicked area,
  • Option to maximize workspace area by hiding tool, status and title bars (press F11 key or choose option from main menu).
  • Improvements:
  • Improved sliders: they look better; they are wider because the spin box and default button are hidden by default (click the label to get access to them); set to default by right clicking on the handle,
  • Much better responsiveness to tone mapping parameter change (live tone mapping),
  • Mac: added possibility to load photos by dropping files on program icon,
  • Spinner is displayed on workspace during time consuming operations,
  • Preset selection improved: buttons instead of drop-down list,
  • Possibility to navigate around presets with keyboard arrows,
  • Possibility to open file import dialog by clicking on empty workspace,
  • Automatic batch tasks creation: possibility to filter input photos,
  • Option to reset all program settings to factory defaults (available in Program Options dialog),
  • Possibility to mark over and underexposed image areas separately,
  • Option to select mouse wheel functionality for workspace - it may be for zooming (default), or to pan around (zoom with Ctrl/Cmd key held),
  • Improved stylesheet for tabs.
  • Other changes:
  • Mac: fixed export to external editor,
  • Fixed handling of some rare error conditions - eg. bad temporary folder,
  • Repaired bug causing program to hang when big number of HDR/EXR photos was added to batch list.

New in easyHDR 3.1.0 (Sep 24, 2013)

  • New features:
  • History of tone mapping settings changes - gives undo/redo functionality,
  • Possibility to use chromatic aberration correction also in batch processing (requires presets to be prepared earlier),
  • Auto preview option in RAW load dialog,
  • Option to remove GPS tags from EXIF while saving photos.
  • Improvements:
  • Presets - 'none' and 'default' moved to top of the list,
  • Sliders don't react on wheel event to allow easier scrolling of the tone mapping settings container,
  • Click on slider to move the knob to cursor,
  • Possibility to break while batch list is being created,
  • Chromatic aberration correction presets moved from Windows Registry to an INI file (C:\Users\{name}\easyHDR 3\CApresets.ini),
  • Display timer (elapsed time) during batch processing.
  • Other changes:
  • Fixed possible crash in manual ghost removal - could have occured while navigating mouse cursor away from the photo, while still in the workspace,
  • Fixed possible crash while automatic alignment,
  • Some other problems repaired.