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Dynamic Photo-HDR is a next generation High Dynamic Range Photo Software with Pin-Warping, Anti-Ghosting, Fusion and Color Matching.

"Powerful alignment and deghosting tools for high-dynamic-range generation, six tone mappers, plus lots of postproduction adjustments make MediaChance's Dynamic Photo HDR a real winner for HDR imaging."

2008 Popular Photography Award for Outstanding Product

 

Dynamic Photo-HDR

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Overview

Overview

Many times you see a beautiful scene and of course you take a picture! The result is often far from being the magical scene you remember.

Our eyes are very adaptive and they are also more sensitive to intensity than color. The chip in camera is none of that.

Dynamic Range

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You may also watch our interactive demo that will give you a basic tour in just under 2 minutes:

Interactive Demo

 

It is estimated that our eye can see over a dynamic range of nearly 24 f-stops while a digital camera can capture a dynamic range around 6 to 9 f-stops at best.

The High Dynamic Range Imaging is a set of techniques that has been developed nearly 20 years ago to overcome the limitations of electronic devices by combining multiple exposures into one great looking image.

For a well light outside scene such as the one on the right we could set our digital camera to correctly capture either, but hardly both:

  • the foreground (left image) in which case the sky will become overexposed
  • the sky (right image) but the foreground will be then underexposed
 
Result

Using HDR technique we can combine the different exposures to create a single image that shows details in both sky and the land.

A High Dynamic Range photography can be created by taking few photos with different exposure, then combining them in the software into a high dynamic file.

The last thing is to tone-map the HDR image so we can see it in our screen, print it, post it on the web and enjoy.

 

We created our software to be fun to use, fast and straight forward. No fiddling with incomprehensible parameters. And as it is common for our products we added many cool features that you may not have seen in any other package.

DPHDR has more effects than any other comparable software like the little Planet effect pictured on right.

For example it allows you to paint the Dynamic Light effect just where you want it by using brushes.

Lightpaint
Planet

You can use only 1 file!
Our Dynamic Photo HDR (DPHDR) can be actually used with a single RAW or JPG image with very good results using Pseudo-HDR process.

Granted, this will not expand the full dynamic range, but the process itself will in fact add a very distinctive "punch" to your image that may look just like the real thing. Try it!

pseudohdr

What's New

What's New in DPHDR 5

  • Guide how to run v.5 on MAC
  • Pseudo part from DPHDR is now on iPad and iPhone
  • New Fusion process for realistic looking photography
  • HDR Fusion combines fusion and HDR tonemapping
  • Improved anti-ghosting (Fusion, HDR Fusion)
  • Automatic Anti-Ghosting (Fusion, HDR Fusion)
  • Improved Aligning
  • Experimental Video Mode - add Tonemapped look to your videos
  • Other enhancements

 

Highlights from previous version

  • New Halo-Matix Local operator to produce familiar style of tone-mapped images with a lot of variations and settings.
  • Light Paint - apply Dynamic Light where you want it by using a brush
  • Post Editor (Win Only) - for all the common basic image touch up and tons of effects (also support adobe plug-ins).
  •  Live Preview - now you see real-time image feedback when moving sliders
  • Enhanced Quick browser support for RAW files
  • Raw Gamma/WB Options added in the Create New HDR

New features/improvements in the latest version:

  • Version 5.1 (01/FEB/2011) Increased Tonemapper window size add Video Mode.
  • Version 5.02 (05/JAN/2011) Some RAW changes
  • Version 5 (15/Dec/2010) New release
  • Version 4.8 (15/June/2010): RAW update for recent cameras  Canon 550D, Fuji S200EXR, Kodak Z981, Olympus E-P2, E-PL1, Panasonic G2, Sony NEX, Update PhotoBee. Process & Save is now set as default
  • Version 4.7 (29/March/2010):
    Added Quick batch in Pseudo-HDR to process whole folder of jpg files. (Click the arrow next to Process & Edit/Save button) - currently only for WIN version
  • Version 4.65 (04/Jan/2010):
    Updated RAW reading for newest cameras, including Canon G11, 7D, Nikon, Casio, Sony and others.
  • Version 4.6 (18/Oct/2009):
    Updated RAW reading for newest cameras, including Olympus EP-1, Panasonic GF-1, Pentax K7, Nikon D5000 and others.
  • Version 4.5 (21/July/2009):
    Updated RAW reading for newest cameras, fixed reading of few types of portrait oriented RAW files

Features

Features

Match ColorIn a Nutshell:

  • Easy to understand software with super fast preview
  • Powerful Auto-Aligning, Manual or Auto-Assist Aligning of images with an innovative Pin Warping that can correct all types of misalignment, including camera roll, pitch or yaw
  • Various tone mapping procedures that can create a whole range of images - from smooth photographic tone mapping to very dramatic images
  • Fusion process for realistic looking photography
  • Load and save HDR files
  • Support for 360 Panoramic images
  • Batch Processing to add images to queue and then process them all at once
  • Live HDR preview during various steps, you can see tone mapped image preview even before you create HDR!
  • Real-Time Preview - as you move the sliders you see the changes in real-time
  • Paint the tone-mapping strength where you want it with a brush
  • Many effects like Orton, Sepia, Black/White, Vignette, Mysterious Light
  • You can use Pseudo-HDR process on a single 8-bit source
  • Our new real-time Light Tuner will let you change the Tone-Mapped effect and see the feedback result immediately as you move the Light Orb, without any calculation
  • Color Correction using Kelvin parameters with preview table
  • Match Color will allow you to match your new tone mapped image to any other photo or painting.

 

Pin Warping

Aligning image taken by hand is not any big problem in our software. The unique Pin Warping method can align even most stubborn images where camera shifted, changed roll, pitch or yaw.

 

Anti-GhostingAnti-Ghosting

If an object moved while you were taking different shots, this would normally create a "ghost" on the final image. We added a powerful yet very simple to use anti-ghosting mask feature. Just paint over all instances of the moved objects (you don't even have to be very precise!) and it will without trace completely eliminate the ghosts from the final image. In Full version you can use Live HDR function. Just press Quick Preview button that will almost instantly show you the result HDR image with the anti-ghosting mask applied.

 

Silky-smooth sky

A common problem with over-processed HDR images is adding halo and noise blocks in large smooth areas such as clean sky.

3D Sky filter automatically adjust the tone-mapping to preserve the smoothness of the sky (Even if you really step on the "HDR effect" pedal as we did with the image below) And we added one for Skin too, so now you can tone-map portraits as well.

3D sky

Add Effect to Video
Maybe you like to experiment with a video. Now you can!
DPHDR 5 adds Experimental Video processing as yet another mode to add artistic Tonemapped-look to your clips.

Video

Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista or XP (32-bit or 64-bit editions)
  • 1 GHz processor or better
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 1 GB of free disk space
  • Minimum screen resolution: 1024 x 768 (highly recommended higher resolution)
  • For Video Processing you need to have installed codec pack (such as free K-lite Basic) to read and write various video formats

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Trial

Dynamic Photo-HDR XP, Vista, W7 (32/64 bit) 14 MB
Version: 5.1
 
  • Server 1 (from Mediachance)
    You can run version 4 and version 5 on the same time

How to Upgrade
If you already have previous version of DPHDR, please go to your mailbox and look for the original registration email from swreg.org. Inside look for your personal download/update link that starts with http://www.mediachance.com/files/xxx.....
Visit that link and it will give you the option to get the latest 4.x version and upgrade to the new 5.0 as well.

If you purchased version 4.x after November 2010, look in the above mentioned email, there should be already a registration code for the new 5.0

 

iPAD and iPhone Version
We managed to squeeze the whole Pseudo HDR part from DPHDR into IOS devices and we are quite pleased with the result. You can create an image that rivals anything "HDR" on iPAD/iPhone but with the simplicity of single image (you can also use the build-in Camera on iPhone and iPad2). We split the app to two versions: Dynamic Light for iPhone and DynaLight HD for iPad. (this was necessary for technical reasons) Watch Video:

For iPAD here and for iPhone here.

 

Looking for MAC version?

v4 

 

Tutorials

Match Color Tutorial
Read about Match Color function and the Mysterious Dutch Light that can be simulated by it.

Anti-Ghosting Tutorial
Download and read quick overview of anti-ghosting function

Two or Three exposures?
Here we will compare tone mapped results of the same image combined from various two exposures.

popPopPhoto tutorial and review of DPHDR
"A step-by-step tutorial and software review of an affordable, powerful High Dynamic Range (HDR) program we've just discovered."

Check Video Tutorials
Check the video tutorials for simple quick overview

Free Online Monitor Panel LCD test
Check out our new online LCD Monitor evaluation test. Within a minute you will know what type of LCD panel your monitor have (TN, S-PVA or S-IPS) and how it is suitable for photo-editing.

Video Support:
DPHDR uses DirectShow to open and write video. If you don't have correct codec installed to open your videos, the easiest way is to install the free K-lite Codec Pack Basic (Basic version is normally enough). Install it with the default settings which will add media splitter and you will be able to load many video formats, including HD.

Video

general workflow
General Workflow
Intro Video
Review of some cool features
Little Planet
Little Planet Effect
Little Planet
The Pseudo HDR part is now available on iPad /iPhone/ MAC

MAC

MAC version

OSXTo get latest windows v.5 running on intel MAC we would suggest you to use wineskin and the latest windows trial version. You don't need any other commercial software to make it run on intel MAC.

The step by step guide is here:

If the above works for you with the trial, you can then register the Windows version and receive windows reg. code you will enter in the wineskin version on your MAC.

Prepared virtualized version. (based on v.4)OSX

This virtualized MAC version has been done by Codeweavers embedding their Crossover with the windows 4 version of DPHDR. As such you don't need anything else to run it on MAC, yet it is still basically a windows application.

 

If you run Windows OS on MAC by using VMware Fusion, Parallels or Bootcamp we would strongly recommend you get the windows version.

If you don't run or don't want to run Windows on your MAC here is a download for MAC of our virtualized application. However, please try it first before purchasing. Some people like it, some don't.

Tiger and Leopard version: Dynamic-PHOTO HDR4 (OSX) (51 MB)

Snow Leopard version: Dynamic-PHOTO HDR4 Snow Leopard (OSX) (56MB)

 

OSXTo purchase the prepared virtual MAC version for $55 click here. (If you still decide to get rather windows version later, not a problem, send us a message, it was a technical issue to have two reg. codes, not a plot to make you pay twice)
Please try the software first!

 

There are some differences in our virtualized MAC version from a normal MAC workflow:

DPHR having its roots on Windows, may be a bit confusing for the MAC users.
Please read the MAC user workflow.

Native "lite" MAC versions :

Those lite versions will work only as a pseudo HDR until we come with a full native port (not there yet)

Dynamic Light, iPAD, iPhone, MAC Version
We managed to squeeze the whole Pseudo HDR part from DPHDR into low cost IOS/MAC versions and we are quite pleased with the result. You can create an image that rivals anything "HDR" on iPAD/iPhone/MAC but with the simplicity of single image (you can also use the build-in Camera on iPhone and iPad2). We split the app to two versions: Dynamic Light for iPhone and DynaLight HD for iPad and Dynamic Light for MAC. (this was necessary for technical reasons)

For iPAD here and for iPhone here. Dynamic Light for MAC here.

 

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