 HDR PhotoStudio screenshot |
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| Developer(s) | Unified Color |
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| Stable release | 2.13.31 / Oct 2009 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | High dynamic range imaging |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.unifiedcolor.com |
HDR PhotoStudio is an advanced HDR (High Dynamic Range) digital imaging software application developed by Unified Color for Microsoft Windows XP/Vista. In addition to being a powerful HDR-merge application, HDR PhotoStudio offers an advanced set of image editing operations that work in full dynamic range (the website shows an example of processing an image with 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio), full human color range (full gamut), and in high precision (32-bit floating point). It also has a Color Integrity feature that allows users keeping an image's color tone during all of HDR PhotoStudio image editing operations — for example changing the contrast of an image will not change image's chromatic (color tone) data. This problem is usually referred to as "color shift", and HDR PhotoStudio basically solves it.[1]
HDR PhotoStudio implements an advanced HDR image compression format called BEF, and a plug-in for opening and saving files in Adobe Photoshop is also included with the application. The BEF format provides an image storage solution that can archive image data with any dynamic range, full human color range, and a quality setting directly tied to color data precision (the used techniques ties it with JND — just noticeable difference parameter). The BEF compression ratios are claimed to be comparable with those achieved by JPEG compression.
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Versions and pricing
Version 2 was publicly released in March 2009[2]. It is priced at $149 USD. A number of discount codes for the base price can be found on the web.
New and highlighted features
- Unified Color model: support for merging and editing HDR images with any dynamic range, full human color range, and Color Integrity (to avoid "color shift" issue).
- Support for all of camera RAW formats.
- Support for import HDR images from Radiance HDR and OpenEXR formats.
- An advanced technique of HDR data rendering.[3]
- Scripting support via image recipe.
- Halo removal technique.
- Powerful noise elimination.
- 32-bit/channel floating point high precision representation of image data (96 bit/pixel).
- Multi-core processors support.
Image editing operations
| Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| Rotate CCW | Rotates image counter-clock-wise |
| Rotate CW | Rotates image clock-wise |
| Free rotate | Free angle rotation by specifying a line by which to align the image (either horizontally or vertically) |
| Crop | Cropping (free select, fixed size, aspect) |
| Resize | Downsize or upsize the image |
| Brightness/Contrast | Adjust image's brightness or contrast |
| Whiteness | Adjust whiteness (whitish haze created by lens flare), set black point in the image |
| Local contrast | Adjust local contrast (also known as micro-contrast or details contrast) with halo reduction option |
| Shadow/Highlight | shadow/highlight] adjustment, midtone point selection (specified in EV), halo reduction option |
| Sharpness | Make image sharper or blurrer |
| White balance | Very powerful white balance control, can specify a non-white tone and adjust its color via gamut control |
| Color tuning | Very powerful color correction instrument, specify up to 3 points of "source" and "target" colors, the image is changed so that source color tones become target's while all other color tones in the image are kept intact |
| Saturation with color tone equalizer | Adjust hue and saturation. Color tone equalizer lets you adjusting each color tone (red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta) independently of each other |
| Tint | Toning effect |
| Noise elimination | Reduce noise either by brightness or color |
| Recipe | Execute a recipe |
See also
External links
- Unified Color website
- Christian Bloch (Jun 1st,2009). "HDR PhotoStudio sets a new standard for HDR editing". http://hdrlabs.com/news/index.php?id=188635699592187796.
- Terry Reinert (Mar 6th, 2009). "HDR PhotoStudio Review". http://www.tkrphoto.com/2009/03/hdr-photostudio-review/.
- Andre Gunther (Apr 1st, 2009). "HDR PhotoStudio Review". http://www.aguntherphotography.com/reviews/hdr-photostudio-unified-color.html.
- Jason D. Moore Photography (Apr 7th, 2009). "Review: HDR PhotoStudio". http://jasondmoore.com/blog/2009/04/review-hdr-photostudio/.
- "AmBAR Press Release November 25, 2008". http://www.ambarclub.org/node/313.
- "Comparison of tone-mapping between HDR PhotoStudio and Photomatix". http://www.webphotos.nl/Pages/Test_2.html.
References
- ^ "HDR PhotoStudio features". http://www.unifiedcolor.com/hdr_products_features.
- ^ "Unified Color Unveils Next Generation HDR PhotoStudio Today". http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2201634.htm.
- ^ "HDR Rendering Comparisons". http://www.unifiedcolor.com/hdr_rendering.
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