Hydra + Aperture PlugIn 1. 6. 2001

Hydra + Aperture PlugIn (formerly known as Hydra) uses a number of regular photographs (up to four) with different exposures (darker and lighter) to create a superior one which is much closer to what one's eye can see. This is because a single photograph cannot represent the full gamut of light because of physical limitations in the sensor. This process is also known as a high dynamic range, or HDR, imaging. See the screencast tutorials for more information on how to acquire such images with your camera.

The output produced by Hydra is much closer to what your eye actually sees. You don't have to choose whether to have a beautiful sky or buildings, take 2 photos (or more) with perfect parameters for each of them, then combine them with Hydra.

The images that Hydra uses are not required to be taken with a tripod, as it is usually the case with HDR software. Hydra uses the same warping algorithm as Morph Age, which permits the alignment of images with offsets above a few pixels. This is a unique feature that means you can take photos anywhere without a tripod to later blend them in Hydra. This will change your way of making HDRs.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.6.1:

* Aperture plugin: Added image size check
* Aperture plugin: check IPTC tags and EXIF
* Aperture plugin: fix missing lens model
* Aperture plugin: fix missing progress bar animation in import
* Aperture plugin: fix import sheet freeze
* Stand-alone: fix re-opening preferences window crash
* Stand-alone: new option to choose 8/32-bit depth for TIFFs
* always display computed EV offset in import panel
* fix missing ISO information
* make more robust handling of ISO / exposure time / FNumber (Zero, fractional numbers, missing info)
* keep camera model unchanged (add hydra as another tag)
* choose better tone mapping default values
* moved to Karelia's media browser more...v1.1.1...

Requirements:	No special requirements
Release Date:	July 26, 2012
Platforms:	Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Users rating:	0/10