Hydra HDR Plugin for Aperture 1.5.3
When the dynamic range of a scene is beyond the gamut of a single exposure, Hydra can use multiple (different) exposures of the same scene (up to 4) and blend them into one image.
Unlike some HDR (high dynamic range) programs, Hydra does not require the use of a tripod to insure pixel-to-pixel matching of images. Instead, a method of matching key points in the images is utilized. For many example, see the Flickr HDR Pool.
Hydra is available as a demo, and can be purchased for $59.95.
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2 Comments
Stefan Alsenmyr
August 11th, 2008
I must say I’m a bit disapointed by the resulting picture quality. Especially around the edges.
Brian Farrell
September 7th, 2008
The preview screen shows very soft edges but the processed file seems sharp again. Strange given that most of the time I was just selecting a single edge and therefore the edge sharpness should have remained constant.
I tried to edit an image from within a stack – the result was a completely corrupted project. After saving it decided to rebuild all the thumbnails for the project and nearly all of the images now say ‘unsupported format’ when I click on them. Needless to say I am not happy.