This control is especially useful for removing color casts and enhancing skies and other image features.

They can also fine-tune the saturation, hue, and brightness of individual colors in a photo. With the new interactive brush tool, users can make color changes to just parts of the image, by painting over those areas.

Refining with more control over color.

It is well-suited to real estate and natural style landscapes. A new HDR rendering method called Tone Balancer adds more options and presets for realistic looking results.

More style choice for realistic results.The latest version of their software application that helps photography pros and enthusiasts create HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos in a large range of styles, from realistic to artistic. HDRsoft announces the release of Photomatix Pro version 6 For more information see the HDRsoft website. Owners of Photomatix 5 can upgrade for free, while those using earlier versions can get version 6 for $29. The package can be used as a standalone application or as a plug-in for Adobe’s Lightroom and costs $99 for new users. It can also be used to optimise the dynamic range of single image files. Photomatix Pro can be used to blend multiple images to create HDR images, and it offers controls for removing ghosted moving objects and to correct small movements in the camera between exposures. Lens and perspective corrections can also be made in this version with new facilities to deal with distortion, and HDRsoft says it has made the workflow easier to manage and follow. The software now includes a tool called Tone Balancer that offers a wider range of choices in the render that assist in making HDR images that look less manipulated than usual, while a new brush tool provided the means to select and adjust color values in local areas.

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