Luminance HDR is a graphical interface that provide workflow for HDR imaging. It is a new and special software for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems that enables you to create stunning HDR photography. It is a special software which is available free and is open source.
With this free HDR Imaging software you can create HDR images from set of files formats like jpeg, tiff 16 and 32, raw etc straight from most digital SLR cameras and other high-end point and shoot cameras. Luminance HDR is an alternative to Photomatix. Photomatix is paid, whereas Luminance HDR is completely free. With the help of Luminance HDR you can create tone mapping on the image to create high quality and detailed HDR images.
HDR imaging is also called as high dynamic range imaging is a process of allowing wide range of luminance between darkest and brightest areas of pictures to display the accurate representation of intensity levels in real life.
Various HDR formats supported by Luminance HDR are open EXR, radiance RGBE, TIFF formats, RAW image formats, PFS native formats. LDR formats supported are JPEG, PNG, PPM, PBM, TIFF(8 bit).
If you are looking for just some simple image editor, you can try free image editors, and free photo editors.
Here are some of the features of Luminance HDR:
- It creates an HDR file from set of images like JPEG, TIFF of same scene taken at different exposure setting.
- It saves load HDR images.
- It has the ability to rotate, resize and crop HDR images.
- It can tone map HD images.
- It can copy exif data between sets of images.
- Projective transformation.
- Supports internationalization.
With the help of Luminance HDR it is easy for photographers to combine the scenes taken with different exposure settings into one single photo with higher dynamic ranges. Luminance HDR is easy to use for Lerner photographers to tone map these photographs into more realistic images.
Luminance HDR was formerly named as qtpfsgui. Luminance HDR is an easy to use software and easy to install.
Steps to install Luminance HDR are:
Go to the download option in the site and download the file. Double click the file that you have downloaded. Install the software. Once installed click on “new HDR image” and open your “RAW image”. adjust the exposure value that you will be able to do after experimenting and at last check out the tone mapping and create your new image.
So use the exciting features of Luminance HDR, a graphical user interface and create your own HDR images. Download here.
