Machinery HDR Effects

The lack of proper photography skills or the right equipment can be compensated with the right software. Machinery HDR Effects is such a piece of software. It is essentially a photo editor, but with High Dynamic Range (HDR) capabilities. The software lets you use several photos, with different exposure settings, to create one perfectly exposed picture. The best part is that it was designed with ease of use in mind, so you don't have to be an expert to use it.

The program is free to try, without any significant limitations. It comes in a small package and it can be installed quickly and effortlessly. The software doesn't have any special requirements and you don't have to sacrifice too much RAM or processing power to run it.

As previously mentioned, Machinery HDR Effects is basically a photo editor, which you can figure out from its user interface. It has a similar layout as traditional editors. Imported images are displayed in the largest area of the window and you can make numerous tweaks in a series of collapsible menus, on the left side. The main difference is that you will import multiple images and preview only one.

To make everything more clear, you only need to load the pictures you wish to combine into an HDR image and the software will take care of the rest. It should go without saying that the aforementioned photos should be taken from the exact same angle, preferably from a tripod, with different exposure settings. Once they are imported, the software will combine all the exposure settings automatically, to make a well focused image, with realistic lighting and colors.

Once your HDR image is generated, you can make a wide range of additional tweaks. Most of them will seem familiar from traditional image editors, but you will find other options, which are tailored specifically for the HDR image fusion. You can choose from several HDR modes, set the program to align the images, in case you haven't managed to take your pictures from the exact same angle, remove ghosts and more. What's more, Machinery HDR Effects comes with a series HDR effect presets, so you can apply various settings right away, with a single click.

Machinery HDR Effects is capable of combining the best exposure settings from multiple photos and the defects of none.