Photograph by Kai Fisher - Email: short_ribs@hotmail.com

Splendid natural scenery and well thought-out composition do not always translate into great photographs. Far too often, blown highlights and pooled shadows can mean that details seen by the naked eye are lost by the camera.

Not any more!

Introducing Essential HDR™ software (code name Wukong) from Imaging Luminary. Take a series of bracketed exposures, drop them into Essential HDR™ and the Detail Revealer™ tone mapping engine will analyze them and intelligently chose pixels from each photograph to combine into a high-quality, natural-looking synthetic image.


This is the power of High Dynamic Range (HDR) Tonemapping! If you are new to the subject, please visit our Support Center for a quick overview. Essential HDR™ has a simpler, easier, and faster tone mapping engine than any rival product which, depending on your taste, can produce results that are photo-realistic, surreal, or somewhere in between.

Download the free Community Edition now, and try for it for yourself, or take advantage of our limited 30% off introductory offer. You, too, can create photos with exceptional detail, beautiful color, and a finish that a pro would be proud of.

Experienced HDR photographer? Click here to find out more about the software.


Reviews and Tutorials

"New HDR Program Does It Simply, Easily"

- Jim Lewis

"This new software aims at producing more natural and realistic results than any other HDR software with it's “Detail Revealer” technology which is the local tone mapping operator that simulates the Human Visual System. "

- Nazgulled's Essential HDR How-to Guide

"I can wholeheartedly agree: this is indeed a very powerful tonemapper. Without much fuzz I got a very natural images, the preview is pretty accurate, and it is super-easy to use."

- Christian Bloch, author of The HDRI Handbook

"I just started working with a new program called Essential HDR that really seems to do the best job in giving accurate, natural colors from the process. ... I love trying new stuff, but I have no interest and little time to deal with software that does not work. Essential HDR does work and it is very easy to use, works fast and the results look very, very good."

- Rob Sheppard

"Essential HDR Community Edition is a fantastic free HDR software that blows the others out of the water when it comes to tone mapping."

- Tony on Best Free High Dynamic Range (HDR) Software

"I just tried the free version of Essential HDR and was extremely impressed with how easy it is to use."

- Greg Nuspel

"Essential HDR一套便宜好用的HDR軟體"

- 日曬的11樓

"体験版をダウンロードして試してみた。トーンマッピングに特徴があるソフトで、Photomatix よりも、Dynamic Photo HDR よりも自然な感じに仕上がる。あまりに自然で拍子抜けするくらいである。"

- junki

"A friend directed me to your software and so far I'm very impressed. The Wukong application seems to be extremely fast and efficient, and the results are excellent. ... ... to me, there seems to be more detail retained in the Wukong version and the overall lighting seems more natural"

- Tamlin, Photographer

"I have been beta testing this software for weeks now and REALLY LIKE IT. It renders the most realistic images of all the programs that I have tried. I use it mainly for Real Estate Photography and it is perfect for natural looking images for my clients."

- Bob Ross, "I'm addicted to photography."

News Release

(November 1st, 2008) - A maintenance release (build 603) of Essential HDR™ version 1.0 is delivered. Essential HDR™ version 1.1 is announced.

(July 18th, 2008) - Essential HDR™ version 1.0 (build 598) is released. Two editions available: the free Community Edition, and the Standard Edition. The first 1,000 buyers will enjoy a 30% off when purchasing the Standard Edition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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