Photomatix Pro is a standalone program for creating HDR images which includes a plugin for Lightroom, as well as advanced features such as batch processing and selective deghosting
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HDRsoft Photomatix Pro 5.0 Features

• Merge bracketed photos to HDR
• Tone Mapping with Details Enhancer
• Advanced Details Enhancer settings
• Tone Mapping with Contrast Optimiser
• Fusion / Natural
• Fusion / Real-Estate
• Finishing Touch (sharpening, contrast, saturation)
• Undo Tone Mapping / Fusion
• Fusion from a single RAW file
• Automatic alignment of hand-held photos
• Automatic ghost removal
• Adjustment options for Automatic Deghosting
• Selective Deghosting tool
• Thumbnails of built-in presets
• Thumbnails of custom presets
• Display options for preset thumbnails
• Saving and loading of user presets
• Batch processing of bracketed photos
• Batch of single files
• Automatic reduction of chromatic aberrations
• Automatic noise reduction
• Unlimited Maximum number of photos per bracketed set
• Read/write in 32-bit HDR image formats
• Integration with Lightroom via free export plugin

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Photomatix Pro version 5 is excellent at producing superb HDR images, whether you have taken the time to shoot a number of images at different exposures, or you just have the one image to work with. There’s not much to say against Photomatix – it’s easy to use and has lots of presets that many users will be happy to utilise. If preferred, you can use the large range of editing options available to process your HDR image even further. Photomatix Pro 5.0 is a software product we are happy to recommend.