Photomatix Pro 4: The Original HDR Program Gets Better

Photomatix Pro 4: The Original HDR Program Gets Better

"One of the first things you’ll notice after upgrading to Photomatix Pro 4 is the workflow improvements. In particular two timesavers I really like are being able to have the software default to merging the images and skipping right ahead to the Tone Mapping tool without having to look at the merged file as a preliminary step."

28-Sep-10: Photomatix Pro updated to version 4.0.

Note: The above download pages are also for upgrading your registered version of Photomatix Pro. The upgrade to version 4 is free of charge for customers who purchased a license of version 3.

Simply follow these three steps to purchase Photomatix using our coupon and receive 15% off!


1) Click here to open the official Photomatix page

2) Select the version which you require and click ‘Buy for Windows’ or ‘Buy for Mac OS X’

3) Enter ‘hdrguru15’ within the ‘Coupon code if available’ box of the order form.


Resources on High Dynamic Range photography

FAQ on HDR images for photography

List of Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) settings by camera model.

Photomatix Pro tutorial by Ferrell McCollough, author of the "Complete guide to High Dynamic Range digital photography" book.

HDR Tutorial from artist Trey Ratcliff.

Beginner's Guide to HDR

HDR Best Practices Guide starting with "Part I: In The Field" from Brian Matiash.

A Plea For HDR: Informative essay on the HDR technique and its critics by Alexandre Buisse on the Luminous-Landscape website.

RAW HDR Processing: Using HDR techniques with a single RAW file (note: for most scenes, it is still highly recommended to take more than one exposure).

How to create 'High Dynamic Range' images using Photomatix by Pete Carr.

Creating HDR Images, tips from Rick Sammon interviewed by Insider Secrets.

Tone Mapping in Photomatix and other HDR tutorials.

High Dynamic Range digital photography: Well documented article published in the Royal Photographic Society Journal, November 2006.

HDR Landscape Photography Tutorial: very comprehensive article covering both theoretical and practical aspects of HDR photography.