Hydra › HDR Photo Studio

Name: Hydra › HDR Photo Studio
Price: 9.99 USD
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Author: Creaceed SRL

Turn RAW/JPG into stunning HDR

Only for Mac

$9.99

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4+
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Photo & Video
Developer

Creaceed SRL
Language

EN
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43.2
MB

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Hydra lets you create beautiful high-dynamic-range (HDR) images by merging multiple exposures, effectively capturing both dark and bright subjects to make it more natural or to enhance scene drama. A single photo cannot represent the entire dynamic range of light in a scene due to the physical limitations of the sensor. The picture is either too dark or too bright, or both. Hydra allows you to overcome this limitation by merging a number of photos with different exposure settings and to create a natural image that is much closer to what your eyes actually see. Alternatively, Hydra can also artistically push contrasts to increase drama and emotions in your pictures beyond reality. This new release of Hydra has been optimized for latest macOS enhancements and it provides native Metal support with maximum performance, in addition to a more modern and simpler user interface. NEW & IMPROVED FEATURES - Optimized for Metal. - Elegant and easy-to-use translucent user interface. - Automatic or manual image alignment with high-precision live positioning and fine-tuning. - Manual removal of ghosting artefacts using region delineation tool and per-region output contribution. - High-precision 128-bit internal format. - Much improved tone mapping including presets, and live, full-resolution preview. - Advanced comparison tool of result against original pictures. - Single or multiple input photos of various formats (JPEG, RAW, HDR, EXR). - Blazingly fast rendering to various output file types (JPG, TIFF, HDR, EXR) and color spaces (sRGB, Pro Photo, AdobeRGB…). - Accurate color processing, including support for Deep & Wide Color displays (30-bit, DCI-P3 display of latest iMac 27’). - Integration with Apple Photos app (input / output). Credits: World Scenery Photography by Sébastien Degardin, London. Technical requirements: GPU compatible with Metal or OpenGL Core Profile 4.1

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Cannot Get Hydra to Recognize Any Pictures
08/17/2016

AZCat83
I had great expectations for this application and unfortunatly after trying all sorts of things (some recommended by the developer), I cannot get this application to recognize any pictures from my SLR cameras. The only pictures that come into the work area are ones from my iPad or iPhone. All other pitures import as a black screen with no data attached. The developer web site is very poor and recommendations for picture converters don not work. I run El Capitan OS X and I import pictures from a Canon 7D SLR.

Developer Response
Hydra's imaging core is optimized for Metal. Metal is better supported in macOS Sierra than it is in El Capitan (which was the first release to include it). Depending on the model of your Mac, Metal might not be available at all, in which case Hydra falls back to OpenGL.About black image inputs: Hydra relies heavily on graphics card memory. A 7D processes photos at 18 megapixels. Depending on your Mac model, available graphics card memory, and whether it is compatible with Metal or falls back to GL, Hydra could produce this problem.There are possible solutions for this that we can try. If you could contact support again, and ask for Raphael. I'll try to see what's going on and have a workaround./RS
Cannot Get Hydra to Recognize Any Pictures
08/17/2016

AZCat83

I had great expectations for this application and unfortunatly after trying all sorts of things (some recommended by the developer), I cannot get this application to recognize any pictures from my SLR cameras. The only pictures that come into the work area are ones from my iPad or iPhone. All other pitures import as a black screen with no data attached. The developer web site is very poor and recommendations for picture converters don not work. I run El Capitan OS X and I import pictures from a Canon 7D SLR.
Developer Response 03/29/2017
Hydra's imaging core is optimized for Metal. Metal is better supported in macOS Sierra than it is in El Capitan (which was the first release to include it). Depending on the model of your Mac, Metal might not be available at all, in which case Hydra falls back to OpenGL.About black image inputs: Hydra relies heavily on graphics card memory. A 7D processes photos at 18 megapixels. Depending on your Mac model, available graphics card memory, and whether it is compatible with Metal or falls back to GL, Hydra could produce this problem.There are possible solutions for this that we can try. If you could contact support again, and ask for Raphael. I'll try to see what's going on and have a workaround./RS

Modernization for macOS 26 Tahoe: - App icon updated for Liquid Glass - Modernized app iconography with SF Symbols - Improved toolbar icons - Added icons to menus - Stability enhancements & optimization for macOS 26 Tahoe Localization: Hydra is now localized in 24 languages (previously 9). Privacy enhancements: - Hydra no longer relies on App Center (Microsoft) for anonymous features analytics and crash reporting. Anonymous crash reports are now handled through built-in mechanism of macOS (user opt-in), and features analytics has been completely removed. Requirements: Hydra now requires macOS 13 Ventura or Higher.

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