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Photomatix HDR Plug-In for Aperture

 
 
Host: Aperture 2 or Aperture 3 (both 32-bit and 64-bit)
Platform: Mac OS 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8 - 32/64-bit
Type: Edit plug-in
Version: 2.1.1
Size: 3.6 MB
Download Photomatix Plug-in 2.1.1 for Aperture
 
 
 
Installation instructions:
1. Go to the place where you downloaded the plug-in (by default your 'Downloads' folder) and open the folder named 'PhotomatixPlugin 2.1.1'.
2. You can either use the installer or install the plug-in manually:
Using the installer
Double-click on the file InstallerPhotomatixPlugInForAperture
Installing manually
Move the file PhotomatixPlugIn.ApertureEdit to:
~/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Plug-Ins   (where '~' is your User home directory)
In case there is no 'Plug-Ins' folder in "Application Support/Aperture", create the folder manually.
3. Start or restart Aperture.
4. Select bracketed photos on the browser or the viewer.
5. Control-click (or right-click), select Edit With and then Photomatix HDR
 
 
 
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FAQ on the plug-in for Aperture
 
 
 
Update log
13-Oct-12 - Updated in v2.1.1
- Bug fixed: Since version 3.4 of Aperture, the Presets pop-up menu did not list saved presets anymore due to the sandboxing of Aperture.
- Bug fixed: Keyword set by user in Preferences did not stay on the Preferences panel and was not applied till the next session.
 
1-Jul-12 - Updated in v2.1
- Addition of 20 built-in presets.
- Filtering of preset thumbnails by category.
- Options for alignment, deghosting, and reduction of noise and chromatic aberrations are now set on a dialog showing after having invoked the plug-in on bracketed images.
- Changes in the Details Enhancer algorithm aimed at addressing the issue of difference between the preview and final image that may occur in some cases.
- Ability to resize the window to a smaller size to fit into the display of a 11" MacBook Air.
 
24-Aug-11 - Updated in v2.0
- Option to automatically remove ghosts.
- List of thumbnails of built-in presets.
- More flexibility for resizing the preview and addition of scrollbars when the preview does not fit in window.
- Addition of Sharpness setting to Fusion method (replaces Shadows setting).
- Made double-clicking on sliders reset to default value for the setting.
- Change in presentation of Details Enhancer settings as in version 4.1 of Photomatix Pro.
 
13-Jan-11 - Updated in v1.2
- Addition of Exposure Fusion method.
- Improved noise reduction: use of high-quality noise reduction algorithm introduced in Photomatix Pro 4.0.
- Option in Preferences to apply noise reduction to selected number of bracketed images.
- Changed Preview size option. The control is now a combo-box that can take three values (small, medium, large) which corresponds to the size ratio of Photomatix Pro.
- Bug fixed: Values lost their decimals after having clicked on the 'Undo' and 'Redo' buttons.
- Bug fixed: The Details Enhancer "Temperature" setting numeric display does not update correctly
- Bug fixed: 'Smoothing' setting could not be undone.
 
19-Sep-10 - Updated in v1.1.6
- Acceptance of new license keys for Photomatix Pro Plus Bundle valid for Photomatix Pro version 4.
- Addition of built-in presets "Black & White" and "Deep", and update of "Painterly" and "Smooth Skies".
- Bug fixed: When switching to Tone Compressor and then back to Details Enhancer, the Presets list showed the presets of Tone Compressor.
 
13-Jul-10 - Updated in v1.1.5
- Adjustments to the algorithm of the Tone Compressor method intended to improve the rendering with default settings and to extend the range of the Tonal Range Compression setting.
- Improved robustness of the "by matching feature" alignment.
- Bug fixed: When processing in Aperture 3 with the Tone Compressor tone mapping method and the source images were aligned with cropping, the output image showed scrambled.
 
16-Nov-09 - Updated in v1.1
- Multi-threading support for tone mapping: complete multi-threading for Tone Compressor method and partial for Details Enhancer method.
- Improved alignment of "by matching features" method.
- Details Enhancer's Light Smoothing setting (renamed "Smoothing" in v1.1) has now two modes. The new mode is in the form of a slider and produces a slightly different effect. The behavior of previous versions correspond to the "Light" mode which is in the form of five buttons named "Min", "Low", "Mid", "High" and "Max".
- Details Enhancer's Highlights Smoothness setting (i.e. the setting that avoids grey highlights and preserves "clean" skies) has been significantly improved.
- Added built-in presets for Details Enhancer. Presets are "Natural", "Smooth Skies", "Painterly" and "Grunge", and are accessible from the Presets combo-box.
 
 
 
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