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Photomatix Essentials for Mac OS X   (Note: Previous name was Photomatix Light)
 
 
Version: 3.2.1
Size: 4 MB
Platform: Mac OS 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8  (10.4 or G5 users please see notes below)
Download Photomatix Essentials 3.2
 
 
 
Tips and other useful information can be found in the Photomatix FAQ.
 
In case you haven't taken bracketed photos yet, you can download these samples:
      3 photos two stops apart - Cove Point Lighthouse  (3.5 MB - 1800 x 1198 resolution)
           3 photos two stops apart - Venice Grand Canal  (4 MB - 3504 x 2336 resolution)
           3 photos two stops apart - Cevennes landscape  (10 MB - 3504 x 2336 resolution)
 
 
 
Installation instructions
- Click on the link 'Download Photomatix Essentials 3.2' given above.
- Go to your Downloads folder.
- Double-click on the 'PhotomatixEssentials3.2.1' folder to open it.
- Move Photomatix Essentials (the file with the umbrella icon) to your Applications folder.
 
Note for Mac OS 10.4 users: Even though the requirements are Mac OS 10.5 or higher, Photomatix Essentials does run on Mac OS 10.4. It is just that Photomatix Essentials was not designed for 10.4 and the interface design does not look good when run on Tiger. Also, the contextual help describing the settings does not show on 10.4, but the description is still available in the manual (which can be invoked from the 'Help' menu).
 
Note for G5 users: An OS update including QuickTime 7.6.6 resulted in issues with loading the QTKit framework on PPC-based Macs for some reason. As Photomatix Essentials needs to load the QTKit framework at start-up, this issue makes Photomatix Essentials quit upon launching if you are running on a G5 and upgraded to QuickTime 7.6.6.
If this is your case, please download the special version of Photomatix Essentials that does not include the QTKit framework here:
Photomatix Essentials 3.0 without QTKit framework
Note that the video tutorial is not available in this special version, as it is this feature that needs the QTKit framework. However, you can access the video tutorial from the video page here.
 
 
 
 
Update log
8-Jan-13 - Updated in v3.2.2
- Updated Raw conversion to add support for recent camera models such as the Canon 6D, G15, S110, Sony A99, and Nikon D600 among others.
 
6-Sep-12 - Updated in v3.2.1
- Updated Raw conversion to add support for recent camera models such as the Canon 650D / T4i.
- Change in behavior: Closing the main window now also closes the application.
- Bug fixed: Closing the step 2 window very quickly after it shows could result in a crash.
 
28-May-12 - Updated in v3.2
- Addition of 20 built-in presets.
- Radio buttons on the top left frame of the "Step 2" window are now for accessing main presets instead of processing methods, and pop-up menu below the radio buttons is for custom presets.
- Two additional buttons ('Natural' and 'Natural+') for Lighting Adjustments setting in Lighting Effects mode.
- Detection of ghosts set to a higher strength.
- 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.
- Support for Raw files from the Canon S100, 5D Mark III and G1 X, Nikon D4 and D800, Panasonic GX1, Fuji X10 and Sony NEX-7.
 
22-Nov-11 - Updated in v3.1.2
- Updated Raw conversion function, adding among others support of Raw files from Olympus E-PL3, Nikon P7100, and Sony A77 and A65.
 
2-Oct-11 - Updated in v3.1
- Ability to load and save presets.
- Addition of more preset thumbnails.
 
22-Aug-11 - Updated in v3.0
- Product name changed from Photomatix Light to Photomatix Essentials.
- Option to automatically remove ghosts.
- Ability to increase the size of the preview on step 2 and to resize the window.
- Addition of Sharpness setting to Fusion method (replaces Shadows setting).
- Made double-clicking on sliders reset to default value for the setting.
- Bug fixed: Closing the video window did not make the video stop playing.
- Bug fixed: Pressing cmd+W did not close the window.
 
9-Feb-11 - Updated in v2.0
- List of preset thumbnails shows next to the preview of step 2.
- Option to process source photos with high quality noise reduction before tone mapping.
- Addition of Tone Compressor tone mapping method.
- Ability to adjust alignment and noise reduction options on Preferences panel.
- Added support for new camera models.
- Bug fixed: JPEG photos in portrait mode straight out of the camera could sometimes load in landscape mode.
- Bug fixed: License information of customers who purchased a license of Photomatix Pro or Pro Plus Bundle after version 4.0 was not recognized
 
14-Feb-10 - Updated in v1.0.1
- Bug fixed: Though Photomatix Light is free for registered users of Photomatix Pro, license information of customers of Photomatix Pro Plus Bundle was not recognized
 
15-Dec-09 - Photomatix Light 1.0
 
  
 
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