PhotomatixCL command line examples
The command examples on this page provide a few ways of using the various options PhotomatixCL offers.
To generate your own command samples from options you select, check the PhotomatixCL Command Generator on the PhotomatixCL download page.
Merging to HDR & Tone Mapping/Fusing
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Align and merge three JPG images, apply the default fusion preset and save the resulting LDR image as OutputImage.jpg with quality 80%, without saving the 32-bit HDR image:
PhotomatixCL -a2 -x Natural -h remove -s jpg -j 80 -o OutputImage Image1.jpg Image2.jpg Image3.jpg -
Download, align and merge three JPG images using a color temperature of 4500K and applying noise reduction to all three, apply the default tone mapping preset and save the 32-bit HDR image as an EXR file called OutputImage.exr and the tone mapped LDR image as a 16-bit TIFF called OutputImage.tif:
PhotomatixCL -a2 -x Detailed -no2 -wb 4500 -h exr -s tif -bi 16 -o OutputImage https://www.hdrsoft.com/samples/img_1.jpg https://www.hdrsoft.com/samples/img_2.jpg https://www.hdrsoft.com/samples/img_3.jpg -
Align and merge five TIFF images without cropping the aligned images, apply the HDR settings in the file MySettings.xmp, add mild contrast to the shadows, save the 32-bit HDR image as OutputImage.exr, and the tone mapped LDR image as an 8-bit TIFF called OutputImage.dng:
PhotomatixCL -a2n -x MySettings.xmp -cs 10 -h exr -s tif -bi 8 -o OutputImage Image1.tif Image2.tif Image3.tif Image4.tif Image5.tif -
Align and merge five DNG images, apply the HDR settings in the file MySettings.xmp and save the resulting LDR image as OutputImageMySettings.tif, then apply the Natural preset and save the resulting LDR image as OutputImageNatural.tif, saving both LDR images in the folder OutputFolder, and without saving the 32-bit HDR image:
PhotomatixCL -a2 -x MySettings.xmp -xn OutputImageMySettings -x Natural -xn OutputImageNatural -h remove -s tif -bi 16 -d OutputFolder\ Image1.dng Image2.dng Image3.dng Image4.dng Image5.dng -
Merge five RAW images without aligning them, use a color temperature of 6000 for the underexposed images, and 4000 for the normal and overexposed images, and save the 32-bit HDR image as an EXR called OutputImage.exr:
PhotomatixCL -32 -wbu 6000 -wbn 4000 -wbo 4000 -h exr -o OutputImage Image1.cr2 Image2.cr2 Image3.cr2 Image4.cr2 Image5.cr2 -
Download, align and merge three TIFF images using ghost removal with default deghosting strength and applying noise reduction to the underexposed photos, and save the 32-bit HDR image as an EXR file called OutputImage.exr. (The -if option was required because the URLs didn't end in .tif.) :
PhotomatixCL -32 -if tif -a2 -gn -no0 -h exr -o OutputImage "https://example.com/images?id=1" "https://example.com/images?id=2" "https://example.com/images?id=3"
Tone mapping a single image
Reduce the noise on Image1.jpg, then tone map it with the Detailed preset and save the result as Image1Enhanced.jpg:
PhotomatixCL -no0 -x Detailed -o Image1Enhanced Image1.jpg
Processing a folder
The above command examples run PhotomatixCL once, processing one set of bracketed images (or a single image).
For batching a folder containing multiple sets of bracketed images, see the Batching images with PhotomatixCL section of the PhotomatixCL download page.