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Hydra

Hydra - 2.1.3

Create hdr photographs, interactively and with no tripod.

All Time: (5.0)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 2.1.3
Release Date: 2009-08-31
License: Update
Downloads (this version): 596
Downloads (all versions): 9,004
Price: $59.95

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Product Description:

Hydra uses a number of regular photographs (up to four) with different exposures (darker and lighter) to create a superior one which is much closer to what one's eye can see. This is because a single photograph cannot represent the full gamut of light because of physical limitations in the sensor. This process is also known as a high dynamic range, or HDR, imaging. See the screencast tutorials for more information on how to acquire such images with your camera.
The output produced by Hydra is much closer to what your eye actually sees. You don't have to choose whether to have a beautiful sky or buildings, take 2 photos (or more) with perfect parameters for each of them, then combine them with Hydra.
The images that Hydra uses are not required to be taken with a tripod, as it is usually the case with HDR software. Hydra uses the same warping algorithm as Morph Age, which permits the alignment of images with offsets above a few pixels. This is a unique feature that means you can take photos anywhere without a tripod to later blend them in Hydra. This will change your way of making HDRs.

What's new in this version:

  • Fixed Automatic Alignment Crash in Snow Leopard
  • Fixed Fullscreen Mode in Snow Leopard

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

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Hydra CommentaryWrong Price - Version: 2.1, 5/9/2009 03:25PM PST

RJ PhotoVideo
The price is $79.95
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Hydra CommentaryGood upgrade - 16 bit would be excellent - Version: 1.0.2, 2/4/2008 12:00AM PST

Martin Turner--2008
The addition of Tiff as an output format is a good upgrade to this application.
It's still only 8 bit, and would benefit from 16 bit tiff, though.
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Hydra CommentaryName? - Version: 1.0.2, 2/4/2008 12:00AM PST

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Tyaris Major
Just one note, not actually about the software itself...

The kids from Coding Monkeys originally called their product Hydra, but ran into legal issues, which resulted in it becoming SubEthaEdit. Unless the landscape has changed, I can see this happening to this Hydra as well.

http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18956&vid=114342&mode=info
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