Creates High Dynamic Range (HDR) images and lets you adjust them with various settings and one-click presets to get the look you want: from natural-looking to painterly, surreal or grunge.
Photomatix Essentials merges multiple exposures of the same scene into a single HDR image that reveals both highlight and shadow details. The merge includes automatic alignment of your photos (which is particularly important if they are taken hand-held), and the option to automatically remove 'ghosts' created by objects or people moving between the shots. It also includes an option to apply a high quality noise reduction to your photos before merging them.
You can even use Photomatix Essentials to enhance a single photo, using tone mapping to bring out details in highlights and shadows areas.
The software works with JPEG, TIFF, PSD and RAW files, and lets you save the processed image as JPEG or 16-bit TIFF.