Luminance HDR comparisons
Luminance HDR is compared head-to-head with ColorForge, Photomatix Pro and ON1 HDR and more: 7 head-to-heads in HDR Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
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Luminance HDR head-to-head
- Luminance HDR vs ColorForge
- Luminance HDR vs Photomatix Pro
- Luminance HDR vs ON1 HDR
- Luminance HDR vs AKVIS HDRFactory
- Luminance HDR vs PhotomatixCL
- Luminance HDR vs SNS-HDR
- Luminance HDR vs easyHDR
Luminance HDR vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | HDR merge mode | Tone mapping controls | Batch processing | RAW file support | HDR output formats | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luminance HDR | Yes | None | Both | Multiple | Yes | Yes | OpenEXR, Radiance RGBE, LogLuv TIFF, 16/32bpc TIFF, PFS, FITS | 9.0 |
| 2 | ColorForge | Yes | None | Both | Multiple | — | Yes | JPEG, PNG, 16-bit TIFF | 8.6 |
| 3 | Photomatix Pro | No | — | Both | Advanced | Yes | Yes | OpenEXR, DNG 32-bit, TIFF 32-bit, Radiance RGBE, PSB 32-bit | 8.1 |
| 4 | ON1 HDR | No | — | Both | Advanced | Yes | Yes | PSD, TIF, JPG, PNG, HEIC | 8.0 |
| 5 | AKVIS HDRFactory | No | $69one-time | Both | Multiple | Yes | Yes | TIFF, BMP, JPEG, WEBP, PNG | 7.9 |
| 6 | PhotomatixCL | Yes | — | Bracketed | Multiple | Yes | Yes | JPG, TIFF, EXR | 7.7 |
| 7 | SNS-HDR | Yes | — | Both | Multiple | Yes | Yes | JPEG, TIFF-8, TIFF-16, SNSX, HEIC, HEIC-10 | 7.6 |
| 8 | easyHDR | No | — | Both | Multiple | Yes | Yes | OpenEXR, Radiance RGBE, 32-bit TIFF | 6.9 |
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