Hydra lets you create beautiful high-dynamic-range (HDR) images by merging multiple exposures, effectively capturing both dark and bright subjects to make it more natural, or to enhance scene drama. A single photo cannot represent the entire dynamic range of light in a scene, due to the physical limitations of the sensor.
Hydra allows you to overcome this limitation by merging a number of photos with different exposure settings, and to create a natural image that is much closer to what your eyes actually see. Alternatively, Hydra can also artistically push contrasts to increase drama and emotion in your pictures beyond reality. This new release of Hydra has been optimized for latest macOS enhancements, and it provides native Metal support with maximum performance, in addition to a more modern and simpler user interface.
New and Improved Features
Optimized for Metal
Elegant and easy-to-use translucent user interface
Automatic or manual image alignment with high-precision live positioning and fine-tuning
Manual removal of ghosting artefacts using region delineation tool and per-region output
contribution
High-precision, 128-bit internal format
Much improved tone mapping including presets, and live, full-resolution preview
Advanced comparison tool of result against original pictures
Single or multiple input photos of various formats (JPEG, RAW, HDR, EXR)
Blazingly fast rendering to various output file types (JPG, TIFF, HDR, EXR) and color spaces (sRGB, Pro Photo, AdobeRGB…)
Accurate color processing, including support for Deep and Wide Color displays (30-bit, DCI-P3
display of latest iMac 27’)
Integration with Apple Photos app (input / output)
Compatibility: OS X 10.11 or later, 64-bit processor
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