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HDR Efex Pro installs as a 32-bit or 64-bit plug-in for Adobe Photoshop CS3 through CS5, Lightroom 2.3 (or later) or Apple Aperture 2.1 (or later) and will be available for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
The software will be available as a free update to those that have purchased the Nik Software Complete Collection after July 25, 2010.
The suggested retail price of HDR Efex Pro is $159.95. A complete list of Nik Software resellers may be found at. HDR Efex Pro will be available in the fourth quarter of 2010 for electronic and boxed delivery directly from Nik Software ( through specialty camera retailers, and through online and national resellers.
Photographers will enjoy single-click HDR imaging with categorized style presets, precise selective fine-tuning using Nik Software’s proprietary U Point® technology, advanced alignment and ghost reduction, full access to shadow and highlight details, and new best-in-class tone mapping algorithms.
Ideal for professional and amateur photographers, HDR Efex Pro provides an amazingly simple yet powerful workflow. “Our focus with HDR Efex Pro has been to bring innovative and best-in-class technologies to HDR, including our unrivaled tone mapping, our proprietary U Point® technology and powerful ghost reduction, all of which have been developed specifically in response to our customers’ requests.” Slater, President and CEO of Nik Software. “HDR is one area of innovation in the evolution of photography and an area that we have been dedicated to from a research perspective for quite some time.” said Michael J. New HDR Efex Pro overcomes limitations in other software tools with a revolutionary all-in-one approach that enables both realistic and artistic effects to be applied within a single tool.
HDR techniques are typically used to enhance landscape, architectural, nighttime, and artistic photography. High dynamic range photography is a process in which multiple exposures are captured, aligned and merged to generate a single image that enables a much wider range of colors, highlights, and shadows. San Diego, CA – Aug– Nik Software ( today announced HDR Efex Pro, a completely new HDR imaging toolkit designed to help photographers quickly and easily achieve the full spectrum of HDR enhancements from the realistic to artistic.