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We are proud to announce a brand new color grading technology! Smart HDR is now able to repaint an image using high-quality palettes. This technology make it possible to obtain professional-level color grading results with minimal user intervention:

HDR Urban

A carefully selected set of filters to grade your street photos. A whole new look at the urban jungle!


HDR Expressive

Color your pictures with this exclusive grading presets!


HDR Landscape

Give a new look to your landscape photo: summer, autumn, warmer or darker look & feel and many more grading presets!


HDR Seascape

Ever wondered how to get a postcard-like look & feel? Try HDR Seascape and you'll know the answer!


HDR Black Theory

Color grading presets to bring your black & white photography to a new level: dramatic, dark, cold and many more filters!



Use Smart HDR tone mapping engine in conjunction to the new color grading technology and experiment with it. A lot of new spectacular filters to color the world in the way you like!

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Smart HDR cutting-edge tone mapping engine revolutionizes digital photo enhancement, giving them an amazing and unique style. You can improve image colors, details, lighting and general aspect with a first-class HDR photographic filter or create spectacular cartoon-like effect using the toon filter. Try a variety of color filters designed to create impressive artistic results! Smart HDR comes with powerful image editing tools that will let you obtain the best from your photos. Apply different filters and create truly unique effects!



IMAGE FILTERS

Smart HDR features a lot of different filters. Some basic HDR filters are:

* CLASSIC
The classic HDR filter for memorable photos

* PHOTOGRAPHIC
The basic filter to enhance images colors, details, local shadings and depth

* LIGHT
A moderate filter

* PORTRAIT
HDR for portraits

* CARTOON
Gives a strong non photorealistic effect

* DREAMLIKE
A soft, romantic and delicate filter

* VIVID
Makes your image more detailed and vibrant

* BLACK & WHITE
An impressive black & white filter

More filters examples:

* OLD PHOTO EFFECT
Transform your picture into an old grainy photo

* COLOR FILTERS
Professional level color effects

* CLASSIC IMAGE FILTERS
Vintage, Dreamlike, Vignetting, Iris Blur and so on...

Some other important tools for image editing are:

* PHOTO CLEANER
An advanced multi-scale RGB noise removal filter

* PHOTO LIGHTING
Fixes image improving darker areas

* IMAGE DETAILS
Image details enhancement and noise correction, all in one tool

* COLOR SATURATION, CONTRAST, BRIGTHNESS AND GAMMA CORRECTION
Basic image editing tools




USER INTERFACE

With a simple and clean user interface, you will be able to easily try different effects to process your photos.
Every effect parameter can be controlled in the most intuitive way, giving you maximum flexibility:

* SCROLL AND ZOOM
Use classical gestures to scroll the image, zoom in and out or reset the view with a double tap

* PREVIEW MODE
Try any effect using Preview Mode before applying it to the whole image

* BEFORE/AFTER COMPARISON
Easily compare your original image with the edited version

* EASY EFFECT CALIBRATION
Easily control every effect parameters by using sliding bars



SHARING

Smart HDR will let you share your creations with your friends using the most known social media*. You will be able to create personal photo albums, save images in different
formats or set an image as your phone wallpaper.


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Supports:
- OS: Android 3.0 or later
- Import/export: JPEG or PNG formats
- Language: English



* Sharing functionality requires native client apps.

Smart HDR is an innovative imaging technology developed by Apple that revolutionizes the way digital cameras capture and process light. It leverages advanced computational photography techniques to overcome the limitations of traditional camera sensors, resulting in stunning images with exceptional dynamic range and lifelike detail.

Understanding Dynamic Range

Dynamic range refers to the range of brightness levels that a camera can capture in a single image. A camera with a wider dynamic range can capture both the brightest highlights and the darkest shadows, preserving the full spectrum of light present in the scene. Traditional camera sensors often struggle to capture both extremes, resulting in either overexposed highlights or underexposed shadows.

How Smart HDR Works

Smart HDR addresses this challenge by taking multiple exposures of the same scene at different shutter speeds. This captures a wide range of light intensities, from bright highlights to dark shadows. The camera then uses computational algorithms to analyze these exposures and merge them into a single image.

The algorithm identifies and aligns the best parts of each exposure, combining the highlights from the shorter exposures with the shadows from the longer exposures. This process creates an image with an extended dynamic range, preserving the details in both the brightest and darkest areas.

Benefits of Smart HDR

Smart HDR offers numerous advantages for photographers, including:

* Increased Dynamic Range: It expands the dynamic range of digital cameras, allowing them to capture scenes with extreme brightness variations.

* Preserved Details: It retains details in both highlights and shadows, preventing overexposure or underexposure.

* Natural-Looking Images: It produces images with a more natural and realistic appearance, avoiding the artificial look of HDR images created with other techniques.

* Enhanced Color Accuracy: It maintains accurate colors throughout the image, ensuring faithful reproduction of the scene's hues and tones.

* Improved Low-Light Performance: It improves low-light photography by capturing more light and reducing noise, resulting in brighter and clearer images.

Availability and Applications

Smart HDR is available on Apple's latest iPhone models and is seamlessly integrated into the Camera app. It works automatically in most situations, enhancing the quality of images captured in a variety of lighting conditions.

Photographers can use Smart HDR to capture stunning landscapes with vivid skies and rich foreground details, portraits with natural skin tones and clear facial features, and indoor scenes with balanced lighting and minimal shadows.

Conclusion

Smart HDR is a groundbreaking imaging technology that significantly enhances the dynamic range of digital cameras. By merging multiple exposures and employing advanced algorithms, it produces images with exceptional detail, natural colors, and a more realistic appearance. Whether you're a professional photographer or an enthusiast, Smart HDR empowers you to capture stunning images that capture the full beauty and complexity of the world around you.