Photograph by Kai Fisher - Email: short_ribs@hotmail.com

Splendid natural scenery and well-thought-out composition do not always translate into great photos. Often times, photos have blown highlights and dark shadows. Details once seen by naked eyes are lost by the camera.

Not any more!

Introducing Essential HDR™ (code name Wukong), a computer software from Imaging Luminary. Take two more photos: one over-exposed, one under-exposed. Drag&drop all three photos into the Essential HDR™ software.

The Detail Revealer™ tonemapping engine will extract information from all three source photos and recompose every single pixel to produce a high quality, naturally-looking output.

This is the power of High Dynamic Range (HDR) Tonemapping! If you are new to this topic, please visit our Support Center for a quick overview. Essential HDR™ has a simpler, easier, and quicker tonemapping process than ever before. Depend on your taste, the result can be very versatile: photo-realistic, surreal, or somewhere in between.

Download the free Community Edition today, and try for yourself. Or, take advantage of the 30% off sale before it ends. You, too, can create photos with exceptional detail, beautiful color, and a finish that a Pro would be proud of!

Experienced HDR photographer? Click here to find out more about the software, the tonemapping engine, and see how it performs compared to others.

Testimonials

"I can wholeheartedly agree: this is indeed a very powerful tonemapper. Without much fuzz I got a very natural images, the preview is pretty accurate, and it is super-easy to use."

- Christian Bloch, author of The HDRI Handbook

"A friend directed me to your software and so far I'm very impressed. The Wukong application seems to be extremely fast and efficient, and the results are excellent. ... ... to me, there seems to be more detail retained in the Wukong version and the overall lighting seems more natural"

- Tamlin, Photographer

"I have been beta testing this software for weeks now and REALLY LIKE IT. It renders the most realistic images of all the programs that I have tried. I use it mainly for Real Estate Photography and it is perfect for natural looking images for my clients."

- Bob Ross, "I'm addicted to photography."

Recent News

(July 18th, 2008) - Essential HDR™ version 1.0 (build 598) is released. Two editions available: the free Community Edition, and the Standard Edition. The first 1,000 buyers will enjoy a 30% off when purchasing the Standard Edition.