If you have ever photographed a high contrast scene, you know that even the best
exposure will typically have blown out highlights and flat shadows. Photomatix
offers two ways to solve this problem:
* HDR Tone Mapping: Reveal highlight and shadow details in an HDR image created
from multiple exposures.
* Exposure Fusion: Merge differently exposed photographs into one image with
increased dynamic range.

Benefits for professional photographers:
* Saving on lighting equipment
No need to acquire expensive lighting equipment -and carry it- when you shoot high
contrast scenes. Just enable the Auto Exposure Bracketing feature of your camera,
and let Photomatix merge your photos into an image with extended dynamic range.

* Great pictures on cloudy days
Shadowless hazy sunlight or an overcast sky usually results in dull-looking photo-
graphs. The tone mapping tool of Photomatix Pro can turn them into great-looking
images. Check this image as example.

* Saving time in post-processing
Photomatix Pro is designed for productivity -- automatic blending, unlimited stacking,
easy comparison of results and batch processing save hours of masking and layers work
in image editing programs.

* Well exposed panoramas
A panoramic scene is almost always a high contrast scene -- you can't limit your view
to areas with the same brightness when shooting a 360 panorama. By taking views under
several exposures and processing them in Photomatix Pro, you can create a panorama that
will show details in both the dark and bright areas of the scene. Photomatix Pro offers
both exposure blending (also knows as exposure fusion) and HDR tone mapping.

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