Essential HDR Community Edition Alternatives

Essential HDR Community Edition is described as 'powerful tool for High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography and tone mapping. It includes two tone mapping algorithms, namely Fast Tone Balancer (for global tone mapping) and Detail Revealer (for local tone mapping)' and is a Image Editor in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Essential HDR Community Edition for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Essential HDR Community Edition alternative is Hugin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Essential HDR Community Edition are Luminance HDR, Aurora HDR, Photomatix and Dynamic Photo-HDR.

Essential HDR Community Edition alternatives are mainly Image Editors but may also be Photo Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Essential HDR Community Edition.

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Essential HDR Community Edition

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Essential HDR Community Edition is a powerful tool for High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography and tone mapping. It includes...

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Hugin
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
35 Hugin alternatives
Hugin is an easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain based on Panorama Tools. With Hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete impressive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.i
- - Hugin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Essential HDR Community Edition.
- - Hugin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Essential HDR Community Edition.
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Panoramic stitching
Mask objects
Android Sync
Create composite HDR photos
Luminance HDR
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Free • Open Source
Image Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
35 Luminance HDR alternatives
Luminance HDR (ex-Qtpfsgui) is an open source graphical user interface application that aims to provide a workflow for HDR imaging.
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Luminance HDR Features
HDR Support
Aurora HDR
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Mac
Windows
17 Aurora HDR alternatives
Aurora HDR is the world’s most advanced HDR photo editor, enjoyed by millions of photographers. And is the only HDR photo software, named “Best Mac App of the Year”.
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1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsAurora HDR can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
HDR Support
Raw editing
Photomatix
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
21 Photomatix alternatives
Photomatix Pro is a photography software primarily designed to make the process of creating high dynamic range photos easier and more streamlined. By automatically blending multiple exposures of photos, it has the ability to create fully 32-bit images as well as tone mapped...
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Photomatix Features
HDR Support
Create composite HDR photos
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Dynamic Photo-HDR
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Windows
19 Dynamic Photo-HDR alternatives
Dynamic-PHOTO HDR is a new generation of High Dynamic Range image software with many advanced features, such as Pin Warping and Anti-Ghosting. A High Dynamic Range photography can be created by taking few photos with different exposure, then combining them in the software into a...
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HDR Support
WidsMob HDR
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Mac
31 WidsMob HDR alternatives
Simple and advanced HDR photo editor to recreate high dynamic range photos as eye-view. Advanced tone mapping algorithm, customize HDR parameters, auto align and adjustment, support both JPEG and RAW files.
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WidsMob HDR Features
HDR Support
Create composite HDR photos
360 Panorama
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Paid • Proprietary
iPhone
iPad
33 360 Panorama alternatives
Beautiful panoramas made easy.

Take stunning 360 panoramas everywhere. 360 Panorama turns your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad into a full featured 360 degree panoramic camera. Easily capture immersive panoramas in seconds and instantly share your 360 view with the world. Simply pa.
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Picturenaut
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Image Editor
Photo Editor
Windows
22 Picturenaut alternatives
You want the accuracy of HDRShop, with all the low-level control to squeeze out the maximum on image quality. But you you also want all the modern convenience features like exposure detection from EXIF data, image alignment and ghost removal?
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Picturenaut Features
HDR Support
FDRTools
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Photo Editor
Mac
Windows
22 FDRTools alternatives
Using a method called "Tone Mapping" FDRTools turns even unimposing photos into expressive works showing a degree of detail and contrast that was not considered possible until recently.
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HDR Support
Oloneo PhotoEngine
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Image Editor
Photo Editor
Mac
Windows
22 Oloneo PhotoEngine alternatives
Oloneo® PhotoEngine™ is the only HDR and Raw processing software offering digital photographers full control over light and exposure in real-time, as if they were still behind the lens.
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Oloneo PhotoEngine Features
Denoise
HDR Support
easyHDR
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Photo Editor
Windows
Linux
Wine
17 easyHDR alternatives
Extend the dynamic range of images by blending digital photos and tone mapping. Apply automatic or manual alignment. Get the most realistic results. High Dynamic Range image processing software.
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easyHDR Features
HDR Support
HDR Light Studio
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
49 HDR Light Studio alternatives
The lighting tool for 3D artists.
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HDR Light Studio Features
HDR Support