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Jan 13 2009

Ariea Delivers a New HDR Program – HDR MAX

Posted by jeff in HDR

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While poking around the net yesterday I happened upon some news about a fairly new HDR program called HDR MAX which has been developed by a company called Ariea.  It is an interesting approach to the HDR process because it doesn’t require multiple steps to get to the real fun stuff, the tone mapping.  It actually looks more like Photoshop than most HDR programs and is very intuitive in its design and function.  I haven’t had a lot of time to really put it through its paces (I did just download it yesterday after all).  Once I have had a chance to give it a full evaluation I will share my findings with you.  Here’s what I can tell you.  The program is available for both Mac and PC.  It is available to try, free for 30 days.  The price is $150 US.  I don’t know much more beyond that except that if you want to download it and give it a spin, you can use it to enter their contest to win a 15″ MacBook Pro computer.  So check out the software downloads here, and find out more about the contest here.

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  1. Crash says:
    January 13, 2009 at 7:05 am

    Looks very interesting Jeff. Look forward to the review. Hope you’re well. Take care, Crash

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  2. Bob says:
    January 13, 2009 at 7:49 am

    I guess you missed the joint posting by Trey Ratcliff where he mentions a $20 coupon code of “StuckInCustoms” … http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2008/12/27/an-hdr-photo-contest-to-win-a-new-15-macbook-pro/

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  3. Lyle Jones says:
    January 13, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    I gave HDR MAX a test run it does a good job of tone mapping but the exposure alignment adjustment needs improved.
    In think photomatix is a better program for less money

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  4. Tanya says:
    January 13, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    Thanks for the link, it looks pretty easy to use and I was in search of anything decent for HDR :)

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  5. Arthur Agin says:
    January 14, 2009 at 11:01 am

    I have been evaluating different HDR options. I liked the interface of HDR Max but had real problems with alignment of images. I could not figure out how to align with a 1:1 display. If they fix that they’ll give Photomatix a real challenge.

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  6. Gareth says:
    January 15, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    I gave it a test drive as well. I really like the look it produces, with both single and bracketted images … until you zoom in to 100% or higher. Very noisy! I mean bad noise. Just my two cents.

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  7. Terry Reinert says:
    January 24, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    Hi Jeff,

    I gave Areia’s HDR MAX the full treatment here: http://www.tkrphoto.com/2009/01/areia-hdr-max-review/.

    As one of the comments above states, the program produces a lot of noise. On top of that… SLOW! It runs fast if you stay zoomed out around 25% or lower. At 50% it starts to chug a bit and at 100% zoom it flat out drags.

    Terry

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  8. bob merco says:
    February 28, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    I can tell you this. at 1:30 am this morning I bought this program. my credit card went right through. now all day i have e-mailed them on their tech and cust service lines and not even a reply as to why i can not activate this program. one more day and I am going to plaster hdr max images(from the trial) on my site with a big x that says it all. I vented.

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