Comments on: Ariea Delivers a New HDR Program – HDR MAX

By: bob merco

bob merco — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:10:00 +0000

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.

By: Terry Reinert

Terry Reinert — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:10:19 +0000

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

By: Gareth

Gareth — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:15:50 +0000

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.

By: Arthur Agin

Arthur Agin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:01:19 +0000

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.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:14:23 +0000

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

By: Lyle Jones

Lyle Jones — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:54:16 +0000

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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By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:49:07 +0000

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/

By: Crash

Crash — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:05:07 +0000

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