The world's most advanced HDR photo editor. Aurora uses its Quantum HDR EngineTM with AI technology to analyze and extrapolate the best details from each bracketed image to create a single file that renders more details in the shadows, highlights and midrange than ever possible before. Aurora HDR, like other Skylum apps such as Luminar, is extremely easy to use with a friendly interface that masks nearly all of its technical complexity. Version 2019 introduces a. Aurora HDR is developed by Skylum, who are the masterminds behind Luminar 4 photo-editing software and six other image processing apps. Skylum teamed up with the world-famous HDR photographer, Trey Ratcliff, to fuse their program-building knowledge with his HDR expertise. It’s a winning combination. You can see our full Luminar 4 review here. The major difference between these two offerings from Skylum is that Aurora HDR is exceptional when merging multiple images and is designed for more enhanced details and toning whereas Luminar allows for starting editing and enhancements with single exposures and more stylistic editing. Both programs can be combined.

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Pros

• Fixes badly shot single images
• Easy to learn and use
• Fast performance
• Flexible operations let you customize all features
• Works as both a plug-in and standalone app
• Supports third-party plugins
• Great for creative and painterly photography

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HDR is a specialized form of photography designed to expose details in both the highlights and shadows of a scene by merging multiple versions of the same image shot at different exposures. It’s hard to do HDR right without overdoing it, especially if your aim is a photorealistic image. The brain sees what the camera sensor cannot capture, and HDR techniques compensate by creating the image you saw in your mind’s eye.

The 2019 version of Aurora HDR features a new Quantum HDR engine with artificial intelligence-based tone mapping technology. This facilitates more efficient photo merging to produce natural results that don’t look contrived – unless you want them to. A New Smart HDR Structure feature delivers more precise details and realistic sharpness without artifacts, noise, or halos.

The software runs as a standalone app, as a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, or as an Apple Photos extension. It also supports Photoshop plug-ins like Imagenomic and the Nik Collection.

Traditional HDR photography merges multiple images, but Aurora also lets you transform a single raw image to HDR via its AI-based neural network. It corrects colors, boosts contrast, reduces noise, and prevents unnatural lighting and ghosting. A batch processing feature lets you import multiple folders of images for export as bracketed or single images – accurately identifying which images are bracketed and which stand alone. It works with various photo formats, including raw.

New features

Aurora HDR, like other Skylum apps such as Luminar, is extremely easy to use with a friendly interface that masks nearly all of its technical complexity.

Version 2019 introduces a new Looks feature, previously called presets, with additional aesthetic choices and refined toning. The app’s controls and sliders give you complete visual power over your picture. Aurora comes with eight Looks collections: Essential, Landscape, Architecture, Dramatic and Artistic. HDR photographers Trey Ratcliff (an Aurora co-creator), Serge Ramelli, and Randy Van Duinen contribute their own signature Looks packs reflecting their individual styles.

Applying one-click Looks is just a starting point, as you can build in additional edits with the layer and masking features. Aurora is non destructive, so you can easily undo any adjustment and even revert to the original image and start over again. A new LUT (Lookup Table) mapping feature lets you simply mouse over the 11 built-in LUTs to view dynamic previews of the various color grading styles you can apply to your photos. Additional Looks, LUTs, and Textures are available either for free or for reasonable prices from the Aurora HDR Marketplace.

With the new Adjustable Gradient filter, which sports additional highlight and shadow sliders, you can apply distinct adjustments to the top and bottom of an image or anywhere you apply the gradient.

Bottom line

Aurora HDR 2019 is a specialty app designed for people who seek a way to produce powerful HDR images. It does not disappoint. While Aurora is not designed to be a full featured image editor, it still offers a vast variety of critical photo controls. I found many hard-to-edit images – often landscapes shot in poor lighting conditions – much improved by Aurora’s one-click Looks, without a lot of time-consuming fiddling. The app’s upgraded engine and AI based tools worked well and swiftly without stability issues, even an older MacBook Air.

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Skylum (formerly Macphun) is a software developing company based in Bellevue, Washington. It is most known for its photo editing software Aurora HDR and Luminar.^[1] Skylum is also the developer of Snapheal, Focus, Tonality, Intensify, Noiseless and FX Photo Studio.^[2]

Founded as Macphun in 2008, the company decided to change its name to Skylum in 2017, following the decision to develop its Mac only software for Windows as well.^[3]

History[edit]

Skylum was founded as Macphun in 2008 by two gaming developers and amateur photographers, Dmitry Sytnik and Paul Muzok. Initially the company developed applications for iOS. One of its first applications was Vintage Video Maker, which was later named Vintagio. In 2009, Apple named Vintagio among Best iPhone apps of the year.^[4][5] Alex Tsepko, Ivan Kutanin & Oksana Milczarek joined the team few years later. In total, the company released over 60 applications in the first three years. However, it saw the greatest number of downloads in the photography applications. Skylum thus decided to develop the same photography applications for macOS.^[6]

In early 2010, Skylum launched its first macOS application, FX Photo Studio Pro, which was earlier available for iOS only.^[7] Several other applications were also developed for macOS including Snapheal.^[8]

In order to tap the North Americas, the company moved its headquarters to San Diego, United States in 2013.^[6] A great number of employees came from the Nik Collection, which was earlier acquired by Google.^[9] Later that year, the company launched Intensify, a fully featured photo editing software, that was named among 2013 Best Mac App Store apps. In 2014, Skylum launched Tonality, a black-and-white photo editor software, that won Apple’s Editors’ Choice of the year.^[10] The same year, Skylum hired a team in Europe to develop localized versions of its software and start European expansion.^[6]

In 2015, Skylum released a new image noise reduction application called Noiseless.^[11] Same year Skylum partnered with Trey Ratcliff to develop an HDR program. Through the collaboration Aurora HDR, a High Dynamic Range editing and processing tool, was released in November.^[12] A year later, Skylum developed Luminar, an all-in-one photo editing software as an alternative to Adobe’s Lightroom. Both the software became the most known applications by the company. ^[13]

In 2017, the company released Aurora HDR and Luminar for Windows - software that previously was available for macOS only.^[14] At the same time, it was also announced that Macphun would change its name to Skylum.^[15]

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Skylum is most known for its photo editing software, Aurora HDR launched in 2015, and Luminar launched in 2016. Other notable software by the company include: Snapheal, Focus, Tonality, Intensify, Noiseless, FX Photo Studio, and Photolemur.

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Skylum products have been recognized with multiple awards. In 2019, Skylum took home four gold awards at the Digital Camera Grand Prix. The company was honored for innovation in the photo editing sphere with its Luminar 4, Aurora HDR 2019, and Photolemur^[16] editing software. Skylum also took home a technical award for its innovative approach. In 2017 Luminar and in 2019 Luminar Flex was named the Best Software Plugin in the Lucie Technical Awards.^[17] In the same years, Luminar was awarded the Best Imaging Software by TIPA. In 2018, Luminar was named an Editor’s Pick by Outdoor Photographer.^[18]

References[edit]

1. ^Thurston, Anthony (June 16, 2017). 'Macphun brings AI tech to photo editing with Luminar Neptune Skylum'.
2. ^Pierini, David (May 24, 2017). 'Macphun to offer software for Windows-based photogs'.
3. ^Scoblete, Greg (November 2, 2017). 'MACPHUN IS NOW SKYLUM, SETS SIGHTS ON DISAFFECTED LIGHTROOM USERS WITH LUMINAR 2018'.
4. ^'iPhoneで撮った動画を8ミリやサイレント映画風にする「Vintage Video Maker」'. November 19, 2009.
5. ^'MacPhun LLC Company Profile'(PDF). Retrieved February 24, 2018.
6. ^ ^abcLaurinavicius, Tomas (November 21, 2016). 'An In-Depth Look At The Future Of Digital Photography With Alex Tsepko Of Macphun'.
7. ^'Review: FX Photo Studio Pro for Mac, fun photo editing done right'. May 20, 2011.
8. ^Chang, Alexandra (December 16, 2011). 'Snapheal removes unwanted objects from photos, and more'.>
9. ^Freeman, Mike (November 29, 2013). 'Photo software firm Macphun comes to San Diego'.
10. ^Dove, Jackie (July 31, 2014). 'Review: Macphun's Tonality brings out your inner Ansel Adams'.
11. ^Carlson, Jeff (October 9, 2015). 'Noiseless and Noiseless Pro review: Clean up your photos shot in low-light conditions'.
12. ^Mathies, Daven (May 24, 2017). 'Macphun's highly lauded photo software are coming to Windows for the first time'.
13. ^Lawton, Rod (November 17, 2016). 'Both products became the most known applications by the company. MacPhun Luminar 1.0 review'.
14. ^Lestoc, Costea (June 10, 2017). 'Macphun's Luminar and Aurora HDR apps come to Windows 10 this fall'.
15. ^Zhang, Michael (October 27, 2017). 'Macphun Renaming Itself Skylum as its Photo Apps Land on Windows'.
16. ^'Luminar 4, Aurora HDR 2019, and Photolemur'.
17. ^'Lucie Technical Awards'.
18. ^'Outdoor Photographer'. December 12, 2018.