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Type of application

HDR Express 2

Standalone application plus Lightroom and Aperture plug-ins

HDR Expose 2

Standalone application plus Lightroom and Aperture plug-ins

32 Float v2

Photoshop plug-in only re­quires Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5 or CS6

Combo Suite

HDR Expose 2 and 32 Float v2 in one suite
HDR        
HDR Brightness/Output range Histogram yes yes yes yes
One Click Automatic Dynamic Range Mapping tool n/a yes yes yes
Halo Reduction Settings no yes yes yes
Automatic Halo Elimination yes no no  
Auto Tone Mapping Presets yes no no  
HDR Merge Auto Deghosting yes yes no yes
Veiling Glare Correction no yes yes yes
Editing and Interface        
RGB/Bch readout yes yes yes yes
Display Brightness Setting no yes yes yes
Style Presets yes no no  
GPU accelerated (OpenGL) zooming and scrolling yes yes yes yes
Fixed/Free Rotate no yes no (via Photoshop) yes
Resize no yes no (via Photoshop) yes
Brightness/Contrast yes (Simplified) yes yes yes
Sharpening no yes yes yes
White Balance yes (Simplified) yes yes yes
Multi Channel Saturation Controls no yes yes yes
Noise Removal (Dark Noise, Brightness Noise, Color noise) no yes yes yes
Selective Color Tuning/Brightness Controls no yes yes yes
Tint no yes yes yes
Enhanced B/W conversion (color filters) no yes yes yes
Workflow        
Batch Merge to HDR no yes no yes
Editable Recipies n/a yes yes yes
Aperture Merge & Edit Plug-in yes yes no yes
Lightroom Merge & Export Plug-in yes yes no yes
Multiple images open at once (tabbed document interface) yes yes n/a yes
File Management        
Input File Types RAW, JPEG, TIFF, BEF yes yes no (via Photoshop) yes
Input File Types Radience, OpenEXR no yes no (via Photoshop) yes
Includes .bef File Format Plug-in For Photoshop no yes yes yes
 
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