Full Dynamic Range Compressor Plug-In
Copyright © 2005-2010 Andreas Schömann

 
 



FDRCompressor Plug-In

Plug-In for Adobe Photoshop ® CS2, CS3 and CS4. Used to compress the tonal value range of an image (tone mapping). This method has some valuable applications:
  • with RAW images and JPEG images:
    • Illumination of shadowy areas
    • Contrast enhancement
  • with HDR (High Dynamic Range) images:
    • Dynamic range compression
    • Visualisation for normal output media like monitor or print
    • Contrast and detail conservation

FDRCompressor Plug-In augments the Photoshop ® HDR conversion methods by an alternative powerful algorithm that yields quite natural acting results.

Essential features:
  • natural scene illumination
  • excellent contrast and details
  • does not cause artefacts
  • adjustable parameters: Dynamic Compression, Image Contrast, Gamma Curve, Color Saturation, Black level, White level
  • supported Modes: RGB images with 8, 16 and 32 bit depth
  • scriptable

Remarks:
  • FDRCompressor Plug-In can't produce HDR images. Creation of HDR images from several, differently exposed photos can be done with a Photoshop method.
  • As an alternative we offer the software FDRTools Advanced that is capable of producing HDR images in high quality and comprises the FDRCompressor algorithm for HDR conversion.

System requirements:
Photoshop: at least CS2
Operating system: at least Windows 2000 or OS X 10.5
Main memory: at least 512 MB
Processor: at least Pentium 4, PowerPC G4
 
LATEST NEWS
FDRTools 2.4.0 Beta2 released
24 Aug 2010
Version 2.4.0 brings few new features but many improvements to the "innards". It is now possible to process large images. Introduction of multithreading utilizes the power of multicore processors. Moreover new options allow for more control over the tone mapping process. [read more]
FDRCompressor Plug-In 3.0.2 released
20 Apr 2010
This release fixes an OS X specific critical bug. [read more]
FDRTools 2.3.2 released
11 Jan 2010
This version fixes a few bugs contained in version 2.3.0. [read more]