Full Dynamic Range Tools
Copyright © 2002-2008 Andreas Schömann

 
 


FDRTools Basic

FDRTools Basic are a collection of capable tools for the ambitious shutterbug.

This software allows you to overcome the technical limitations of your digital camera and produce images with a contrast and dynamik range not considered possible so far.

The dynamic range enrichment is handled comfortable and far easier than with traditional methods. The performance characteristics outclass these methods.

Essential features:
  • Combine several differently exposed photos of an exposure series into an HDR image
  • Prepare your HDR images for display or print with high quality tonal range compression (tone mapping)
  • Import the RAW images of your digital camera
  • Export and archive the optimised HDR image in a format of your choice

Characteristics in detail:
  • Automatic compensation of slight camera jiggling and vibration with tripod based photos
  • HDRI creation for static scenes, optimal denoising
  • 2 (global) methods for tone mapping
  • Histogram view of the HDR image and the tone mapped results
  • Control of blackpoint and whitepoint, saturation and gamma
  • Automation by integration with external applications or scripts is possible
  • Supported import image formats:
    • JPEG, TIFF, Radiance RGBE, OpenEXR
    • Integrated RAW converter DCRAW for direct import of virtually all digital camera RAW formats
  • Supported export image formats:
    • Radiance RGBE, OpenEXR, TIFF, PNG, PPM, BMP, JPEG

System requirements:
Operating system: at least Windows 98 or OS X 10.3.9
Main memory: at least 512 MB
Processor: at least Pentium 4, PowerPC G4

Download:
FDRTools Basic is Freeware. If this program has wakened your appetite you may want to have a look at FDRTools Advanced, our premium application for HDR photography.

Operating system Hardware Program approx. Size
Windows PC FDRToolsBasic22.msi 10 MB
OS X Mac Intel FDRToolsBasic22_i386.dmg 13 MB
OS X Mac PowerPC FDRToolsBasic22_PPC.dmg 13 MB

 
LATEST NEWS
FDRTools 2.2 released
18 Aug 2008
Version 2.2 extends HDRI creation possibilities, improves usability of HDRI creation and tone mapping functionality and fixes several minor problems of the previous version. [read more]
FDRTools 2.2beta3 released
08 Aug 2008
Version 2.2 extends HDRI creation possibilities, improves usability of HDRI creation and tone mapping functionality and fixes several minor problems of the previous version. [read more]
FDRTools 2.2beta2 released
04 Jun 2008
Version 2.2 extends HDRI creation possibilities, improves usability of HDRI creation and tone mapping functionality and fixes several minor problems of the previous version. [read more]