
Photomatix Pro 5.0 User Manual 19
Details Enhancer –
Lighting Adjustment settings
Details Enhancer –
Lighting Eects Mode
3.3 Tone Mapping Details Enhancer Settings
General Settings
• Strength: Aects the amount of enhancement given to contrast
and detail in the image� A value of 100 gives the greatest
enhancement� Moving the slider to the left gives a more natural
eect� The default value is 70�
• Saturation: Adjusts the color saturation of the image� The
greater the saturation, the more intense the color� Setting the
slider to its lowest value (0) produces a grayscale image�
The default value is 46�
• Tone Compression: Adjusts the dynamic range of the tone mapped image� Moving the slider to the right
decreases the dynamic range, brightening the shadows and darkening the highlights� Moving to the left
has the opposite eect, giving a more 'natural' look�
(This setting was named 'Luminosity' in older Photomatix versions�)
• Detail Contrast: Controls the amount of contrast applied to detail in the image� Moving the slider to the
right increases the contrast of details and gives a sharper look to the image, but also has a darkening
eect� Moving to the left decreases the contrast of details and brightens the image�
• Lighting Adjustments pane: The two lighting adjustment modes
aect the overall 'look', controlling the extent to which the image
looks natural or surreal�
• Lighting Adjustments slider: Aects the overall 'look', controlling
the extent to which the image looks natural or surreal� Moving the
slider to the right makes the image look more natural� Moving to
the left makes it look more 'painterly' or surreal�
• Lighting Eects Mode checkbox: Lighting Eects Mode lets you
switch between two modes for the Lighting Adjustments setting,
where each mode produces slightly dierent results� Checking the
box tends to produce results with a type of 'Magic Light' eect�
Note that ner control is not possible in this mode�
• Lighting Eects Mode: Aects the overall 'look', controlling the
extent to which the image looks natural or surreal�
More Options
• Smooth Highlights: Reduces contrast enhancements in the
highlights, preventing white highlights from turning grey, or
preserving a uniform blue sky� It is also useful for reducing halos
around objects placed against bright backgrounds�
• White Point: Sets the maximum value of the tone mapped image�
Moving the slider to the right sets a lower maximum value, which
brightens the image and increases global contrast� Moving to the
left sets a higher maximum value, which decreases global contrast
and reduces highlights clipping�
The default value is 0�25%�
• Black Point: Sets the minimum value of the tone mapped image�
Moving the slider to the right increases global contrast� Moving
to the left sets a lower minimum value, which decreases global
contrast and reduces shadows clipping�
Details Enhancer – More Options
Details Enhancer – General settings
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