My conclusion here is that the new HDR engine is a huge gain for all those who like realistic HDR photos. The colors are not oversaturated and overall it’s a very good basis for further processing. While Aurora HDR 2018 produces very high contrast images the photos merged with Aurora HDR 2019 are much more balanced. The respective images were created using the same exposure bracketing and no further tweaks were applied. To illustrate the improvement that comes with the new HDR engine of version 2019 I prepared a few sample images. It sure does a much better job of creating beautiful but also realistic images as a basis for further tweaking. This has dramatically changed with the introduction of the new HDR engine. As much as I like Aurora HDR for its layer based approach and the customizability of the HDR process I always felt like with version 2018 I had to fight against the programs tendency to produce images with too much contrast and exaggerated colors. The first point in the list is also the most important one in my opinion. Improved HDR Details Boost Effect (the photo is shown in high-resolution while fine-tuning the filter).Improved Adjustable Gradient filter with new sliders for Shadows and Highlights added.New HDR Smart Structure filter for realistic and artefact-free structure (can be found in the new HDR Enhance filter).LUTs support with 11 New Integrated LUTs.I’d like to start my review with a short citation from an informational e-mail Skylum sent out to introduce the improvements they implemented: After having developed a few photos with it I am now ready to share my experience with you in this Aurora HDR 2019 review. Since Aurora HDR 2018 is one of the tools I use to create my HDR photographs I gladly took this opportunity. Recently Skylum offered me to take a look at the pre-release version of its HDR Software, Aurora HDR 2019.
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