Hydra 4.1 Brings New Color Grading for Improved HDR Results To The Mac

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Mons, Belgium based Creaceed has released Hydra 4.1, a new version of their HDR app for Mac OS X. Hydra enables creation of HDR images (high dynamic range) based on pictures taken with exposure shifts (varying brightness) or alternatively from a single RAW or JPEG image. Hydra is fully optimised for Metal and macOS Sierra, and offers a simple user experience as well as more advanced options such as a precise image alignment or ghost removal along with a real-time preview at full scale.

Hydra 4.1 features an improved tone mapper with a new color grading technique. This technique allows more vivid colors & contrast, even with default rendering settings, that lets users create images with even more drama. More vibrant colors was the number one requested feature since the launch of the app last year.

All features of this release:
* New color grading technique
* New Vibrancy tool available in the tone mapper
* Improved local contrast rendering that now reveals more details in the image
* Correction of a crash occurring on Macs with older discrete GPUs
* Finer-grained GPU memory allocation limits to accommodate with a wider range of Macs

System Requirements:
* Mac running macOS El Capitan (10.11) or Sierra (10.12)
* Modern GPU recommended (Metal compatibility)
* 22.6 MB

Hydra 4.1 is available worldwide now both directly through the Creaceed website or from the Mac App Store, and is localized in 9 languages. The application can be tried out by downloading a trial version from the Creaceed website. The trial is full-featured and is not time limited, but it will render a watermark in exported images. Hydra 4.1 can be purchased for $24.99 for a limited time instead of the regular price of $49.99 (USD).

Hydra 4.1:
https://creaceed.com/hydra?ct=hy41_prmacs

Download Trial:
https://creaceed.com/downloads/hydra4.zip

Vimeo Video (Demo):
https://vimeo.com/178165916

Vimeo Video (Tutorial):
https://vimeo.com/189955134

Blogpost on Medium:
https://medium.com/@creaceed/hydra-4-1-improved-color-grading-d4fc7bf666e8

Facebook Profile:
http://www.facebook.com/creaceed

Twitter Profile:
http://twitter.com/creaceed

Source: Creaceed

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