It’s usable as either a stand alone or as a Lightroom plug-in and covers a lot of the same day in and day out editing chores as Lightroom. Side Note: Skylum is also trying to capture the general photo editing market with their Luminar program.
Maybe I just missed it or maybe Skylum wants to “encourage” you to buy the full version.
Apparently there’s a scaled back “Express” version available for $39 but for the life of me I couldn’t find a download link for it.
At $99 it’s priced competitively with other high end HDR programs. We’re going to take a look at the “Pro” version of Aurora in this review. Originally produced by a company named Macphun, they changed their name to Skylum in 2017 when they decided to add the Windows version to the mix. It also now comes in a Windows version answering the prayers of a whole lot of non-Mac users out there. The latest version boasts improved performance, speed and features. What am I talking about? Well, Trey has become so well known in the HDR world, that it was just a matter of time before he released his own HDR software.Īnd that’s exactly what he has done with Aurora HDR 2019.Īurora is the newest and most high profile piece of HDR software to come out in years, and fortunately for all of us photo mortals, it was worth the wait. He has built his brand Stuck in Customs by displaying incredibly detailed and clear HDR photos from all over the world.Įvery time you read the blog it compels you to want to hop on an airplane, buy a new camera, or in most cases, both.īut here’s the good news, you don’t necessarily have to do either to begin getting results similar to Trey’s.įrankly, it was inevitable.
Trey is hands down the most well known, and arguably most talented, HDR photographer in the world. If you’ve had even a passing interest in HDR photography over the last decade, you’ve undoubtedly come across Trey Ratcliff, or at least seen some of his images online (even if you didn’t realize it).