MrMophoto wrote:
I've been using Photomatix for over 8 years. It has been updated a few times and once you have an account the updates seem to be free. The program gives a wide variety of "looks" and each look has a variety of sliders for saturation, tone compression, white clip, black clip, etc. etc. It also has a mode that will process a single exposure.
I have had Photomatix for a number of years and several versions. I initially licensed it via a one-time payment for what was advertised as a "lifetime license." When Version 5 came along, I received notice that I was not eligible for that or any future updates.
The company then switched to an annual licensing program, with the annual fee almost as high as the initial license. So I still occasionally use Photomatix 4.7 to process JPEG stacks and LightRoom for my rare raw HDR efforts.