11.10.2010 year - Nik Software began shipping HDR Efex Pro, a brand new tool for creating HDR (High Dynamic Range) images.
Developed to assist professional and amateur photographers to quickly and easily improve the full range of HDR.
The new HDR Efex Pro overcomes the limitations that exist in other similar programs with a revolutionary approach, an all-in-one solution that allows you to create realistic and creative effects in a single instrument.
HDR Efex Pro provides an amazingly simple, yet powerful photo editing. One click on the selected preset created an HDR image with the possibility of fine and thin selective exposure adjustment, contrast, structure Fine Contrast image (without the need for hard choices, or the layer mask) using U Point ? technology, as well as new best in its class of algorithms display colors . Color, contrast and vignetting control offers photographers to further enhance the quality of their images to get amazing results. Users to work with HDR will see that HDR Efex Pro is a comprehensive solution that raises the genre to a new level and offers new opportunities.

"HDR Efex Pro beta tested more than 500 professional and amateur photographers HDR and feedback from this group was both comprehensive and incredibly positive," said Michael J. Slater, president and CEO of Nik Software. "Our attention is focus more on HDR Efex Pro in order to bring innovative and best technology in the HDR, including our outstanding display of tone (tone mapping), our patented U Point ? technology and powerful monitoring tools that were designed to satisfy needs our customers.