Finally, with the launch of Aurora HDR 2019, its true form has been revealed as the perfect landscape-devouring monster. It was exciting and still powerful, but we only got to see hints of what this beast would become. The little creature continued to grow while occasionally popping out for an update here and there. Like the baby alien that just burst out of Kane’s chest in the first Alien movie, it took off running doing all these mysterious things behind the scenes. When I first started using Aurora back in 2017 it really felt like the beginning of something awesome. It tried to straighten the lines and perspective of the building and kept nice detail in the bright areas and dark shadows.It’s been three years since the inception of Aurora HDR and man, this thing has grown in ways I didn’t imagine or expect. A Blue Hour ImageĪurora did a good job on a tricky subject. Here are some example images including one original RAW file, one processed using Lightroom and one done with Aurora HDR 2019 for an HDR software comparison. If you’ve already got it, enrolling in my Luminar Neo course should be able to get you up and editing in days instead of weeks. so if you are already familiar with Luminar you’ll feel at home with Aurora HDR 2019.ĪI Photo Editing: Read my review of Luminar Neo, the next generation photo editing using AI.

It has many of the same filters as Luminar: Image Radiance, Glow, Color Contrast, Dodge & Burn, etc.

The Color Contrast is a nice feature that adds punch.

Aurora does a nicer job of increasing detail in the image and making an HDR “look” without going over the top.

On some images, Aurora did a better job at ghost removal than LR did.

You can use layers and masking to apply one filter only to a certain area of your image.

It does a nice job of keeping things realistic looking with some of the “natural” and “realistic” presets or looks.

Aurora does a nice job on Chromatic Aberration, noise reduction, and lens distortion control but I wish it had a targeted tool for doing the CA removal and/or defringing.

My thoughts are more real-world application stuff, such as:

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