Pro HDR app review: create stunning, full-resolution photos with just a touch

Introduction

If you are looking to turn your iPhone or iPad into the ultimate pro photography tool, then Pro HDR is one app that you must grab from the App Store.

Unlike other High-Dynamic-Range (HDR) apps that reprocess a photo which is already taken, Pro HDR works by capturing two images, one exposed for the highlights and the other exposed for shadows, and merges them together beautifully to give you the beautiful HDR image of up to 12 megapixels.

Available for purchase at only $1.99, this app produces amazing results that would justify the cost for anyone who regularly uses their iOS device to take plenty of pictures.

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Cool Capturing Tools

Pro HDR comes with a fully automatic HDR camera built right into the software. Manual photo-capturing is also possible as you can select the exposure of each image that will make up your HDR image. Alternatively, you can also completely turn off HDR mode which will allow you to take regular pictures in an instant both from your iOS device's front and rear cameras.

Other photo-capturing features include digital zoom, cropping, a self-timer if you want to be in the image, flash and torch options, as well as grid overlay to help you get each element of the photograph absolutely spot-on.

When you've captured the image, it will be stored into your Camera Roll along with all the geotagging, GPS, compass, and EXIF data.

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Editing Suite

This app's proprietary algorithm used for image alignment will align even the full size-images within seconds, giving you a seamlessly blended image instantaneously. Then you can use the live-updating image-adjustment tools to put the finishing touches on your images, with options such as brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and tint.

Pro HDR comes with several filters and frames which are exclusive to this app to help you further amplify the mood and feel of the image you've captured. You can also add text captions to your images and preview them in full screen mode, both in landscape or portrait alignments.

Furthermore, this app can be linked to your camera roll, which will enable you to import your current images and edit them into HDR images as long as they are under 12 megapixels.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Create an amazing HDR by using the in-app camera which captures two images, one each for shadows and highlights
• Choose the perfect brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and tint, or let Pro HDR automatically select the best settings
• Share your HDRs with the world at full-res with built-in support for e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Tumblr

Cons

• Only supports and produces images up to 12 megapixels

Final Words

Whether you are a professional photographer or new to iPhotography, Pro HDR should instantly pique your interest in photography through your iPhone or iPad as it is truly a game-changer.