OpenEXR 2.0 released
Update to the open-source HDR file format should finally make deep compositing available in most tools.
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
HDR
Eye candy: Epic's Infiltrator Unreal Engine 4 demo
Latest outing for the game engine shows physically based materials and some very nice HDR reflections.
Monday, April 1st, 2013
19lights ships Ginger HDR
HDR tonemapping plugin for After Effects and Premiere now officially available for Windows and OS X.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Luxion unveils KeyShot 3.1
Update to the real-time rendering tool to add new metallic paint material, interactive HDR editing.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 3.0
New version of real-time custom HDR design tool gains new blending modes and falloff controls.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
HDR Labs ships sIBL_GUI 4.0
Free tool for creating 'Smart IBL' setups for faster HDR renders gets new UI and performance boost.
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
HDR Light Studio Pro gets new KeyShot plug-in
Design lighting set-ups inside KeyShot in real time, then export the results as a custom HDR file.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Contrast Optical to launch HDR video camera
Real-time HDR capture system the size of a prosumer SLR to go on show at Siggraph.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Download six 'Smart IBL' HDR sets for free
HDR Labs makes six sets of HDR images for faster image-based lighting available as free downloads.
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Mediachance releases Dynamic Photo-HDR 5.0
Inexpensive HDR creation tool adds support for exposure fusion and improved anti-ghosting.
Friday, December 24th, 2010
HDR Light Studio 2.0 offers real-time HDRI design
Update to Lightmap's HDRI-design software provides real-time lighting tools to users of Autodesk products.
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010