Oloneo Photoengine

HDR imaging utility that comes with support for RAW photos, providing full control over lighting and exposure, and allowing photographers to obtain impressive results

Oloneo PhotoEngine is a popular digital image editing software application developed by Paris-based Oloneo SAS.The application produces high-dynamic-range images and tone mapped images by programatically combining standard-dynamic range images of different exposures. PhotoEngine supports 96-bit per pixel HDR image files in RAW and TIFF formats.

The software, developed by Oloneo’s president Antoine Clappier, was first beta released in July 2010.

Oloneo PhotoEngine is a reference in professional HDR imaging, RAW processing and dynamic relighting. It is a fast and easy process to modify lighting or to recover details in a deeply under- or overexposed picture. By merging multiple photos of the same scene, Oloneo PhotoEngine not only offers an almost unlimited control over exposure and lighting but also provides a new level of creativity in digital photography. It includes various compnnets which will make your photo editing easier. They are HDR DeNoise, HDR ReLight, HDR ToneMap, and simple, intuitive, responsive and productive environment.

Products

The reference in professional HDR imaging,

RAW processing and dynamic relighting.

Oloneo PhotoEngine™ is the only HDR imaging, RAW processing and dynamic relighting application offering professional photographers full control over light and exposure in real-time.

Based on a 32-bit floating-point per channel (96-bit / pixel), ultra-wide gamut, full resolution and non-destructive image-editing engine, Oloneo PhotoEngine’s color model handles a range of colors that largely surpasses what printers or screens are capable of displaying today.

HDR ToneMap

High Dynamic re-exposure in real-time

Deeply re-expose pictures in a fully real time, 32-bit per channel (96-bit per pixel), ultra-wide gamut and full resolution high dynamic re-exposure module without compromising details and color appearance.

Main features

Full real time controls.
Four high-end tone mapping engines:
Auto Tone Mapper
Local Tone Mapper
Advanced Local Tone Mapper
Global Tone Mapper
Natural HDR™ processing mode. NEW
Auto-exposure correction with fine-tuning.

Auto-contrast.
Detail size and threshold controls.
Halo control.
Ghost removal.

Over 40 factory presets + user presets. NEW
Batch processing. NEW
EXIF preservation. NEW
Full color management with display calibration support. NEW
Edge sharpening.
Auto-align and auto orientation, and more.

Example uses

Completely recover lost details in overexposed areas in a photo, automatically or manually.
Fully restore low-light areas in underexposed photos while removing noise, automatically or manually.
Create infinite variations of an image, from the most realistic look to the utmost creative tone-mapping style.

HDR ReLight

Take pictures then set up lightings

Star feature of Oloneo PhotoEngine, HDR ReLight is an image-based relighting tool using merged RAWs or JPEGs to control in real-time the settings of each individual light source after the photos are taken.

Main features

Independently manage up to six light sources.
Control temperature, tint and color for each light source.
Set the white balance of each light source independently.
Auto-detection of each light source’s color temperature.
Auto-detection of ambient light.
Brightness curve for fine control over the global image

Example uses

Switch on and off each light source in a picture.
Create a realistic night view based on daylight photos.
Take studio-quality pictures with a basic lighting set-up.

HDR DeNoise

Remove noise, keep details

A powerful image noise and grain reduction tool using stacked RAWs or JPEGs.

Full detail preservation.
No smoothing.
No artifacts, even with low-contrast and low-light photos.

RAW Photo Processing

A complete and high-end RAW and image processing module

Oloneo PhotoEngine also comes with a complete RAW and image processing module with a wealth of innovative features.

Main features

Extended RAW photo file support with thumbnail and metadata.
Customizable color equalizer with hue/saturation, hue/luminance and hue/hue curves.
Brightness curve.
Unique color saturation curve.
Color toning tool.
Advanced white balance control.
EXIF preservation. NEW

RAW Photo file support

Oloneo PhotoEngine supports over 600 cameras: read the complete list.

Interface and other Features

Simple, intuitive, responsive and productive environment.

PhotoEngine is easy to use, learn and master.

Key features

Task-oriented, uncluttered workspace-based environment.
Embedded help videos for each feature of the product.
Interactive image browsing with instant, resizable thumbnails (including RAWs).
Full history with image versioning, collaborative work, auto-save, comments and animated replay.
RAW photo, JPEG, TIFF and Radiance import with full color profile support.
JPEG and TIFF export with full color profile support.
Unlimited undo/redo.
Drag-and-drop support. NEW!
Lightroom plugin. NEW!
Direct export to Photoshop or any post processing tool of your choice. NEW!