Powerful and easy, with fantastic results

Aurora seriously impressed me by coupling power with simplicity and accessibility. There’s a great variety of presets available in the app for most all photo subjects, which offer an assortment of different professional-looking effects, each with their own unique personality. I was surprised by the amount of distinct looks the sets of presets could add to a single photo; theres certainly a lot of room to be creative. I was pleasantly surprised at all of the different subtle details in color, lighting and texture that Aurora was easily able to highlight and enhance in my pictures. Although just a click away in Aurora, many of the presets would likely take plenty of time to replicate in Photoshop or elsewhere, and finding more is easy. Although it offers serious power, everything the app offers is made available in a sleek interface that makes it simple for even someone new to photo editing like me to apply an edit quickly and then fine-tune it to get just the right effect. Performance is fast and responsive, and its fun and easy to get top-notch results out of the app.

For the power and variety of effects that it offers for the money, Aurora HDR is a great value and certainly a tool Id recommend adding to the arsenal of any photographer, amateur or professional.

Zach Van Hyfte about Aurora HDR