TrueHDR iPhone App

Have you taken pictures, only to find out that the beautiful clouds were washed out, making the sky look like a white haze? Or how about outdoor pictures where everything in the shade looked like a dark blob with no details? Have you taken photos of scenes that included lights (indoors or outdoors), only to see that you had to compromise with an overly dark or overly bright final image?

The problem with taking only one photo of a scene that has a large range from bright to dark is that you have to choose whether you want to capture the brighter or the darker areas.

With TrueHDR, you can get the best of bright and dark areas and merge them into a single realistic-looking picture that is much closer to what your eyes originally saw. It essentially takes a couple photos at different exposures and then automatically combines them. The result is a photo with a significantly larger range than the camera is able to capture natively.

Although I haven't switched to using this app exclusively for photos, there are a few scenarios where it can really make a difference:

• Outdoors when you have bright sunlight & harsh shadows (most of the daytime)
  
• Outdoors when you want to see both the sky and a shaded area
  
• Indoors when you have to include a light source in the photo
  

Tips

• When you open the app, it gives you a few different options for how to take the photo. The Auto Capture mode works great, and I usually just stick to it.
  
• After you take a shot, the app provides some sliders that allows you to easily make adjustments to the merged HDR photos. I typically boost the Contrast and Brightness by 10 or less, but play with the settings to see what looks best for a particular photo. It's easy to go overboard on those settings, so I suggest find what you think looks good and then back off the setting slightly.
  

The app costs $2, and some reviews say "TrueHDR is the best two bucks you can invest to improve your iPhone images." It is so good, it was selected by Apple for the App Store Hall of Fame.

Read More or View The App in iTunes