Fusion - HDR Camera

Does what it's suppose to do. The interface however leaves much to be desired. Include the Photo Library as a main choice instead of going thru the Help and More button. Easy access of the photo library is the most important option for photographers. I rarely use my iPhone or iPad to take photos and I bet most photographers don't as well.

The small camera sensor in the iPhone can only produce images with a limited dynamic range. Fusion's ability to align and merge three exposures, taken with a single release of the shutter button, allows it to create iPhone images of significantly expanded dynamic range. Problem solved. An interesting feature is the ability of the app to create asymmetrical brackets. The shadows might be 2.5 stops over and the highlights only a 1.5 stops under - all determined automatically by the app. One benefit is that blown out sky details with a nasty cyan tint are no longer a problem. Lastly, the app has very use full set of tools for adjusting all of the key parameters in the merged image. The app will be improved once the creators enable an end to end TIFF workflow. The present version can merge even 22 meg TIFFs from other sources, but can only output up to 10 meg JPEGs. All in all, Fusion HDR is very highly recommended.

Does a pretty good job of merging the bracketed images. I like that you can go into the library and adjust the sliders on the spot or later. But it would be nice to have the option to automatically save the merged image to Photos. They lose 2 stars for ads in a paid app. That's a big no-no! I bought this as part of a bundle and still have to see ads, their own, which they call 'messages'. A 'message' which annoyingly obscures part of the interface and won't go away until I click on it and am taken to another screen trying to sell me on more of their products is still an ad. I want to whip out my phone and take a photo of a landscape without having to jump through hoops to get rid of ads which are in my way. ECP: Do not annoy your paying customers if you want them to ever buy another app from you.

Great app for contrast the scenes. Ever have a photo where you get the foreground expose but the sky is over exposed or vice versa this app fixes that takes three pictures and merges it together and then you have controls after to tweak it like temperature sharpness exposure highlights etc. They do have a little tutorial but the trick is move the Square to where you want the exposure to be then lock the exposure by tapping the lock button and then do the same for the focus but you can do the focus in a different area after you lock in the exposure. I went hiking today and took some really great photos with this app. Read the in-app guide which was very helpful Just tap tutorials/community

I've bought, literally, hundreds of iOS apps, most in the photography/videography category. At some point in the not too distant past, I bought Fusion but failed to fully assess its capabilities. So it was ignored in my Camera folder. Finally, I methodically compared identical high contrast subjects taken with six different apps that claimed hdr enhancement. Fusion proved to be clear winner in producing high resolution merged shots capturing full tonality and detail! Plus, it offers all of the adjustments to achieve perfect shots. Really impressive! (Hope that the developer continues to upgrade this fine tool.)