Photomatix Pro is a relatively easy HDR program for combining multiple photo exposure sets and editing tone mapping effects on photos. While its not completely polished as other editors, it can be integrated with Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. The program really makes it easy to produce some interesting effects, some which may look quite good and at other times not so great. The program is moderately fast and can work with both jpeg and raw file formats which can be a plus.

HDR has become very popular in the last few years and hdrsoft Photomatix was one of the first and most advanced HDR creation apps available. it support either raw or jpeg files, but for the best quality you should use raw. you can do processing to the files before the HDR merge, such as noise reduction and eliminate ghosting if there was movement between shots. in the main interface you can either choose from preset hdr templates or select your own settings, normally I start with a template and customize it I find Photomatix to be the most advanced hdr software i have used with endless customization options. free trial is available.