Exposure Fusion
Blending bracketed frames directly into a normal-range image by selecting the best-exposed pixels, without building an HDR file first.
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In depth
Fusion skips the high-dynamic-range intermediate and its tone-mapping stage entirely, choosing from each frame the regions that are well exposed and blending them smoothly. The results look markedly more natural than tone-mapped HDR, which is why most photographers now prefer it for interiors and landscapes.
Examples in practice
Fusing five bracketed frames of a hotel room gives a natural result where tone mapping produced obvious halos.