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Install aurora-hdr with Homebrew Cask
HDR photo editor with filters, batch processing and more. Version 1.0.2,6495 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
HDR photo editor with filters, batch processing and more
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Project history and usage
Aurora HDR is Skylum's dedicated high-dynamic-range photo editor, built to merge and tone-map bracketed exposures and to edit photographs with layers, filters, presets, and related correction tools.
Project history
Aurora HDR was developed as a joint project between Skylum and photographer Trey Ratcliff. Aurora HDR 2018 introduced a redesigned cross-platform codebase, a new interface, lens corrections, faster processing, updated tone mapping, and an edit-history panel.
Skylum now directs the former Aurora HDR product page to a comparison with Luminar Neo, indicating that Aurora HDR is a legacy product in the company's current catalog.
Adoption history
Aurora HDR was offered for both Mac and Windows and developed a workflow spanning tone mapping, layers, filters, batch processing, and use as a plug-in alongside other photo editors.
How it is used
Photographers use Aurora HDR to merge bracketed exposures or process individual images, then refine them with tone mapping, layers, filters, history states, and export or plug-in workflows.
Why package nerds care
Aurora HDR represents the wave of specialized commercial photo applications distributed outside traditional app stores and installed through desktop package catalogs. Its retained cask is also useful for users maintaining older licensed creative workflows.
Timeline
- 2017: Skylum announced Aurora HDR 2018 with a redesigned cross-platform implementation.
- Current catalog: Skylum redirects Aurora HDR visitors to a comparison with Luminar Neo.
Related projects
- Luminar Neo is the current Skylum product presented as the successor alternative on the redirected Aurora HDR product page.
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for aurora-hdr. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-09-19
manager version1.0.2,6495
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://skylum.com/aurorahdrnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:aurora-hdr |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.2,6495 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/aurora-hdr |
| Homepage | https://skylum.com/aurorahdr |
| Upstream docs | https://skylum.com/aurorahdr |
| Source archive | https://downloads.skylum.com/aurorahdr/mac/AuroraHDR_Distribution_v1_0_2_6495.zip |
| SHA-256 | af6fe2c085ec14bad9370604147050d0f431541de0f9badf11dacf7d56f2e5a3 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | aurora-hdr |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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