HDR Processing
Upload every exposure of each view and get one finished, listing ready photo per view, with full control after.
This page shows you how to turn bracketed real estate photos into finished listing pictures. You upload the exposures of each view, check how they are grouped, and create one photo per view.
What it does
HDR Processing merges the exposures of one view into a single photo that keeps the bright windows and the dark corners. The merge runs on our own server. You can upload normal photos or camera RAW files.
The property page has two tabs. Raw shows your uploads in sets, one set per view of the house. Final shows the finished photos. Each finished photo has its own studio, where you change the light, colour, sky and lines, fix issues, polish with AI, and download listing sizes.
Only what you ask for changes. The AI edits keep the house, its windows, fixtures and house number as they are.
When to use it
- You shoot each view in 3 to 7 exposures and want one clean photo per view.
- You want the whole listing to match in light and colour.
- You want a tour link to share with a buyer.
For a single ordinary photo with no exposures to merge, use Direction Mode. To keep your properties together, use Properties.
Step by step
- Open HDR Processing from the menu. Press a property, or press Add property and type its Name and Address (optional).
- Press Add images, or drop the files on the page. Pick all the exposures of every view.
- Wait while the photos are read. The page says "Reading" and the number of photos. Then it groups them into sets, one per view.
- Check the sets in Raw. Drag a photo to another set to fix a mistake, or press Group again.
- Press Create and the number of finished photos. The price shows on the button.
- Open Final. Your photos show here as they finish. You can leave the page while they are made.
- Press Edit on a photo to open its studio, or press Download.
Change one finished photo
- Press Edit on a photo in Final.
- For a quick change, type it in the box under the photo, for example "brighter, warmer, straighten", and press Fix. Light, colour, sky and crop changes are free.
- For more control, use the Direct tab on the right.
- Press Apply. A new version is made and the old one is kept.
Download everything
Press the Download all menu on the property page and pick Full size, Listing, 2048 px long edge or Web 3:2, 1500 x 1000. A zip is made, and it downloads from the same menu when ready.
Every option explained
The property page
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Raw and Final | Your uploads in sets, and your finished photos. Each tab shows a count |
| Add images | Uploads photos. JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC, WebP and camera RAW (CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, RAF and more), up to 150 MB each |
| Tour | Opens the walk through. It shows once there is a finished photo |
| Download all | A zip of Full size, listing size or web size. If it passes 400 MB, the menu says how many photos it holds |
| Pencil icon, Property settings | Change the Name and Address (optional), or Delete property |
The Raw view
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| A set | One view. You can rename it in Set name. It shows its exposures, a status tag and Open when it is finished |
| Group again | Groups the photos again |
| Move to | Appears when you select photos. Move them to a set or A new set. Remove takes them out |
| Not in a set yet | Photos with no set. Drag them onto a set |
| Drop photos here for a new set | A target for a new set |
| Create | Makes the finished photos. A set with one photo is finished without a merge |
The Final view
Each card shows the photo, its name, its size, any issues, and Virtually staged if you staged it. The buttons are Edit, Download and Create for a set not yet made. A set marked "Changed, create again" needs a new merge.
A finished photo's studio
| Part | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Views | Your other finished photos, one tap away, and Tour |
| Stage | The photo. Compare with the middle exposure or an earlier Version. Before and after has a slider. Changed area shows where the AI changed the photo. Full size opens it large |
| The prompt box | Type what to fix and press Fix. Under it are your versions |
| Direct | The controls |
| Issues | What the check found, with Fix or Fix all |
| Download | Full size, Listing, 2048 px long edge and Web 3:2, 1500 x 1000 |
The Direct tab
| Section | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Look | Kriti Bright and Airy (default), Kriti Natural, Kriti Crisp, Kriti Warm Luxury and your own styles. Use for the whole property applies it to every photo, free. Save as my style keeps this photo's settings |
| Edits | The AI cards, below |
| Sky | Keep the real sky or a new sky. Sky light on edges, Remove wires in the sky and New sky in windows (reflections outside, the view inside) |
| Light | Light and airy, Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Contrast |
| Colour | Warmth, Tint, Auto white balance, Saturation, Vibrance, Greens, Fresh green grass |
| Detail | Clarity, Sharpen |
| Lines and crop | Straight verticals, Lens bend, Rotate, Tighten crop, and Shape |
| Merge | Remove moving things, Window and sky pull, Shade detail. These run the merge again, free |
Double click a slider to put it back to its start. At the bottom are Reset and Apply. Tick Use this sky, shape and warmth for every photo of this property to copy those three to all photos. Open in Direction Mode sends the photo on.
The AI edits
| Card | What it does |
|---|---|
| Clean up | Removes wires, bins, hoses and clutter. Name them or leave it empty |
| My change | A change in your own words. Only that part changes |
| Day to night | Makes golden hour, dusk and night, with a slider from day to night under the photo. Three AI pictures |
| Twilight | Relights the photo as a twilight. It changes the light everywhere and is marked as a change |
| Add props | Adds furniture or props from your words or your Prop Box. Pick up to 3 |
| Replace | Swaps one item for another |
| Decor | Restyles cushions, art, rugs and plants |
A staged photo is marked Virtually staged, as listing rules ask. Each AI change is a new version, and the earlier one stays.
The tour
Tour opens a full screen walk through your finished photos. Walk through plays it, All views shows a grid, and the rooms bar jumps anywhere. If photos have no room name, Name the rooms reads them. Day to night for all makes the slider for the views that lack it. Share tour makes a private link. Copy link copies it, and the other button turns the link off. Anyone with the link can see the tour without signing in.
Who can use it
Free plan: included. Pro plan: included.
A property holds up to 400 photos, and each file can be up to 150 MB. Your plan's storage also counts.
What it costs
The merge costs 10 credits for each finished photo. The price shows on Create before you press it. Create makes only the sets that are not finished yet. A set marked "Changed, create again" is merged and charged again.
Everything on the sliders, the Look, the sky and the crop is free.
An AI edit costs 90 credits. Day to night makes three pictures, so it costs three times that. The price shows on the button of each card. If you type an AI change in the box under the photo, the page asks you to confirm the credits first.
If a merge or an AI edit fails, your credits come back. Every finished photo that works is final and paid.
Tips
- Shoot every view in the same set of exposures, for example five frames from darkest to brightest.
- Upload everything for a property in one go. The grouping is better when it sees all of them.
- Pick one Look and press Use for the whole property, so every room matches.
- Check Issues on each photo. Most fixes are one press and free.
- Use Before and after to see what you changed.
- Say what to remove, such as "the green bin by the garage". Only that part changes.
- Make Day to night on the front photo first, to see it before you do the rest.
Common problems
"This file type is not a photo we can read." Use a JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC, WebP or camera RAW file. "A file is too big (150 MB each at most)." Export a smaller file. "This set has no readable photos." Remove the broken files and add them again. "We could not read this file." The file may be damaged. Export it again. "These photos are too big to merge together. Try fewer exposures." Move some exposures out of the set. "The photo engine is starting. Try again in a few minutes." Wait and press Create again. "The photo engine is not reachable right now." Try again in a few minutes. "The merge did not work for this set. Your credits are back." Press Create again on that set. "This took too long and stopped. Your credits are back." Press Create again. "Create the finished photo first." Press Create in Raw before you change a photo. "Say what to change." Type your change in the box first. "The AI change was blocked by the safety check." Change your words. "The AI change did not work. Its credits are back." Try again with other words. "Nothing to fix here." The check found nothing to fix on this photo. "This is still being made. Try again in a moment." Wait for the photo to finish. "The zip could not be made. Please try again." Open Download all and pick the size again.
Related guides
- PropertiesKeep every property you shoot in one place, with its photos, its tools and its finished listing pictures.
- Direction ModeChange a picture or clip in plain words, keep every version, and turn any version into a video.
- Library and Kriti CloudFind everything you made in Library, download it, get back deleted items, and organise files in Kriti Cloud.
Updated 31 Oct 2026