Turn photos and video into true HDR that glows
Convert any JPEG into a real gain-map HDR photo — and turn SDR clips into true HDR video — right in your browser. Photos light up on iPhone, Instagram and Google Photos; the HDR video plays in Chrome, Safari, QuickTime and iPhone Photos. No Photoshop, no plugins, no AI.
It's not a metaphor — HDR highlights are physically brighter on screen.
Free to try with a watermark — the app runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
See the difference
This preview is real HDR — view it on an HDR display (most modern phones and laptops) to see it glow.
Zero AI. Just real HDR.
MakeHDR uses no AI. It doesn't generate, upscale, or alter your file's content — it computes real HDR straight from your own light: a standards-based gain map (ISO 21496-1) for photos, true HDR for video. Fully deterministic: the same file always gives the same result. Your photo stays exactly your photo and your footage stays exactly your footage, with real HDR headroom added to the highlights.
How it works
Drop your file
Any JPEG, PNG or HEIC photo — or an SDR video clip — works, straight from your camera, phone, or gallery.
We compute real HDR from your own light
MakeHDR builds a true per-pixel HDR map from your file's own luminance. Photos get a standards-based gain map (ISO 21496-1 + Adobe XMP, the format Google and Apple use); video gets true HDR with the same gain curve. No AI, no invented detail, no filter — just real HDR headroom on the highlights you already have.
Download and share anywhere
Your Ultra HDR photo glows on iPhone, Instagram, Google Photos, Chrome and Safari — and your HDR video comes out as an MP4 that plays in Chrome, Safari, QuickTime and iPhone Photos, or as a WebM for Chrome, Edge and Android where the browser can't encode HEVC. The photo falls back to a normal image on any screen, and the video plays as normal video everywhere else.
Turn video into HDR, too
Drop an SDR clip and get real HDR video back — computed on your device, no upload and no AI, with the same gain curve as the photos. Free to try with a watermark.
Creating HDR video in-browser needs Chrome, Edge or Android — Safari and iPhone can't make it in a browser yet, though they can play the MP4 you create. For Safari, iPhone and 4K, that's what the MakeHDR app is for.
Convert a videoBigger jobs? Get the MakeHDR app
The MakeHDR app uses your device's hardware encoder for 4K and long clips — no resolution cap, no thermal slowdown — and makes HDR video where the browser can't. Available for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Included with Pro and Lifetime.
Simple pricing. Unlimited HDR.
Start free — every export is watermarked. Remove it with a single payment. No subscription, ever.
One purchase, every screen: the web converter and the iPhone, iPad & Mac apps — same account, nothing else to buy.
Free to try
$0 · Watermarked exports
Try the full converter — every export carries a watermark.
- One-click auto HDR
- Manual fine-tuning with sliders
- Ultra HDR photos + PQ video (HLG in the apps)
- Unlimited photo & video conversions
- Batch processing + bulk ZIP
Exports include a small watermark.
Pro
$39.99$24.99 · one-time · pay once
Launch price until September 30
Unlimited, watermark-free HDR. Pay once, keep it.
- Everything in Free, watermark removed
- Unlimited watermark-free exports, photos and video
- iPhone, iPad & Mac apps included — same account as the web
- One payment — no subscription, no renewal
- All future updates
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