Quote - ok - so i just managed to install it - dont bother... it doesnt seem to merge images to create an hdr - it just tonemaps (quite poorly) one image and apparently (tho i couldnt find how to) creates one of those HDR images you see the 3d people drooling over that they use for their lightsources/reflections...

Plus - it only saves the images as a  .hdr file so you cant pass it back to photoshop anyway...

Photomatix is either a plug-in or stand alone program, the stand alone program is simple to install and quite easy to get to grips with, it is an excellent program and leaves CS2 in the dust.

Photomatix will output a 32bit Radience file (which can be read by CS2) a 16 or 8 bit tiff or an 8bit Jpeg

These outputs can be exposure blended, tomepapped or both, Photomatix offers several other features including single file process from RAW, but best results are from bracketed images processed from RAW to 16bit tiff.

Photomatix is indeed an excellent program, expect to see in on Adobes acquisition list (like raw shooter was)

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