Octaganoid opened this issue on Jan 05, 2009 ยท 11 posts
Meowgli posted Thu, 12 February 2009 at 9:38 PM
Shaun, I'm guessing you've probably already got yourself a copy of Photomatix by this point... I just thought I should point out that version 3 has just (as far as I'm aware it was recent anyway) been released, and is a free upgrade for Photomatix Pro users with a license.
as well as allowing you to tonemap and create HDR as before, there is now a mode called 'exposure blending' which is fantastic for retaining detail and avoiding the hdr 'effect', so now there really are several options for creating a well exposed photo with excellent tonal range and no clipped highlights or shadows..... I'd definitely recommend anyone to go check it out (there's a free trial too), and if you're a PP license holder with an earlier version, go get it now without delay... you will be impressed with the improvements (specifically in terms of haloing, tonemapping, noise reduction and chromatic-aberration correction)