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Section 5: Tips and Techniques

5.1 Integrating Lightroom with Photomatix Pro

If you have Lightroom, you can export photos for processing in Photomatix Pro directly from

Lightroom, and have them re-imported back into the Lightroom library if you wish to.

The Lightroom Export plug-in to Photomatix is free and delivered in the Photomatix Pro

package. Please refer to the HDRsoft website at

http://www.hdrsoft.com/download/lrplugin.html

for the installation instructions and a short

tutorial showing how to use the Lightroom export plug-in for HDR processing in Photomatix Pro.

5.2 Using Photomatix Pro with a single image file

When your scene is not very high contrast, it is possible to use Photomatix Pro with a single

shot, provided this has been taken in RAW mode. There are three ways to do that:

 Technique 1: Open your RAW file in Photomatix to convert the file into a pseudo-HDR

image, then tone map it.

 Technique 2: Convert your RAW file into a 16-bit image in your favorite RAW converter,

then open the 16-bit TIFF or PSD file in Photomatix Pro and tone map it.

 Technique 3: Create two or three exposures in your RAW converter and combine them

in Photomatix as if they were “real” exposures, then process them in Photomatix.

Technique 3 generally gives the best results. Also, it has the advantage of working with

Exposure Fusion. Technique 3 is particularly recommended if you have Lightroom. Moreover,

the Lightroom export plug-in simplifies the workflow greatly.

For good results with the above techniques, it is important to ensure the lowest noise level at

capture time. To do that, set the lowest ISO possible (ISO 100 for instance) and expose for the

shadows when taking the RAW image, i.e., overexpose your shot. Even though the histogram of

your camera may indicate that highlights will be lost, you should still be able to recover them

during RAW conversion (unless the scene is too high contrast, but then a single image will not

be sufficient for good results with Photomatix).

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