Creating 32bit HDR using just photomatix without lightroom

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  1. death_samurai

    death_samurai Ancient Guru

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    For personal reasons i don't want to use lightroom just photomatix to create a 32bit HDR.

    It's possible to do this as seen from here:

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


    Merging to 32-bit HDR without the Plug-in

    Photomatix Pro can already merge to HDR to create a 32-bit HDR file accepted by Lightroom as described below. The Merge to 32-bit HDR Plug-in for Lightroom adds convenience, but is not necessary if you have Photomatix Pro.
    Open Photomatix Pro and click on the Load Bracketed Photos button.
    On the dialog to load the photos, check the Show intermediary 32-bit HDR image box.
    Select the desired option on the Pre-Processing Options dialog, and click OK
    Once the merge is completed, choose File > Save As....
    Select the Floating Point TIFF (.tif) item on the File Format combo-box and click OK.
    Import the saved TIFF file into Lightroom.


    I have made a screen shot of what shows up on my photomatix software.

    As seen in the instructions u need to check the box that shows those words but the problem for me is i don't have that option in my photomatix pro 5.0.3 but instead i have this option here:

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    The option that i can select is show 32 bit unprocessed image while in the instructions it is Show intermediary 32-bit HDR image box and i don't have that option anywhere at all.


    Does this mean i cannot create the 32 bit HDR image or is that option the one to create 32 bit HDR show 32 bit unprocessed image.

    I noticed i can only save my image as 16bit Tiff file if i export to tiff
     
    Last edited: Apr 23, 2014
  2. FULMTL

    FULMTL Ancient Guru

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    Yo whats up with your obsession with HDR?? If you just started taking photos, go out there and take some effing photos. Don't worry about editing and all that until to know how to take good photos first.
     
  3. death_samurai

    death_samurai Ancient Guru

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    so nobody knows the answer to my question?
     

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