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Has anyone used and got comments on FDR software for producing HDR images, it seems releatively easy to use. I have just found it and need to go out and shoot some landscapes to process before buying it.

I am new to PP and only have Elements 8.

www.fdrtools.com
 
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I've used FDRtools for all my HDR images.. I just couldn't get along with Photomatrix. FDRtools is very simple and straightforward to use but also very good and manages to have a lot of options without throwing a thousand buttons and settings at you.

Have you tried the watermarked (grid) version of FDRtools Advanced before you buy it? It's far superior to the free FDRtools Basic.

Start with building interiors.. much easier to get to grips with than landscapes. And beats the usual "my car" and "here's a badly composed shot I thought I could rescue with HDR and some over-saturation" (check out any of the HDR groups on Flickr to see what I mean).
 
I have used it a good while ago, it worked well enough, I just prefered the results from photomatix.
 
Alastair said:
I've used FDRtools for all my HDR images.. I just couldn't get along with Photomatrix. FDRtools is very simple and straightforward to use but also very good and manages to have a lot of options without throwing a thousand buttons and settings at you.

Have you tried the watermarked (grid) version of FDRtools Advanced before you buy it? It's far superior to the free FDRtools Basic.

Start with building interiors.. much easier to get to grips with than landscapes. And beats the usual "my car" and "here's a badly composed shot I thought I could rescue with HDR and some over-saturation" (check out any of the HDR groups on Flickr to see what I mean).
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Thanks Alistair thats just what I was looking for, conformation that it was as straightforward as it looks. I have downloaded the demo version and will have a play with it and thans for the tip re indoors I have a Sigma 10 - 20mm coming this week so it should be ideal:thumbs:
 
I think Phottix do a version of their timed wired remote for Nikon as well as Canon.. well worth the investment if you get seriously into HDR.. makes timing bulb exposures so much easier.

I'm not sure where you are, but church/cathedral interiors are always a good place to learn HDR as they are almost always contain a very high dynamic range. The 10-20 is a very useful lens for this subjects.
 
Have you tried Oloneo?

It's a very good and very fast program which can allow you to create an HDR pic from several pics or a single pic.

I've used it and it's very good indeed giving results almost indistinguishable from true HDR.
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