HDR Soft recently released version 4.2 of their critically acclaimed HDR software, Photomatix Pro. I have been processing photos with Photomatix Pro for countless years and have found it to be my “go to” HDR software. After processing thousands of HDR images through Photomatix I am ecstatic to see it evolving in a positive direction. After seeing the new additions to Photomatix Pro, I will be sure to process a thousand more!
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Photomatix Pro Trouble Shooting Chart
For standardization purpses:
- An Increase in the slider is any movement to the right.
- A Decrease in the slider is any movement to the left.
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Matt S
May 24, 2012 at 12:16 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hey Blake, love this chart. I’ve been basically getting started with HDR photography and have seen some/all of these issues with the tonemapped result. This chart is a great help in troubleshooting! Thanks!
Blake Rudis
May 24, 2012 at 20:26 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Awesome, glad it helped Matt. I know I needed some guidelines when I started and unfortunately there were no really solid ones. Glad I could help!
Steve J.
May 28, 2012 at 22:28 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Great video! I have been messing around with Photomatix Essentials and just bought the ‘Pro’ version last night. This video will certainly be helpful as I set to learning more. Thanks
Blake Rudis
May 29, 2012 at 05:14 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Excellent! I am glad it helped, happy tone mapping!
Bobby K.
July 22, 2012 at 18:02 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Great video. I spent a while looking for books on photomatix only to find a few on HDR in general,mentioning photomatix and some others. I didn”y buy any after flipping through. I learned more in this video than I did after reading almost all of sections those books had on Photomatix. I Bought the essentials and upgraded to 4.2 because it was exactly what I looking for in photo editiing. Thanks!
Blake Rudis
July 22, 2012 at 20:26 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I am very pleased to hear that Bobby. Actually that is one of the reasons I started EverydayHDR, to fill in some blanks and loopholes that I didn’t see very clearly when I started HDRing my photographs. I am very excited that you found what you were looking for right here on EverydayHDR! Be sure to stop by often I try to keep the content fresh and thought provoking!
frank molloy
September 24, 2012 at 13:25 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
hi Blake,
really appreciate the trouble shooting chart. is it ok to download to my desktop please? great tutorial btw.
Frank Molloy
Blake Rudis
September 24, 2012 at 20:05 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
No problem Frank, you are more than welcome to save it, thank you for asking!
Bram
May 13, 2013 at 14:55 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Blake,
Great site and videos. Much apprecaited from a novice HDR user. One question, I am using Photomatix 3.2 and when I import my raw file, the whole image has a pink layer/tone. When I got back and import the same 3 photos Jpeg, there is no pink tone/layer. Do you know if the older versions of Photomatix support raw?
Blake Rudis
May 13, 2013 at 16:20 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hello Bram,
You are experiencing Photomatix’ inability to read your RAW files. If you update Photomatix it should be fine. I just went through the same thing recently when upgrading to the Canon 6D. I had an old version of Photomatix that would not support the RAW file.