Tonemapping plugin and standalone - Was: Re: [HDR-photo] photomatix beta

[Bob Wise]

Geraldine,

Thanks for the update. At least speaking for this user... the plugin  
makes for a much better workflow than the standalone,
and I would wish you update it more often. I also want to move to CS3  
as soon as it is out of beta (although the
beta is darn good).

-Bob

On Mar 23, 2007, at 12:53 AM, Geraldine Joffre wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:56:31 -0700, Bob Wise wrote
>> I do sometimes think that that preview I see in the tonemapping
>> preview doesn't very closely match the results I get after
>> running it.
> This is a known issue, but not easy to fix for the reasons that  
> Royce gave. In
> any case, the issue is the same with the standalone.
>
>> I am a bit concerned that the pace of releases seems much higher on
>> the standalone than on the plugin.
>> Might be okay if they are using the same engine underneath and when
>> I  download the latest standalone version the plugin uses upgraded
>> engine.
> The plugin and the standalone are based on exactly the same engine,  
> but each
> program is developed separately. So, the plug-in will have to be  
> updated to a
> new version in order to include new functionality of Photomatix Pro.
>
> The tone mapping plugin will be upgraded soon (should happen before  
> CS3 is
> out). However, the standalone Photomatix Pro will remain the first  
> to be
> updated when future improvements are added to the tone mapping  
> function.
>
> Geraldine Joffre
>
>
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