[HDR-photo] Why does the preview look better than the final output image?

[Bob Wise]

Hi... we were just having this discussion. Apparently it is a  
shortcoming of the software, as I too was pretty disappointed
in the difference. I find I can get to the preview-like results  
eventually - just takes more work.

Perhaps a silly question... can the software not provide the preview  
algorithm as an option for image processing?

-Bob

On Mar 26, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Gabbygall wrote:

> Hope someone can help.
> I am using Photomatix pro to create a tonemapped image from a  
> single RAW.
> Now I have no problems importing the RAW file and bringing it into the
> tonemapping `suite`. However, the image I see in the preview (usually
> looking very good), looks nothing like what the final out image  
> looks like..
> I am going wrong somewhere or is this a major shortcoming of the  
> software?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> mark
>
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