[HDR-photo] Re: long-time-lurker, first-time poster [sharing my work]

[Eliza Massey]

This was great info !! I just tried it...works much better after  
converting to tiffs. However , I am a little confused how in lightroom  
"Chris" you are adjusting the white balance ect of all the  
images .....not understanding....maybe you could help me with that  
step as i was following your steps using Bibble ??
Thanks..Eliza
On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Frank Collins wrote:

> Ross, there is a statement in the Photomatix User Manual that states
> explicitly that the tif file will give the best results...and raw  
> files
> should be converted before processing.....their raw converter just  
> doesn't
> get the job done......Frank
>
> William L. (Frank) Collins
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hdr-photo-bounces at hdr-photography.com
> [mailto:hdr-photo-bounces at hdr-photography.com] On Behalf Of Ross  
> Finlayson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:36 PM
> To: WILLIAM COLLINS
> Subject: [HDR-photo] Re: long-time-lurker,first-time poster [sharing  
> my
> work]
>
>> My basic workflow is shooting 7 bracketed frames, exporting the RAW  
>> data
>> from Lightroom --> 16-bit TIFF files, then creating the .hdr with  
>> basically
>> default settings in Photomatix.
>
> I'm curious: Is it necessary (or important) to convert RAW images to
> TIFF before processing them with Photomatix?  The reason I ask is
> that Photomatix (Pro v3.2.2) can handle the RAW (actually ".NEF")
> files from my Nikon D5000 'as is'.
>
> (BTW, I agree with other responders: These are some of the best HDR
> images I've ever seen.)
>
> 	Ross.
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