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 09/16/2007 01:19:38 PM · #1
OK I have decided to purchase Photomatix Pro but I am always cautious about online CC purchase with a company I have never done business with in the past. Does anyone know if the purchase is very secure?

Has anyone purchase Photomatrix Pro and if so did you purchase from their website or is there another place to purchase the product?

Thanks in advance.
 09/16/2007 01:21:29 PM · #2
I bought my copy from their website, and didn't have any problems - everything went without a hitch.
 09/16/2007 01:23:19 PM · #3
I agree with Odyssey - I bought online from the website last december and have had no troubles. Actually, they automatically sent me a reminder about the update to the new version - at no charge!
Originally posted by OdysseyF22:
I bought my copy from their website, and didn't have any problems - everything went without a hitch.
09/16/2007 01:25:44 PM · #4
I, too, bought from their website with no problems. I'm not sure that it's actually available via any other route, but I haven't exactly researched the matter.
 09/16/2007 01:28:36 PM · #5
Thanks for your quick response. I'm very impressed with the software and price. I just wanted to make sure when using my CC it was secure.

Again thanks for your help.
SDW
 10/20/2007 06:48:55 PM · #6
DPC,

what is your preference: Photoshop plug-in, or a standalone app?

I am looking into getting Photomatix (now that it is outlawed in Basic editing:-), so I'm wondering which one and why?

Thanks!
 10/21/2007 12:10:18 AM · #7
Is anyone using these tools around here any more?
 10/21/2007 12:47:17 AM · #8
I purchased it (standalone) online, no problems. I haven't used it much lately, been tinkering with Lucisarts.

Message edited by author 2007-10-21 00:47:24.
 10/21/2007 01:05:22 AM · #9
Originally posted by srdanz:
DPC,

what is your preference: Photoshop plug-in, or a standalone app?

I am looking into getting Photomatix (now that it is outlawed in Basic editing:-), so I'm wondering which one and why?

Thanks!


Yeah I use it all the time. I use the standalone version. The plugin is strictly a tone-mapping plugin; the standalone version has a lot more bells and whistles, in terms of other merging modes than HDRI/tone mapping. It can be used to just combine images in a straightforward manner.

R.
 10/21/2007 01:17:58 AM · #10
I purchased it online, the standalone (which includes the plugin I think, at least I somehow got both). I use both. It works great for some images.

I frequently like to use the plugin to tonemap a copy layer, then I convert the tonemapped layer to a hide all layer mask, and then I brush in sections as needed. In my opinion, it's sometimes difficult to get the colours just right with tonemapping (and if the colours aren't right, the picture is not right), so something else I do is to blend a tonemapped layer with the original in luminosity mode, and then tweak the colours.

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 10/21/2007 01:50:27 AM · #11
Originally posted by ursula:
I purchased it online, the standalone (which includes the plugin I think, at least I somehow got both). I use both. It works great for some images.

I frequently like to use the plugin to tonemap a copy layer, then I convert the tonemapped layer to a hide all layer mask, and then I brush in sections as needed. In my opinion, it's sometimes difficult to get the colours just right with tonemapping (and if the colours aren't right, the picture is not right), so something else I do is to blend a tonemapped layer with the original in luminosity mode, and then tweak the colours.


Weird, MY standalone didn't include no stinkin' plugin... In any event, you can do the exact workflow you are describing with the standalone: process in Photomatix, open both the base image and the tone mapped image, copy the tone mapped image, paste it as a new layer over the base image, and go from there as described above.

R.
 10/21/2007 02:17:13 PM · #12
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by ursula:
I purchased it online, the standalone (which includes the plugin I think, at least I somehow got both). I use both. It works great for some images.

I frequently like to use the plugin to tonemap a copy layer, then I convert the tonemapped layer to a hide all layer mask, and then I brush in sections as needed. In my opinion, it's sometimes difficult to get the colours just right with tonemapping (and if the colours aren't right, the picture is not right), so something else I do is to blend a tonemapped layer with the original in luminosity mode, and then tweak the colours.


Weird, MY standalone didn't include no stinkin' plugin... In any event, you can do the exact workflow you are describing with the standalone: process in Photomatix, open both the base image and the tone mapped image, copy the tone mapped image, paste it as a new layer over the base image, and go from there as described above.

R.


You're right, I double-checked. I bought the bundle because it was only $20.00 more than the standalone by itself. :)

And the good thing was that shortly after buying it they upgraded to a newer version, and the upgrade was free. In this day and age when everyone is trying to charge you an arm and a leg, I was kinda happy over this.
 10/21/2007 02:32:32 PM · #13
I would love to see a good tutorial on photomatix. I have purchased the standalone version and I can't seem to do much with it without introducing tons of noise into the images...
 10/21/2007 06:39:06 PM · #14
Thanks, guys&gals. I think I'll go for the combo, as it isn't much more expensive than the standalone, for which I would go based on their own comparison (they kinda talk bad about CS's ability to handle 32 bit color, in the plug-in version.)

If anyone has the time (and I know how it is with the time, so I understand), it would be cool to have a how did they do that for one of the many images done with the Photomatix SW.

Thanks again!

-Serge
 10/21/2007 07:19:04 PM · #15
Originally posted by srdanz:
it would be cool to have a how did they do that for one of the many images done with the Photomatix SW.


I agree! I'd especially love to learn the difference (i.e. how to get there) between the ones that scream "HDR !!!" from a mile away (and I'm not saying those ones are all bad) and the subtle ones where you don't even know that's how they arrived at the wonderful photo you're looking at.
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