chris_rowe1 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I'm an amateur photographer and I'm looking into HDR Photography. I'm wondering if there's a good HDR Program that's free.... or one that's at least fairly cheap. I know that Photoshop CS3 has HDR but I don't want to take a big dip into the bank account just for HDR. I Also Own Photoshop Elements 6 and maybe there's a plug-in for that. Let Me Know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltflanagan Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 qtpfsgui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Photomatix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Stone Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 If you run a Mac there's Bracketeer, which is a UI for Enfuse. Bracketeer is very reasonably priced and highly capable. It has the best alignment tool of any program, and it way easier to use than HDR. http://www.pangeasoft.net/pano/bracketeer/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allardk Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 For Windows there's <a href='http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html'>picturenaut </a>. It's pretty powerful and fairly easy. <p> Open-source panorama-program <a href='http://hugin.sourceforge.net/'> hugin </a> has HDR support in its newest version as well as panostitching. Unless you're into compiling and beta-testing I'd wait just a little bit for the new stable release though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Chris: I don't know anything about the products already mentioned, but I may be able to help at getting Photoshop at a reasonable price...<br> <br> Do you have any ties to an educational institution? Either attending one, working at one, or the parent of a child attending one? If so, you're probably eligible to purchase Adobe products at substantial discounts. <br> <br> As an example, I work at a medical lab that is fully owned by a university. I was completely up-front about my company, its ownership, etc, and I was able to purchase directly from Adobe.<br> <br> Here's a link to their site that describes the requirements to be eligible: <a href=http://store1.adobe.com/education/purchasing/qualify.html>http://store1.adobe.com/education/purchasing/qualify.html</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rowe1 Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Thanks Walt, I'm attending High School In my final year, then next year I go into University. But when you say reasonable price you mean around? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rowe1 Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Allard I'm downloading Picturenaut right now. It sounds great on their site... hopefully it works out for me and I don't have to invest any cash into HDR atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rowe1 Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Umm Allard, I tried to unzip the zipped folder of the download... but there are no files contained in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 If you click on the Education Price List on the page I sent, the educational price for Photoshop Extended is $299 from Adobe. They don't offer the regular version at educational prices. I realize $300 may be a lot, but it's a lot better than $650. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_smith4 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Lightroom is $99 eduational and works with Enfuse. Edu discount for Photomatix makes it very cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Stone Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 With any current Adobe software, in order to activate educational versions, one must supply Adobe with eligibility requirements, before they will allow it. What that means is that the software is not immediately available out of the box, Adobe has to provide an activation number before it can be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven_rose1 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 If you are on Windows, try: http://www.essentialhdr.com/ A new product but I found it produces natural images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rowe1 Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 Steven Rose, I downloaded essential hdr, the free version for now... When I give it a try I'll let you know. Might get this program for my b-day... If it's anygood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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