Digital BW, The Print

I really dislike most of the examples on their webpage but swear by
photomatix.  I use it to combine slide scans and avoid noise and to do
the same with high contrast digital scenes.  I do bit use its HDR
feature but rather the combine images one which lets you extend the
dynamic range as with using layers and masks.

Roger

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark"
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> I can see that these digital tools can simplify some of what we've done 
> manually, including dodging and burning.  (I anticipate initial 
> overused -- which I've certainly been guilty of with new tools or 
> toys.) 
> 
> The Potomatix website is at 
> 
> http://www.hdrsoft.com/
> 
> I still do even dslr dual-frame images manually.  (I was not happy with 
> the PS CS2 version of HDR.)  
> 
> The following is typical of my manual versions of HDR: 
> http://www.paulroark.com/Foxs_&_Cirque.html  It makes an interesting 
> comparison to the Photomatix sample on its web page, above.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>