Photomatix Basic Ques

[Ducky4Disney]

Ok, I love the look of HDR photos and I want to learn to make them myself. I understand the concept behind them and how they are made. I think I understand how to take pics that can be combined into an HDR. I just downloaded Photomatix basic so I can toy with it before I try the full blown Pro version. I figure, if I don't get it with basic, Pro might not help me.

I took some RAW pics today using manual mode and bracketing. I loaded them into Photomatix Basic, generated the HDR, and went to the the tone mapping.

I don't get it Is it just guessing now and try what looks best? I don't really understand what I am altering with the sliders. Is there a book, HDR for Dummies?

Maybe I should just send the RAW files to some pros here and ask you to make me an HDR!

I seem to be stumped by this.

D4D

 

[saturndb]

amazon has books on the subject:

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-HDR-Photography-Combining-Technology/dp/0817499997/ref=pd_sim_b_1

also have you checked ths site support page here

http://www.hdrsoft.com/support/faq_photomatix.html#tips

I just bought this book as I want to learn how to hdr. You just need to read up on the subject and mess around with the program