tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post141993668274115886..comments2024-02-12T03:21:03.402-08:00Comments on Ron Martinsen's Photography Blog: REVIEW: HDR Efex Pro by Nik Softwareronmartblog.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815090271742112506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-10601108719277189232010-10-22T05:04:07.633-07:002010-10-22T05:04:07.633-07:00Great review. I have this product and agree with y...Great review. I have this product and agree with your conclusionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-47860673083724113332010-10-14T15:53:33.679-07:002010-10-14T15:53:33.679-07:00I agree with most of your critique; I too am a big...I agree with most of your critique; I too am a big fan of NIK and want their HDRfx offering to succeed. However, right now I err on the side of still favoring Photomatix. <br /><br />HDRfx is very slow; both in compute time and memory space. IT becomes painful with a big screen monitor; particular a 30 inch (MacBook Pro, 8gb, Snowtiger). I suspect (hope) this is a bug soon to be repaired; but it takes 1 minute to paint the screen (vs. 10-15 seconds on a smaller screen).<br /><br />I find the ghosting method better with photomatix 4. With that one you select the area in question and then select which of the photos to use (instead of merging all together). Very effective with things like flags, etc. although it has its downsides, particularly if the ghost area is in the middle of an area which is getting its exposure adjusted. With HDRfx its automated, and so you have no control over what gets done. My (limited) experience so far is that to turn the ghost control up so it fixes one spot invariably creates artifact elsewhere.<br /><br />Overall I find photomatix to produce more “vibrant” photos (whatever that means!). <br /><br />I agree with the user interface kudus; but the slightly inferior results coupled with the unusable speed on a big monitor makes it currently not my choice.John Fallisgaardnoreply@blogger.com