perfect software, but undesired size reduction

[darkB2266]

Hi, I try long SNS HDR pro, but by my opinion Photomatrix has better results in terms of resolution.

Photomatrix generate photos with best image resolution - not exactly - but images looks that, they have better resolution.

At the start, when I set photos for hdr processing I uncheck deghosting and noise reduction, I choose size reduction at 1x, I uncheck everything - Aligning images too. Noise reduction in RAW I uncheck too.

But images are not that good - not too much details as in Photomatrix. That is a big loss. If is possible to fix that, than SNS HDR pro becomes my favourite HDR software. Because in SNS HDR pro are too much options, that in photomatrix are not.

I hope it will be fixed.

[Raiko]

Hi darkB2266,

I can not confirm the lower resolution.
Could you possibly upload sample images, then we can judge better.

br Raiko

[mgg]

I suggest doing a trial using TIFF images as your input images instead of RAW.

[phil68]

I am using SNS and Photomatix as well...just depending of the kind of picture style I wish to have...
I cannot confirm that there is a resolution issue..Often , the result of Photomatix is more blurry. All in all is SNS the superior software if you want to have a realistic HDR

Phil

[darkB2266]

Hi, it is true, that Photomatrix generates more blury results.
SNS HDR pro generates more contrast results, but also more noisy.

Result from SNS HDR pro are perfect because of light contrast. It is a pitty, that there is uneven sampling.

Here is sample of my gilfriend. The first photo is generated by SNS HDR pro, secont by Photomatrix
http://tinypic.com/r/f1l3ef/6

I hope, the results from SHS HDR pro will be better.

[den]

The discussions in these two threads may be of interest...

(1) "Dirty Skyes"
http://www.sns-hdr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=570

(2) "New noise reduction algorithm"
http://www.sns-hdr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=621

[phil68]

I prefer to have a sharp, contrasted picture as a blurry one!
The noise is not really a problem, you can reduce is slightly in the post-process....There are very good software for this!
More important is to reduce ISO and the aperture (>F8) before you shoot!

Phil