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This Lightroom plug-in exports photos for processing in Photomatix Pro. The plug-in lets you set the HDR processing options. It also makes it possible to have the blended or HDR tone mapped image automatically saved and re-imported into the Lightroom library. |
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This short tutorial shows how to use the Lightroom plug-in. |
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The Lightroom plugin is included in the download of Photomatix Pro version 3.1.3 or higher. Please refer to the installation instructions depending on your platform:
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Installation instructions for Windows |
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If you haven't downloaded Photomatix Pro yet, please do so from the download page. |
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The installation wizard will ask you whether to install the Lightroom plug-in in addition to Photomatix Pro. When asked, check the box "Yes, install the Lightroom Plug-in too". |
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Restart Lightroom |
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Select bracketed photos on the filmstrip. |
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Right-click to invoke the contextual menu. Select Export and then Photomatix Pro. |
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Important note: If you have chosen "Automatically reimport into Lightroom", right-click above the filmstrip to check that "All Photographs" is selected. In case "Previous Import" shows, then right-click on it and select All Photographs instead. |
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See also our short tutorial or this longer video tutorial. |
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Installation instructions for Mac OS X |
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If you haven't downloaded Photomatix Pro yet, please do so from the download page. |
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Go to the place where you downloaded Photomatix Pro (normally your 'Downloads' folder). You should see there a folder named 'Photomatix Pro 4.1' containing two files.
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Move Photomatix Pro (the file with the umbrella icon) to your Applications folder. |
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To install the plug-in, you can choose between two options:
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Option 1 |
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In Lightroom, choose File > Plug-In Manager |
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Click on the Add button and navigate to the place where you downloaded Photomatix Pro |
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Select the Photomatix.lrplugin file, and click Add Plug-In. |
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Click Done to close the Lightroom Plug-In Manager |
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Option 2 |
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If you are on Max OS 10.6 or earlier, you can go directly to step 4b. If you are on Mac OS 10.7/Lion, go to the Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder, and enter ~/Library in the box. |
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Move Photomatix.lrplugin (the file with the Lightroom plug-in's icon) to:
~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules (where '~' is your User directory) |
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In case there is no "Modules" folder under Adobe/Lightroom, create the folder manually. |
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Restart Lightroom |
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Select bracketed photos on the filmstrip. |
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Control-click (or right-click) to invoke the contextual menu. Select Export and then Photomatix Pro. |
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Important note: If you have chosen "Automatically reimport into Lightroom", right-click above the filmstrip to check that "All Photographs" is selected. In case "Previous Import" shows, then right-click on it and select All Photographs instead. |
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See also our short tutorial. |
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