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**Tamlin** · 06-20-2008

I can fully endorse what Tony says. The Imaging Luminary application, codenamed "Wukong" (yeah, I know - stupid name), seems to be an excellent piece of software. It maybe hasn't got quite as many tweakable parameters as Photomatix, but the overall results - even when using the default settings - are remarkably good.
Attached are two images created from the same HDR image - one tone-mapped with Wukong (on the left) and the other with Photomatix. To me, there seems to be more detail retained in the Wukong version and the overall lighting seems more natural - the Photomatix version seems a little hazy by comparison.

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Tamlin Janitor of Lunacy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sitting in the Wishing Chair Posts: 5,758 Blog Entries: 2 Battle Wins: 20 (rank: #1)	I can fully endorse what Tony says. The Imaging Luminary application, codenamed "Wukong" (yeah, I know - stupid name), seems to be an excellent piece of software. It maybe hasn't got quite as many tweakable parameters as Photomatix, but the overall results - even when using the default settings - are remarkably good. Attached are two images created from the same HDR image - one tone-mapped with Wukong (on the left) and the other with Photomatix. To me, there seems to be more detail retained in the Wukong version and the overall lighting seems more natural - the Photomatix version seems a little hazy by comparison. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "I might join your century, but only as a doubtful guest"