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HDR Photography

HDR, or HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging. It consists of taking several pictures of the exact same frame, each frame moving from a dark exposure to a light exposure, then combining the pictures. This allows for a photo in which the darkest and lightest parts of the picture have detail, where a single photo of normal exposure won't have detail in these areas.

New version of Photomatix Pro has been released and is a free upgrade for those already registered on Photomatix Pro 2. Try it and see. It seems to have some useful additions.

Windows Download
http://www.hdrsoft.com/download/win.html

Mac Download
http://www.hdrsoft.com/download/mac.html

What are Photoshop Actions?

An action is a series of tasks that you play back on a single file or a batch of files - menu commands, palette options, tool actions, and so on. You can create an action that changes the size of an image, applies a filter to the image for a particular effect, and then saves the file in the desired format. Nice, isn’t it !

Take a visit to ACTIONS CENTRAL and download some FREE ones.
http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm

Recommended

1.Dave's Sharpening Actions.
2.Contrast Mask, v.2 by Dave Springer.
3.Orton Effect.
4.TLR Color Compensating Filters
5.TLR B&W Conversation.

These are a few of the actions I use regularly. They can be used just as they come or you can adapt and configure them to your own way of working. They save lots of time on simple jobs you do everytime you work with a pic.

Check out RED PAW Media they have some excellent FREE plugins such as Bleach Byepass and Beautifier.
http://www.redpawmedia.com/

VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHER is another FREE and useful plugin. http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

I like this software, why not give it a try (trial Version available) Dynamic Photo HDR
http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/index.html