HDR in PS Elements?

[big dub]

In this months Practical Photography it's got some good tips on how to do HDR in Photoshop (which I haven't got), but can it be done in Elements (I've got version 7)?

[Starfighter]

I haven't found the HDR option on PSE. It might be worth looking at some separate software such as HRDSoft.

I find it rather amusing that the magazines spend so much time doing instruction guaide in the latest versions of PS, that package is more than most users spend on their first body / lens combination!

[Holst]

Starfighter said:

I haven't found the HDR option on PSE. It might be worth looking at some separate software such as HRDSoft.

I find it rather amusing that the magazines spend so much time doing instruction guaide in the latest versions of PS, that package is more than most users spend on their first body / lens combination!

But you cant download the latest camera body

[CivicMan]

Photomatix is widely used - this is the freebie version for download:

http://www.hdrsoft.com/download.html

[baz7175]

You can add the Photomatix filter to Elements just the same as you can to the main PS versions, so yes it's as usable in PSE as it is in PS

[cottonfoo]

Holst said:

But you cant download the latest camera body

Don't know why you're rolling your eyes, a lot of people aren't comfortable with stealing software either.

Photomatix is worth the price if you like to do a lot of HDR.

[DIW35]

If Elements can handle layers, then you should be able to do the HDR conversion shown in the mags. A lot of them start with a single RAW image, from which they make two conversions - one exposed for the highlights (usually the sky) and one exposed for the shadows.

Both conversions are then imported in to your photo editing software, each on a separate layer, and then parts of one layer are erased to allow the correctly exposed parts of the second layer to show through.