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Real Name:Sam Hulick

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Last Login:14 Aug 2008 10:53

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Hydra + Aperture PlugIn 1.5.2

Type: Review

Date: 22 May 2008 14:38

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I didn't care for Hydra, to be frank. I took different shots, some of them with 3-bracket ranges, others with 5-bracket ranges. The results that Hydra spit out were poor, weirdly saturated (kind of a "candied" look to it), or underexposed.

I took the same exact photo sets and ran them through Bracketeer (GUI frontend for Enfuse), and the results were stunning. With some tweaks, they looked even better.

Can't recommend Hydra. Go for Bracketeer, save a few bucks, and get a better performer too.

Bracketeer 3.1.4

Type: Comments

Date: 22 May 2008 14:34

I have to say, I found this app to be amazing. With default options, you can drop in 3-5 bracketed shots and it looks great! Mess with the settings (especially sigma and hard mask) and you can get some really dramatic and creative effects.

Well worth the $30, this blows away some of the competitors. Hydra is $60, and given the same photos I fed into Bracketeer, it did a pretty bad job on cranking out a good looking result.

Good stuff!

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