Thank you. I only use photomatix and photoshop. When I take a photo that I want to HDR, I make sure I “balance” the light as much as possible. So that I can make 3-5 good exposures in photoshop. You don’t want to over or under expose too much cause then those places are “lost”, and the HDR will not turn out that great. That’s why RAW-format is so good for HDR. After I HDR in photomatix, I take the image back to photoshop to edit some more. HDR often makes a lot of noise, so I remove as much as I can. Sometimes I edit the original photo like I would witout HDR, then blend it with the HDR to get a different effect. If the HDR isn’t quite like I want I might edit colors and shit too. Hope this helps, just ask if you have any more questions