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Photomatix Essentials 4.0 User Manual
2.1.4 Select / Deselect Loaded Photos
Once you load your photos into Photomatix Essentials, you should notice a few things in the interface:
First, each photo is displayed as a thumbnail. This makes it easy to verify that the photos are of the same subject
and see their relative exposure compared to their bracketed companions.
Addition ally, there is a larger combined thumbnail that shows a preview of the result of processing the photos
using default settings.
Finally, there is a checkbox beside each photo’s thumbnail (this is checked by default unless you loaded only one
photo). A checked box signies that the photo will be included in subsequent processing. Uncheck a photo to
take it out of the process. You’ll see the larger thumbnail update to show the processing preview using just the
currently checked photos. Re-check the photo to put it back into the mix.
2.1.5 Load Other Photos
To start over, select Load Other Photos. You’ll jump back to a clean interface and be ready to select new
bracketed photos. To continue to Step 2 with the currently loaded and selected photos, select Next: Adjust &
Preview.
Unchecking alternate source photos gives a dierent merged image result, as shown in the large preview thumbnail.
The Step 1 window, with a 3-photo bracketed set loaded