Help: Completely New To HDR

[pxchoi]

I'm completely new to HDR as it states in the title and I'm here to seek advice.

I primarily shoot in RAW and I was wondering if it was best to do all my RAW processing before I merge the images.

Thanks, sorry if the question has been stated before.

[FlyingPhotog]

Right at the very top of the HDR Section is a "Sticky" post that will probably lead you to many answers... :D

[kirkt]

Do not process any of the RAW images prior to merging them into an HDR data set. Leave the RAW images intact and merge them directly from within your HDR app of choice or zero them and convert them to TIFF in a RAW conversion app and then merge them.

Here are a ton of tips for HDR:

http://www.hdrlabs.com/tutorials/index.html

The more you start messing with each individual image prior to merging, the more confusion you will create for the software trying to merge your images.

Have fun!

Kirk