Installation
Installation of HDR Shop
Licensed users should download a copy of HDR Shop v3.0 from the Website. The executable and associated files are bundled in a single .zip file.
** Please note that you will need 'administrator' rights in order to install HDR Shop on your
machine **
Simply create a folder where you want to install HDR Shop and unzip the contents of the zip file into
that directory. No further installation is required to use HDR Shop. You will see that 'plugins' and
'scripts' directories are created along with the executable.
Start HDR Shop by double-clicking 'HDRShop.exe'.
If you have not obtained a license key, you will not yet be able to use HDR Shop. A dialog box asking
for a license key to be entered will appear prompting you with a hardware ID associated with your
machine.
When you click the 'Submit' button on the dialog your default Web browser will open at our license
key-server Webpage. The following information must be filled out:
- Your hardware ID should already be filled out here but you should check that it matches the string in the dialog.
- Licensor's name (personal or company name).
- Your email address to return the license key to.
- The Order Number. This is a string of characters which is to be found in your 'receipt of purchase' email. If you cannot locate your order number, please email us giving us as much information about the transaction as possible.
Once you have filled out the Webform, click 'Submit' and your key should be generated instantaneously. A copy of the key will also be sent to the email address supplied. Copy the string of key characters and paste them into the registration dialog box in HDR Shop. You must restart HDR Shop but should now be able to use it. If you experience any problems, please email us.
Configuration for using command line tool.
The plugins
imgConvert directory contains our new command line tool, 'rawTool.exe' that
allows you to automate HDR image assembly and image conversion tasks. More detailed documentation
on using the tool can be found in an online tutorial
here.
We have provided the tool with some pre-prepared shortcuts to allow quick drag'n'drop access to
some of the common tasks. To enable these shortcuts, you must create an environment variable
called IMGCONVERT and set its value to be the directory where 'rawTool.exe' is located. Then
add '%IMGCONVERT%' (with the '%' signs) to your PATH environemt variable.
You should now be able to drag and drop images onto the shortcut links.