
This method will merge TIFF and JPG images only. Open Windows Explorer / My Computer and navigate to: C:\Program Files\Nik Software\HDR Efex Pro.ĭouble click on the file, "HDR Efex Pro.exe" to launch the application.Ĭlick on File >Open Exposure Series and select the image(s) to merge into HDR Efex Pro. To access the standalone versions, please see below: Process as normal in HDR Efex Pro and then you would save that file and bring it back into Photoshop Elements to do the rest of your processing.

You will then open HDR Efex Pro in standalone mode, and open that image.

I recommend first processing your image in Dfine 2.0 and then saving it as either a Tiff or a Jpg. As a standalone, it functions exactly the same, but it can only handle Tiff or Jpg images. Yes, HDR Efex Pro is the only one of our software that will run as a standalone product. So if you/I shoot RAW's, just convert them to TIFF's, then process through HDR Efex Pro. I wrote to Nik, and good news! Yes, it will operate as a stand-alone, but only with TIFF and JPEG files when operating as a stand-alone program.
