AKVIS Enhancer - 9.5

I never jump in the fray, comment on a new software. When I try one and find it is is poor product, rather than make a big deal about it, I tell the company involved what I think, and toss their product in the trash. Not this time. Why (you ask)? Because, in my 20+ years of working with software, this is one of the top 5 worst I have come across! I have worked with HDR for several years, and whenever a new HDR software is introduced, anxious I am to give it a try, which is what I did with AKVIS ENHANCER. Both the ENHANCE plugin and stand alone have very crude controls, provide poor documentation, and generate a very rough output, but what really caught my attention was the fact it produces an 8 bit output from 16 bit input...don't waste your time with this rubbish! If it's (QUALITY!) HDR software you want, go to http://www.hdrsoft.com and download PHOTOMATIX PRO (both plugin and stand alone). The differance between PHOTOMATIX and ENHANCE is not unlike that between a new Ferrari F-40 and a '56 Volkswagon (without wheels)! With regards, William Spreadbury