For those of you who like to tinker with scripts, there is an application called AutoHotkey where you can automate all kinds of routine processes on a PC. Be sure to download the AutoHotkey macro recorder (you may have to search around the internet a bit to find it, or get another version of macro recorder from a third party) but you can basically follow these steps to automate HDR processing in LR using this application. Before beginning, download and install AutoHotkey http://ahkscript.org/ and this copy which includes the macro recorder (while the link lasts) https://web.archive.org/web/20150908182356/http://www.autohotkey.com/download/AutoHotkey.zip 1. Stack your LR brackets using auto stack (I do a 3 shot bracket on my camera with the timer so they are all within 5-6 seconds, adjust to yours as needed so they stack neatly, check for stack errors before beginning) 2. Run the Macro Recorder and start recording (the first time only, just to write the script) 3. Click your first thumbnail in the timeline (stacked images) and hit CTRL SHIFT H to start the HDR merge (Before you do this you may want to run a manual/GUI HDR merge from the right click menu to make sure the settings in LR are what you want as it repeats your last HDR options with the CTRL SHIFT H keyboard shortcut) 4. stop the macro recorder and save the script somewhere you can find easily (desktop) with the .ahk extension 5 Right click and "edit" your script to add the following: A. Move the mouse moves, clicks, window focus, and other commands to the top so they are not repeated in the loop B. add the "loop" command and the number of times to loop the script (100 in my example) to repeat the HDR merge again after advancing: loop, 100 { } C. Add the "wait" command to wait for the HDR merge to complete before advancing (I set mine to 10000ms but on slow computers you may want to do 20s (20000ms, etc.) D. Add a command for "Arrow Key Right" to advance to the next image once the HDR is complete 6. test it out and see what happens by running the script you saved 7. Once your script works, just follow step 1, then run the saved script from wherever you saved it. Here is an example of my script, yours will have different data depending on what your catalog is named, etc. I do not offer support on this product so don't ask, but for those willing to figure it out it is worth the time. You do need to run the macro recorder to get most of this, then add the rest of the info from my script example. WinWait, 2016 Catalog - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Library, IfWinNotActive, 2016 Catalog - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Library, , WinActivate, 2016 Catalog - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Library, WinWaitActive, 2016 Catalog - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Library, MouseClick, left, 67, 665 Sleep, 100 Loop, 100 { Send, {CTRLDOWN}{SHIFTDOWN}h{SHIFTUP}{CTRLUP} Sleep, 100000 Send, {RIGHT} }
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