# darktable lua documentation - HDRMerge

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# HDRMerge

## 🔗Name

HDRMerge.lua - create an HDR image using HDRMerge

## 🔗Description

This plugin adds the module ‘HDRMerge’ to darktable’s lighttable view

## 🔗Usage

Install: (see here for more detail: https://github.com/darktable-org/lua-scripts )

1. Copy this file in to your ‘lua/contrib’ folder where all other scripts reside.
2. Require this file in your luarc file, as with any other dt plug-in On the initial startup go to darktable settings > lua options and set your executable paths and other preferences, then restart darktable

Select bracketed images and press the Run HDRMerge button. The resulting DNG will be auto-imported into darktable. Additional tags or style can be applied on auto import as well, if you desire.

Base Options: Select your desired BPS (bits per sample and Embedded Preview Size.

Batch Options: Select if you want to run in batch mode or not Select the gap, in seconds, between images for auto grouping in batch mode

See HDRMerge manual for further detail: http://jcelaya.github.io/hdrmerge/documentation/2014/07/11/user-manual.html

Auto-import Options: Select a style, whether you want tags to be copied from the original, and any additional tags you desire added when the new image is auto-imported

## 🔗Additional Software Required

HDRMerge ver. 4.5 or greater

## 🔗Limitations

## 🔗Author

Kevin Ertel

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