Of those that didn't get the registration how many used YAHOO email? I found that my attempts to use YAHOO all failed and I had to make an account with GMAIL before I could get this to work. The first GMAIL didn't work, I made a second one and I got that one to work.

How to get the registration code?

If you filled the form and did not get the registration code yet, please follow these steps.

1. Start the Franzis website (sorry, it is in German)

http://www.franzis.de/

2. Click on Anmelden, Mein Konto link

3. Fill in E-Mail and Passwort, use the same words you used in the form, and press Anmelden button.

4. If you have an account you can see now

Meine bei FRANZIS registrierten Produkte
Folgende Produkte haben Sie bei uns registriert.

HDR projects 3 professional Windows - giveawayoftheday

Please press "Registrierungscode erneut anfordern " link to get the code resent.
You'll get it within a few minutes.
You can register the program at any time within one month.

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If you don't see the "HDR projects 3 professional Windows - giveawayoftheday " then you didn't send the form and asking for the code was not successfull.

might as well close this hours earlier for email response won't come til too late, if ever

Received two different activation codes. One worked. That one is also the "serial number" requested when the software opens. Itsa mystery.
GUI size is fine on my Win 10 HD. Thanks.

When I saw the "Thumbs up" so low and the Comments' numbers high, I knew immediately the reason had to be issues re Franzis' registration process. Why? Because their software is excellent and registering is a long, aggravating process.

#27 ChrisM's instructions illustrate just how ridiculous that process is for 'HDR projects 3 Pro' and is equally for all their other products. Considering it's not the latest version, I suggest GOTD require them to reduce the hoops we users have to jump through! Orrr...don't offer them at all. Their software may be good, but there's many other sources of equal quality offered here and on other giveaway sites w/o the hassles and wasted time!

It seems they get backed up with sending out license keys. Time to call it a night, and the email has yet to arrive. I do hope they make the key usable tomorrow.

In addition to having to send in my email, before even being able to install the software, it now says it is just a 30 day trial and requires a serial, which was not provided

Like many been waiting for over 8 hours and no email reply with codes nor key.

*8 hours it's the general difference in time from North America and Europe +/- 3 Hrs.

Been on the site before so already have an account... So !!!!

I have not received the email from you to activate this software. I went to the Franzis website as instructed, logged in, completed the registration, and it says it was completed and an email will be sent shortly, but I never received any email. Please help. Thank you.

Got an email with all kind of offers to buy the product but NO registration key.
Pretty useless exercise. FAIL.

For some reason, the Mac version does not open, no matter what.

Will this work on a Windows 10 machine?

Tried and tried to get the sign in to work BUT no go. Haven't received and email from them ALL day! Was looking forward to this program too. Hmm, will just have to try some other HDR program.

works with xp

Installed and registered. When I start the program, it just shows the splash screen and stays there. If I click the splash screen, I get an error message from Windows, saying that the program is not responding, and giving me the option to kill it.

Please help. Thank you.

I find the Franzis products to be by far, the most difficult to register. I had this product a year or so back when it was offered on GOTD but have since purchased a new computer. Like many others I have not received my email after waiting 1/2 day. I have tried several different accounts. One time, I got an "internal error" on their website when using a @.org email account. I honestly don't know why I am getting the Franzis HDR, because I only used it once from the last install. I think it must be because I find it to be such a challenge to navigate their German site and try to figure out how to get the code.

I am an amateur photographer and appreciate any photo software offerings by GOTD. I really liked the HDR product Photomatrix Essentials 4.x that was offered a while back. I used that software many times. It was very professional and the installation was a snap.

Like several others have commented below, I enter the required information onto the website for receiving a registration code and I never get one. I've waited 5 hours now. I've tried several times. A little frustrating.

The Franzis site will not let me complete the download and registration. The email they promise to send with the 'password' has never arrived, despite repeated attempts to request it. I did the initial request, and the 'forgot password' options, but despite their statement that the email has been sent, it's never been received (nothing in junk folder). Thanks for nothing seems to be the theme today.

Their website seems to be down thus I cannot get the info, http 404 not found.

It seems that there is no difference between today's GAOTD and that of May 24th, 2016:
- I had installed the GAOTD on May 24th, 2016, and got HDR Projects version 3.34.02375.
- I have reinstalled the GAOTD of today, and I have got exactly the same version 3.34.02375 (installed on Windows 10, 64 bits)
If you already have the previous GAOTD, do not waste time installing the present one.

At the end of the setup I get the message: Photoshop CC 2014/CC/Cs6 or Photoshop Elements 13/12/11 could not be found on this computer.
You can use this setup package to install the plug-ins at a later time.

When I open the software A window opens inviting me to enter the serial number, I now understand I need to enter it a SECOND time... Not very clear though, why twice???
So I open PS and I get a message that some plug-ins are not on my system or something like that, and are invites to click on: System info in PS and this is what I find: Duplicate and Disabled plug-ins:

HDR projects 3 professional NO VERSION - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017\Plug-ins\HDRProjects3Pro_PH7_x64.8be”

Plug-ins that failed to load:

HDR projects 3 professional NO VERSION - - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017\Plug-ins\HDRProjects3Pro_PH7_x86.8be”
HDR projects 3 professional NO VERSION - - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017\Plug-ins\Photoshop CC Plugins\HDRProjects3Pro_PH7_x86.8be”

Thank you to Franzis and G.O.T.D. for this grate HDR program that merge also Nikon NEF (RAW) images.

What a hastle to get the username and password. I hope this software was worth it.

Brilliant software but nearly 1/2 a day before getting codes (Already had an account with them)

Perhaps they saw my prev message but at least I am up & running and happy to have it back again.
DO remember to download to your desktop, the English Instruction Manual provided in the download.

I got the user ID and code but now I am asked for a serial number. I put in the product code but apparently that is not the same as the serial number. How do I get the serial number? Thanks.

Pretty useless when you never receive the registration codes and all their website "help" is

"Important Notice: if you do not receive the confirmation message within a few minutes of signing up,please check your Junk E-mail folder just in case the confirmation email got delivered there instead of your inbox. If so, select the confirmation message and click Not Junk, which will allow future messages to get through. "

Seriously?

What if it never gets to ANY of my mail folders? There's no contact info or way to get them to resend...

I'd like to try the program but it seems like a real waste of time at this point...it's been 2 1/2 hours already... Major FAIL.

Not a bad program if my memory serves me well.
but not if you have already had their offering before it would seem.

Waited 1/2 day for my reg codes. No show not even in Spam folder.

HDR = High Dynamic Range. A digital camera's sensor is limited in what data it can capture. The camera's electronics &/or software lean towards light, dark, or balanced in between. But you can take all 3 pictures, & then fuse them together IF your camera allows it -- some cell phones & cameras can do the whole thing for you, take separate photos at different settings & combine them into an HDR image. With a camera however the result might be jpeg rather than RAW. With a camera, taking a set of pictures at slightly different settings is called bracketing -- you normally set the different parameters, e.g. one picture adjusted dark, one with no adjustments, & one adjusted lighter. Originally it was to give you 3 options -- you'd choose which picture was best -- but they can just as easily be combined in HDR Projects 3 Pro.

Note not every picture can benefit, & an HDR image may display better on some panels than others -- if a display crushes shadows already, adding more shadow detail won't help. The same can be said for printing.

Many thanks to Franzis, GOTD for this, and to JohnL for his comments [#5].
As an amateur, I'm having great fun tweaking my photos with this and the previous edition. And I love the results: the images are more interesting and captivating.
Yes, the download, registration first, installation next, is quirky, and tho I've
done it before, I still fumble through it.
For me, it's well worth it.
Give it a shot and enjoy.
Thanks again.

Many thanks GotD for this software, I know I will find it useful as I got a spiffy new camera for Christmas and am experimenting extensively with HDR photography! I already had the regular HDR Projects 3 from here (from May last year) but the Pro version looks more full featured. I'm very pleased with this offer and the results from a quick test with it just now are impressive.

For those wondering how to install this is how I managed it - unnecessarily complicated and fiddly but I got there in the end after about a quarter of an hour...

1. Click Download link above (Mac users: there is a different link for you above). I don't have a Facebook a/c so I selected the email link option. Fill in your email address and wait for first email.
2. First email: contains link to download the software. Download to your PC.
3. Unpack zip, read the text file if you like and start the installer...
A registration type of panel pops up with an "Internet button" - click this first.
4. The "Internet" part of the install procedure requires you to enter your name, address, email and a password. This appears to be in order to setup an account of some kind. You HAVE to agree to getting newsletters too.
NOTE: If you have already registered an email address for an earlier version of the software (as I had) then you need to provide a different email address, unless you have an online account already, which I didn't.
5. Submit this info and wait for a second email.
Check your spam folder if you don't see this and/or add registration@post.franzis.de to your whitelist. This 2nd email contains a link for you to confirm/vaildate your email address for the account you just created.
Once validated wait for a third email...
6. The third email FINALLY contains a User ID and registration code!
7. Go back to the waiting program installer. Fill in your ID and code. The program can now be installed.
When it fires up for the first time you have to enter the registration code for a second time before you can get in.
8. That's it. Done!
9. Make yourself a nice cup of tea and relax - after this song and dance you will need it. ;-)

I hope this helps someone, or at least gives an idea of the process. It's a bit tortuous but it broadly went off without a hitch for me. Good luck!

Installed on Win7 64x -no problems - just that I ended up on the German site and had to keep in translating until I got to the English site....fortunately I had created an account when I installed HDR2. Anyway, this is a good product - not very intuitive but I would suggest playing with a few images and adjusting them using the tools. It does some pretty amazing adjustments to images and some nice adjustments for play purposes. I used an outdoor scene and adjusted the sky color and the clouds and got some interesting and plain weird/unusual looking images. Give it a try and keep it as useful tool for making images look unusual.

Downloaded the ZIP, extracted and got the Program installing. Clicked INTERNET, filled out but didn't get an EMail. Now what?

I didn't receive my Email with the ID/Key.

If you like fake pictures, this is for you. I prefer natural shades, to express the reality of the moment and the true colors and hues, therefore, will not install it.

Web site is down... https://www.projects-software.com/hdr/hdr-projects-3-professional

downloaded and installed, had to check spam because of a previous giveaway that sent a ridiculous amount of email. Still not the easiest to use, definitely has a learning curve. haven't seen anything very impressive that most freebies can do. Uninstalling mainly because of two reasons. 1:too steep of a learning curve with nothing that I don't already have (that can be done much easier) and 2:they can't even set up their website correctly to prevent theft of information. If a "professional" company can't even get a website right, how good can their software be? Very unimpressed here.

As a slight side note, the addons for Photoshop are also very disappointing and far to easy to replicate

The owner of www.projects-software.com has configured their web site improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this web site.

You can access Franzis website through the program.The pro version include maximum algorithms for preparation and blending of the images AFAIU.Works on XP SP3.A very velcome item for my digital darkroom.Thank you Franzis!

Previous offer of version 3 elements has these features:
6 professional HDR algorithms
40 Presets for masterful images in landscape, nature, monochrome, architecture, surreal and artistic settings
Intelligent optimization assistant for sharpness, tone values, clarity and noise removal
Fully automatic alignment for exposure series taken without a tripod
High end ghost image removal for moving subjects
Supports all current RAW, TIFF and JPEG formats
HDR effects also possible with only one image
Includes scratch and sensor spot corrector

Current offer of Pro version:
13 different HDR algorithms
Individually weight each exposure
Selective exposure and HDR weighting with HDR Painter
Highly precise alignment for crisp exposure series results
Fully automatic high-end ghost image remover – also manually useable in extreme situations
Professional pro-league RAW converter for all RAW formats
81 presets for faster professional results
10 tone mapping calculation algorithms for the most creative freedom possible
72 high-end filters for creative looks and print-ready images
Area corrector for sensor spots

Great product, I got v3 for GOTD previously.

However the link to the homepage does not work and if you search on google and try to access the developers website that was, it no longer exists. So if you want the application grab it now from GOTD as it may be the only way to get it.

Tried adding a "Security Exception" to be able to see the company's website, however, I received an "Error establishing a database connection" for both "www.projects-software.com/hdr/hdr-projects-3-professional" and even for just the "www.projects-software.com" home page.

Then I also received a "404 Not Found" error for "https://www.projects-software.com/hdr/hdr-projects-4". None of their company's links are currently working. Not even their home page!

I already have HDR 3 Pro from GOTD. Is it really different from the one offered today?

On attempting to access the developers website I get the following message:

There is a problem with this website's security certificate!
This can mean that someone is trying to trick you or steal information you send to the server. You should close this website immediately.

I have tried both Edge and Firefox :-(

On attempting to access the developers website (via the link above)I get :

"Your connection is not secure

The owner of www.projects-software.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website."
...... and this on two different machines running two different OS's.

installed easily in Win 8.1 ... I LOVE this companies software! can't wait to play! thanks GOTD and FRANZIS!

BTW this free version 3 is well outdated. The 20 dollar version 4 is also outdated, current version is 5, it sells for an insane price of almost 300 €. I'd like to meet someone, who would not buy Photomatix and still had for 17 months worth of Photoshop + Lightroom subscription from Adobe instead :-D

Already have HDR Projects 3........does anyone know how this Pro version differs & if the differences make it'worth installing

i downloaded the file and its only WIN version in the file and i have mac!

I can't get passed the registration to continue download. No conformation email just password sent.

I tried to visit the publishers site using the link above. I received the following message...

"Your connection is not secure

The owner of www.projects-software.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website."

I am using Firefox 50.1.0 on a Windows 10 Anniversary update laptop. This does not make a good first impression.