RAW + Grad

[Rich Lee]

does anyone know of a software app that will let me use grads to adjust the exposure of a RAW file?

i want to basicly be able to do graduated ND filter work inside software, and since RAW files have such an amazing range i figure this would be a great way to do it.

[Digigenic]

Hey Rich,
I'm not aware of a stand alone app or third party plug-in that allows that particular type of RAW processing, but as a possible work-around, my initital inclination would be to take the same shot at several different exposures and then pull them through PSCS2's HDR processing.
If you only have one original file to work from, then you might be able to process the same file in ACR with two or three exposure variations and output the different exposures as .PSDs and then go to HDR processing with them.
I'm sure someone else may chime in with a better solution.
Man, if only every camera had a fuji S3 sensor in it, we wouldn't have to sweat this kind of stuff.