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You are most welcome :) I hope it is helpful to you!

It was useful, and well written. I am now hunting for a photo-processing standalone program. It is unfortunate so many are charging monthly fees and require internet connection to play with pictures.

Yes, I find that super annoying. I use photomatix pro 5 for hdr and it is standalone, and I don't know if you can still get lightroom 4 anywhere but that version (though older now) is standalone and still an excellent photo-processing tool.