I’ve found the ultimate Protools plug-in – a virtual HDRI (high dynamic range imaging) filter. The one I’ve been playing with turns this:

into this, with the touch of a button.

The plug-in is called ReDynamix by Mediachance. There may be other, better ones. I haven’t really looked, but I can’t seem to stop playing with it.
I will post more experiments after I get the hang of this.
Tags: arts, new toys, photography, photoshop, redynamix