March 2008
Beginner
230 pages
7h 45m
English
Content preview from The Digital Photography Companion
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PROCESS HDR IMAGES IN PHOTOSHOP
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When you save your movie, be sure to select “Save as a self-contained movie”
so that all of the assets are included in the file.
Process HDR Images in Photoshop
In Chapter 3, I showed you how to capture a series of photos for later merging into a
single HDR image with Photoshop. Now it’s time to take that raw material and create a
stunning image.
Upload the pictures to your computer. Open Photoshop CS2 or later and go to
File→Automate→Merge to HDR. Click on the Browse button and navigate to your
bracketed images. If you didn’t use a tripod when shooting, select the Attempt to Auto-
matically Align Source Images option. en click OK.
After processing the images, Photoshop displays a preview window of your merged
image. On the left side of the window, you’ll see your source frames with their expo-
sure values listed beneath them. On the right you have a slider that lets you review
the image’s entire dynamic range. Why can’t you see all the tones at once? e Merge
to HDR command creates a 32-bit image—that’s quite a bit more color information
than your 8-bit monitor can display at any one time. e slider lets you view this color
information in degrees. However, the slider is for viewing purposes only. You’re not mak-
ing any changes here.
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