June 2011
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 26m
English
Overview
HDR photography is one of the most popular styles of digital
photography. The ability to turn images from natural scenes to
works of art—whether surrealistic or simply enhanced with HDR
techniques—is becoming the staple of the photographer and
graphic artist.
In The HDR Book, HDR and Photoshop Guru Rafael "RC"
Concepcion (of The Photoshop Guys) focuses on processing the image,
as well as what happens after an image is processed. It's no secret
that there's a bit of Photoshop knowledge required to make an HDR
image—and work with plug-ins, such as Nik and Photomatix
too—and RC doesn't hold anything back to make sure all
readers understand what they need to know about everything involved
in the post-production process to make a really great HDR image. RC
teaches from start to finish what needs to be done in terms of
color correction, layer adjustment, sharpening, cloning, special
filters, tonemapping, and more.
Throughout the The HDR Book, RC also interviews pioneering
HDR experts (such as Trey Ratcliff, Moose Peterson, Michael
Steighner, and others) sharing their insights and work.
The HDR Book will include access to all of the RAW images
used in the chapters, in addition to presets for each image (for
both Photomatix and Nik HDR Efex Pro). Also included are two video
lessons showing the processing of two HDR images from start to
finish.
With a couple of plug-ins, some technique, and a little bit of
Photoshop, all readers will be able to create stunning HDR
images!
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