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The HDR Book: Unlocking the Secrets of High Dynamic Range Photography
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The HDR Book: Unlocking the Secrets of High Dynamic Range Photography

by Rafael Concepcion
June 2011
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 26m
English
Peachpit Press
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Three. Creating a Tone Mapped File

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Which Is the Best HDR Software?

One of the most common questions I’m asked is, “Which is the best software to use for making HDR images?” Many people are surprised when I say “All of them,” as if I were trying to be cagey about sharing what my true favorite is. The fact of the matter is that it’s a lot like listening to someone playing the guitar.

Take B.B. King, for example. B.B. is considered “The King of the Blues.” Listen to “Every Day I Have the Blues” or “The Thrill Is Gone” and you’ll hear a very distinct sound, and that sound is made by his guitar, Lucille—a custom-built Gibson ES-355. Now, listen to ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780132788113Purchase bookWelcome to the image download and video page, where you can download my RAW files for the HDR images we create in the book, the bonus RAW files for the "It's Your Turn" images, and the presets for each image for Photoshop CS5's HDR Pro, Photomatix Pro, and HDR Efex Pro.