I would like to try HDR photography

13 years 4 months ago #8158 by Casey T
Need some help. I would like to try to make one of these HDR photos. I have CS4 now and would like to see about getting some tips on how to make a HDR photo. On older photos, can they be transformed to a HDR image in Photoshop?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ;)

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13 years 4 months ago #8212 by effron

Why so serious?
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13 years 3 months ago #9652 by Scotty
Learn how to layer blend with smart objects.

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13 years 3 months ago #11302 by xmasforall
With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


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13 years 3 months ago #11555 by Stealthy Ninja

Scotty wrote: Learn how to layer blend with smart objects.


Totally, forget all the software crap and do this. :)
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13 years 3 months ago #11560 by Tarb1968
Won't Photomatix do this? I think so.


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13 years 3 months ago #11571 by Stealthy Ninja

Tarb1968 wrote: Won't Photomatix do this? I think so.


Yes, but...

I tried Photomatix back when I was experimenting with HDR and IMHO it's a horrible program that really easily makes a photo suck. IMHO the auto ISO feature in photoshop is better.

IMHO what Scotty said.

BTW HDR is really easy to overdo so be careful.
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13 years 3 months ago #11584 by Scotty

xmasforall wrote: With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


Are you talking about exposure blending with smart objects or going into RAW editor and dragging saturation, contrast, fill light, recovery all the way up and playing with brightness?

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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13 years 3 months ago #11591 by Stealthy Ninja

Scotty wrote:

xmasforall wrote: With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


Are you talking about exposure blending with smart objects or going into RAW editor and dragging saturation, contrast, fill light, recovery all the way up and playing with brightness?


I thought that was called cooking it till it's burnt. ;)
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13 years 3 months ago #11599 by Scotty

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

Scotty wrote:

xmasforall wrote: With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


Are you talking about exposure blending with smart objects or going into RAW editor and dragging saturation, contrast, fill light, recovery all the way up and playing with brightness?


I thought that was called cooking it till it's burnt. ;)


If only steven was here to show us samples.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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13 years 3 months ago #11601 by Stealthy Ninja

Scotty wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

Scotty wrote:

xmasforall wrote: With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


Are you talking about exposure blending with smart objects or going into RAW editor and dragging saturation, contrast, fill light, recovery all the way up and playing with brightness?


I thought that was called cooking it till it's burnt. ;)


If only steven was here to show us samples.


LOL Now he's just show us what he ate for dinner. ;)
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13 years 3 months ago #12218 by crystal

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

Tarb1968 wrote: Won't Photomatix do this? I think so.


Yes, but...

I tried Photomatix back when I was experimenting with HDR and IMHO it's a horrible program that really easily makes a photo suck. IMHO the auto ISO feature in photoshop is better.

IMHO what Scotty said.

BTW HDR is really easy to overdo so be careful.


I have Photomatix. I like it. In the end, it's up to the person on how they post process photos. I use Photomatix for HDR, I also use Photoshop to make a single image into HDR. I also think HDR photos is something people either hate or like. People can either make good HDR photos or truly suck at it. Personally some of mine, I like and some of them...suck. It also depends on the subject.

In photography, the subject can make or break the photo.

Here is a link to my HDR photos.
www.crystalwightman.com/hdrimages

Can you tell which ones are from Photomatix and which ones are from Photoshop?
Overall, what do you think of my HDR photos?

By the way, the above questions are not just direct toward Ninja, but anyone who wants to answer.
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13 years 3 months ago #12219 by crystal

Scotty wrote:

xmasforall wrote: With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


Are you talking about exposure blending with smart objects or going into RAW editor and dragging saturation, contrast, fill light, recovery all the way up and playing with brightness?


In Photoshop CS5 Extended there is an HDR section to create single images into HDR.
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13 years 3 months ago #12413 by Scotty

cwightmanphotos wrote:

Scotty wrote:

xmasforall wrote: With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


Are you talking about exposure blending with smart objects or going into RAW editor and dragging saturation, contrast, fill light, recovery all the way up and playing with brightness?


In Photoshop CS5 Extended there is an HDR section to create single images into HDR.


Yes, but its kind of terrible.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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13 years 3 months ago #12448 by Stealthy Ninja

Scotty wrote:

cwightmanphotos wrote:

Scotty wrote:

xmasforall wrote: With Photoshop CS5 you can use older single photos and create them into HDR.


Are you talking about exposure blending with smart objects or going into RAW editor and dragging saturation, contrast, fill light, recovery all the way up and playing with brightness?


In Photoshop CS5 Extended there is an HDR section to create single images into HDR.


Yes, but its kind of terrible.


IMHO all "auto" HDR stuff is crap... unless you fluke some good setting... then it's a freak-of-photographic-nature.
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