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Today, we wrap up the HDR Image that we started last week. As a recap, in Beyond Ordinary HDR, we introduced the idea that HDR isn’t an end in itself, just another tool that ought to be considered part of your photographic workflow – not all of it. Last week, in HDR Techniques: Prepare Now, Avoid Headaches Later, we looked at the many ways of working on your images before taking them into the HDR Merging and Tone Mapping process. |
This week’s video wraps up our treatment of this helicopter image, showing that once the image is Tone Mapped, we still have a lot of work to do to take our image Beyond the Ordinary. Although we’ve used Photomatix in this case, “we’re not done yet!” More HDR goodness to come: next week; we’ll look at even more tricks and tips to help make your HDR images stand out in the crowd.
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Some other posts by Michael Hoffman
- 3D Text Video Animations in Photoshop CS6 (pt. 2)
- 3D Text Video Animations in Photoshop CS6
- Creating Dashed and Dotted Lines in Photoshop
- Type Tips for Photoshop CS6
- Photoshop’s Enhanced Filters in CS6 Beta
- Color Lookup Adjustments with Photoshop CS6 Beta
- Introduction to 3D features in Photoshop CS6 (beta)
- Photoshop Compositing with 3D (Part 2)
- Photoshop Compositing with 3D (Part 1)
- Solids of Revolution with Photoshop CS5 Extended
- Simplify Your Lightroom Interface
- Mixer Brush Tips
About the author
Mike is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and Acrobat, and is well versed in Lightroom and Photoshop Elements, as well as Illustrator and InDesign. He has also contributed his time and efforts to the excellent work being done by Operation Photo Rescue, in restoring photographs damaged by natural disasters. As an active member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, he continues his quest for excellence in art, excellence in design, and excellence in education.
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Good series. In my subjective opinion though, the image you presented prepared by Photoshop’s HDR engine looked better than what you wound up with. By “better”, I mean, more natural-looking and without the obvious “HDR-Look” that you seem to be trying to avoid. When I first saw your finished result in the video thumbnail, I thought the helicopter was chrome-finished. (But it’s actually dark green.)
I appreciated that you worked on chromatic abberations. My first thought was that it is a different topic than HDR and shouldn’t have been covered. But on the other hand, I’ve had more than one HDR image “ruined” (as a finished product) by what would otherwise be acceptable chromatic abberations.
Good stuff.
-Jim
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