Hdr, What Is Easiest / Best

[Bard]

I am in a dilemma as I finally got used to Photoshop CS 4 and tried some HDR there, it works but simple it is not to get great results. So I was considering Photomatix or Hydra, anyone has any experience with both? Or some experience with one of them they would like to share.

[Serpico]

I am in a dilemma as I finally got used to Photoshop CS 4 and tried some HDR there, it works but simple it is not to get great results. So I was considering Photomatix or Hydra, anyone has any experience with both? Or some experience with one of them they would like to share.

Scott Kelby, the Photoshop guy likes Photomatix.

[Kan Win]

I am in a dilemma as I finally got used to Photoshop CS 4 and tried some HDR there, it works but simple it is not to get great results. So I was considering Photomatix or Hydra, anyone has any experience with both? Or some experience with one of them they would like to share.

Hi 'Bard',

I do not use 'Photoshop' so no help there.

I use http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Photomatix-Pro-32-t281763.html

and then for some photo of Photomatix and others

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Fabianfred-H...ge-t272081.html

I find that with the new version of Photomatix 3.2.0 it is much easier to use as you do have the 'Exposure Fusion' that does NOT require RAW photos any more.

Have a look, only a few $ less than Photoshop CS 4

I use ACDSee Pro 2.50 btw and it is easy

Yours truly,

Win from Kan

[filingaccount]

There is a crude way of emulating "HDR" in most images.

If this is what you are looking for and are interested I can show you how. Please PM me.

Left side is original photo, right side is the pseudo HDR.

[Bard]

I'm really most keen on true HDR to get the full tonal mapping and learn it first before I get the grips on the pseudo technique, it is possible to do it in Photoshop CS4 however it's pretty time consuming and fiddly yet. So I was very keen on photomatix but then on NAPP homepage I read a brilliant review for the Hydra HDR. But I see photomatix is what most people and how2's are all about.

Checked out the homepage for photomatix and it looks like the standalone version is the way to go. Thanks a lot for the link a lot of amazing images there, wow... I am tempted to test the Aperture plugin tho to avoid import to Aperture, out in standalone, out back to Aperture over to PS ... But I see the plugin is missing some of the functions... I'll try it out first and see.

I truly love CS4 it is so much easier to use than the previous versions, but as Scott Kelby writes still not there yet for HDR so Photomatix seems to be the way to go... Hmm think I check out the plugin first to see how I'll do.

Also thanks for the offer on pseudo HDR, I might take you up on it later, want to get the technique on the "real" HDR first then go further, one step at the time lengthens the joy of learning new things.

[Pooklook]

Bard I think You and I have the same camera. This is one of my shots from

yesterday as the wife and I were walking around MBK.

Handheld ISO 1000, 3 shot burst +2.0, 0 , -2.0

Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2

Plugins are available for Lightroom and Photoshop.

When you run them in Adobe environment it can slow your machine down.

[Bard]

Hmm so the standalone is the way to go then?

[Pooklook]

Bard I believe Pseudo HDR is still best done with CS4. I have did 6 part 400 MB tiffs.......

You can change so many things before you put them in the CS4 digital blender

It would be great to show if the internet in LOS were fast enough.

As far as HDR Photomatix Pro 3.2 is growing on me.

I have a couple of printers with CIS (continious ink supply) and my own Matt cutter

and frames so I do a lot of that stuff in my spare time. HDR in Photomatix can create

a highly marketable product. CS4 pseudo is also highly marketable because you can

revisit some of your favorite shots from days gone by and enhance the look.

[Bard]

Hmm wish I could maybe meet up and see how to do it and what the settings really do with HDR as this is groundbreaking stuff for me, never been doing it before.

I can understand that photoshop is really nice to use as it's so easy to go back and do what you want later on, remove or add layers and everything. But I am not comfortable with HDR in photoshop at all.

Same camera, do you also find that shooting (non HDR) it's better to shoot in -0.7 ev and if that is a tad to dark just lighten it after than shooting in 0 ev? Or is this just me?

[Pooklook]

Hmm wish I could maybe meet up and see how to do it and what the settings really do with HDR as this is groundbreaking stuff for me, never been doing it before.

I can understand that photoshop is really nice to use as it's so easy to go back and do what you want later on, remove or add layers and everything. But I am not comfortable with HDR in photoshop at all.

Same camera, do you also find that shooting (non HDR) it's better to shoot in -0.7 ev and if that is a tad to dark just lighten it after than shooting in 0 ev? Or is this just me?

You know the original intent of multiple incremental exposures was to come away with the

perfect shot and now that HDR is the rage many cameras don’t have the range or number of

exposures needed to do justice to HDR. Im sure future firmware updates of our camera

will address this. By the way make sure you go to the Canon website and get the latest

firmware update. Just PM me before you will be around Bangkok, It’ll be great to meet

you and talk shop. My wife will be the one with the camera, she has the passion and

her own unique style.

[Bard]

Sounds like a plan, I'll PM you when I get up there take my missus and can have a dinner (making the missus happy) and have some shop talk.

I'll take you up on it.

Cheers for that.

Bard

[Tywais]

If you haven't had a chance to look at the pinned topic there is a section with references to HDR including software here > What is HDR? .

[Pooklook]

If you haven't had a chance to look at the pinned topic there is a section with references to HDR including software here > What is HDR? .

I followed the 35 fantastic HDR photos link. Wow. Makes you want to do HDR 24/7.

One of the challanges of digital photograhy these days is storage space....now the

problem is growing quicker with all these photos waiting to be processed to HDR.

One of my friends in the states has a 10TB RAID setup. A thing of beauty.

[Bard]

Great link, very informative thanks a lot.

Those 35 images just reinforced my desire to get out there and just do HDR of everything to see how it looks like.

Agreed the photography eats drive space like never before...