Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
To gain practice, you can optionally create the 11 remaining HDR images by
merging each sequential set of 3 images from the
Panoramic Photo Shoot
folder
to HDR images using the My HDR preset, or you can use the sample files pro-
vided for the section “Working With Panoramas” later in this chapter.
Applying hdR toning to A single Image
If you don't have a camera that can manually vary shutter speed for bracketing,
you can create a faux HDR image with the HDR Toning adjustment. Although
it doesn't actually increase the dynamic range (so burned-out or underexposed
areas still lack detail), HDR Toning can give your photos the popular hyperreal
HDR look
. In the following steps you will adjust a single exposure to look like it
is almost an HDR image.
IMG_2242.jpg
is available on
the topic's
downloads page.
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1.
Open
IMG_2242.jpg
from this chapter's
Panoramic Photo Shoot
folder (it's the middle exposure in Figure 14.1, earlier in this chapter).
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2.
Choose Image a Adjustments a HDR Toning. Select Photorealistic
High Contrast from the Preset drop-down in the HDR Toning dialog
box as a starting point.
hdr toning works
only on flattened
images.
3.
To improve the look of the image in the HDR Toning dialog box, set
Gamma to 0.50, Exposure to +1.00, and Detail to +100%. and select
Smooth Edges (see Figure 14.6).
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presets saved in
Merge to hdr pro
are available in
hdr toning and
vice versa.
FIGURe 14.6
Adjusting the sliders
in the HDR Toning dialog box