Creating an HDR

[Gary.D]

Ok guys.
I have shot some pictures in RAW today.
I chose to mess around with one I didnt like and tried to make an HDR.

So I opened it in Digital Photo Professional and it look like this:

I then changed the brightness to -50 and got this:

And then lastly I changed the original pictures brightness to +50 which looked like this:

Is this the correct way of getting my 3 different shots to create a HDR?
If not how should I go about it?
Thank you very much
Gary

 

[theMusicMan]

Not really Gary I'm afraid.

The ideal method is to take 3 or 5 shots auto bracketed at -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 EV and them use an HDR tool such as Photomatix or HDR within Photoshop - to tonemap them.

If you only have the single image, you need to create 2 additional files by adjusting the exposure setting (not the brightness settings). Once you have the three images, then once again use Photomatix or another HDR app to generate your tonemapped image.

 

[petemc]

http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr-guide

 

[andrewc]

you really need to create the separate images in camera for the best effect and maximum dynamic range.

Have you read petemc's guide?

 

[markp]

Not really.

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=hdr+guide

 

[Gary.D]

Ok so I have my RAW file, but I cant find how to change the exposure setting on the canon programme DIGITAL PHOTO PROFESSIONAL
thanks Gary

 

[GarynLea]

If you're creating the three images from one original, then it is possible but you will be limited to the detail captured in that original image. If you use exposure bracketting in camera and take three seperate images (-2, 0, +2), then you will get the detail from all three images (hopefully)

 

[scraggs]

its at the top of the adjustments panel, you cant miss it.
Or perhaps you can

 

[Gary.D]

its at the top of the adjustments panel, you cant miss it.
Or perhaps you can

The adjustment panels on mine are:

RAW image adjustment, which is not able to click on any of the settings
and then RGB image adjustment, which I can click on

Thanks Gary

 

[Hawker]

Try using the tool palatte, use the slider on there and save it three times, or use ZoomBrowser (the other bit of free software).

 

[Gary.D]

Try using the tool palatte, use the slider on there and save it three times, or use ZoomBrowser (the other bit of free software).

Use what slider though.
Last time I changed the brightness slider.
Thanks
Gary

 

[petemc]

Exposure slider.

 

[Gary.D]

On the tool pallet there isn't an exposure slider on mine anyway.
I have:
* Brightness
* Contrast
* Colour tone
* Colour saturation
* Sharpness

Thanks
Gary

 

[Hawker]

Brighness +2, 0 amd -2.

 

[scraggs]

If you can't select the raw adjustment then are you sure you shot in raw ?

 

[Hawker]

If you can't select the raw adjustment then are you sure you shot in raw ?

He probably has, I've just checked on mine and it won't let you alter brghtness on jpeg but will on a CR2 file

 

[scraggs]

He probably has, I've just checked on mine and it won't let you alter brghtness on jpeg but will on a CR2 file

Thats odd cause I can alter the brightness of a jpg in my DPP

 

[Hawker]

Strange then? I'm running version 3.4. To be honest I don't use DPP, I the only canon software I use is ZoomBrowser and that's only to convert the RAW's, then after that it's down the usual photoshop route.

 

[AndyB]

you can alter the brightness of both RAW and JPG but it's in a different window. However if you can't click on anything in the RAW window then you haven't got a RAW image and working HDR from JPGs probably isn't going to give you very good results

 

[Gary.D]

They should be RAW as well as JPEG
because on my camera
under quality I chose L + RAW

 

[chilliz]

They should be RAW as well as JPEG
because on my camera
under quality I chose L + RAW

You will have 2 versions of the same image then, 1 RAW and 1 jpeg. I have an EOS 450D so pretty similar and one has the file ext .jpg and the RAW has .CR2.