HDR on Photoshop

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Hi, I've seen a few good HDR photos about, and would like to give it a go, but the only photo processing program i have access to is Adobe photoshop.

So.... is it possible to do it on photoshop? If so, has anyone got any tutorials/guides on how to do it?

Thanks,

Dion!
 
PS7 doesn't have the HDR options, that said even CS4 doesn't do a very good job compared to Photomatix, and it's a lot harder to get a decent image out. Wayne
 
I've been trying to do HDR in photoshop CS2 and haven't got anything usable out of it. It doesn't let me use two variations of the same raw file, processed for different exposures as it claims the two files aren't different enough. But when I try to use two different files, they don't line up exactly and even though Photoshop has an option to try to align the images, it fails every time :( I suppose the only way to do it properly is to use the camera on a tripod.

All I was trying to do was a subtle HDR effect to try to get all the dynamic range information out of a raw file into the final image, but Photoshop doesn't seem capable of doing it. I guess I'll try some other route...
 
snowy said:
I've been trying to do HDR in photoshop CS2 and haven't got anything usable out of it. It doesn't let me use two variations of the same raw file, processed for different exposures as it claims the two files aren't different enough. But when I try to use two different files, they don't line up exactly and even though Photoshop has an option to try to align the images, it fails every time :( I suppose the only way to do it properly is to use the camera on a tripod.

All I was trying to do was a subtle HDR effect to try to get all the dynamic range information out of a raw file into the final image, but Photoshop doesn't seem capable of doing it. I guess I'll try some other route...
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What you have to do is select the entire image, copy it and then paste it into a new file. This strips the EXIF data that PS's HDR software relies on to decide the exposure. Do this on all the files you aim to merge and you'll get a better result.

I gave up using the HDR function though - I'm not a fan of HDR anyway and Photomatix is horiffic –*and instead I use layer masks to use selective blending of different exposures to bring out a better use of tonal range.
 
specialman said:
What you have to do is select the entire image, copy it and then paste it into a new file. This strips the EXIF data that PS's HDR software relies on to decide the exposure. Do this on all the files you aim to merge and you'll get a better result.

I gave up using the HDR function though - I'm not a fan of HDR anyway and Photomatix is horiffic –*and instead I use layer masks to use selective blending of different exposures to bring out a better use of tonal range.
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Thanks for the tip - I'll definitely give that a try! I'm not a fan of the overdone HDR stuff you often see, but I like the more subtle effects.
 
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