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This page is a directory to all kinds of software with HDR capabilities. They are grouped by common tasks, and sorted in alphabetical order. Most of them have a more elaborate introduction in the HDRI Handbook , and the most interesting ones are featured in tutorials. The rating on this page, however, is not just mine. It's based on popularity, and according to the community approach you're invited to put in your vote!
It is a big pleasure for me to announce that Luminance HDR won the award as May 2012 Sourceforge Project of the Month . It is an honour for us to win this award, that has been given to absolutely brilliant projects for the last 10 years . And it is also a good occasion to talk a bit more in detail on what is going on in Luminance HDR. I would like to start by saying my appreciation for the work made by Daniel and Franco: they are both seriously skilled developers and they compensate my lack of time by carrying on the development. It is all thanks to their work that we have a new beta version to play with after such a short time from the release of the 2.2.1 : if you are curious to test the latest progress, we will appreciate any kind of feedback.
Luminance HDR
From PanoTools.org Wiki Certainly one of the most interesting upcoming technologies for photographers is High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI), allowing work with the full real world levels of illumination. While standard image formats utilizes 8 or 16 bits with applied gamma and color space, the HDR image format extends the bit depth up to 96bit in a linear color space.
HDR Software overview - PanoTools.org Wiki
Our step-by-step guide teaches you how to navigate the most popular HDR programs, including one you may already have at your fingertips. Have you ever seen a landscape or cityscape that looked hyper-realistic, or even fantastical -- a shot with amazing detail in the shadows, midtones, and highlights all at the same time? It may have been perfect shooting conditions in the field, with a graduated neutral density filter or some other filter stacking combo, or maybe it was painstakingly crafted in Photoshop with tons of dodging and burning and layer masking.
How to Create High Dynamic Range Images | Popular Photography
High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is the process of taking several images at different shutter speeds and combining them into a single photo that contains no washed out or underexposed areas. The result is a surreal, almost too perfectly lit photograph that contains a high level of detail throughout the image. Photoshop has a built-in HDR photo merging tool which produces some incredible results without too much effort. The image above, from Ryan McGinnis’ excellent Photoshop HDR tutorial, is pretty surreal.
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HDR Photography HowTo and Link Roundup | Creation Robot
After reading about HDR , I decided to do a bit more research into HDR photography before I try it out. I’m going to be expanding this as I go along so check back for updates. So here are a few basics: You need a Digital SLR that you can manually set exposure on, mine’s a Canon EOS 300D. A guide to the 300D can be found here . You can do this with SLRs but why bother, just get a DSLR. You need a tripod as the camera has to stay still between shots.HDR photography software & plugin for Lightroom, Aperture & Photoshop - Tone Mapping, Exposure Fusion & High Dynamic Range Imaging for photography
Photomatix has all the features you need for producing HDR images, whether you are looking for a very natural look or the more extreme styles. The workflow is logical and easy to follow especially using the Lightroom integration. Andrew Williams, Advanced Photographer, Feb 2011
It is estimated that our eye can see over a dynamic range of nearly 24 f-stops while a digital camera can capture a dynamic range around 6 to 9 f-stops at best. The High Dynamic Range Imaging is a set of techniques that has been developed nearly 20 years ago to overcome the limitations of electronic devices by combining multiple exposures into one great looking image. A High Dynamic Range photography can be created by taking few photos with different exposure, then combining them in the software into a high dynamic file. The last thing is to tone-map the HDR image so we can see it in our screen, print it, post it on the web and enjoy. We created our software to be fun to use, fast and straight forward.
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The High Dynamic Range (HDR) Landscape Photography Tutorial
As a wildlife and landscape photography enthusiast with a couple of years of serious digital shooting under my belt, I do not claim to be an expert with High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging or photography in general. But I have fun in the field, enjoy learning as much as I can about the art and science of photography, and have produced some images that are personally rewarding, as well as enjoyed by others. I currently derive particular satisfaction from working with stitched panoramas taken at sunrise or sunset, printed on roll stock.
You want the accuracy of HDRShop, with all the low-level control to squeeze out the maximum on image quality. But you you also want all the modern convenience features like exposure detection from EXIF data, image alignment and ghost removal? And you want a tone mapper where the final result looks exactly like the preview? Picturenaut is for you. Picturenaut was born in the German photo community. It has been in the works for four years, with consistent improvements according to user feedback.
