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Question for photographers
March 17, 2010 - 3:15pm
I have a question for those of you who love to photograph whatever grabs your fancy. I have a lot of pictures that I've taken in different exposures (same subject) and I want to create a nice HDR image.
Does anyone know a good program to use for creating HDR images? Lightroom apparently has the capabilities although there are a lot of steps involved. I'm looking for software that is compatible with Windows 7 64-bit and easy to use re: creating HDR.
Any ideas? Has anyone here done this before?
Photoshop CS3 and CS4 have a wizard that automates the process, so if you have PS then you might want to look there before buying or downloading something else. Mind you, with PS being another Adobe product, there may be just as many steps as with LR. That said, I've used PS to make HDRs, and I don't think there are any steps that another product could skip! You select your source images, input EV values if they weren't captured by your camera, let PS do its voodoo, and then optimize.
Here's a vendor with a pay-2-play product, but also a scaled down freeware version you could try. Watch out for blown out highlights!
Excellent thanks Snert. I have Photoshop 6, will that work?? Do I need a full copy of Photoshop CS3 or 4?
Thank you very much Snert! I'm assuming you are a photographer? I would love to see some of your work if you have a place you put it on the web. I've used Flickr and Deviant Art.
I used to be one, but now I'm what we used to refer to as a photographer "with two Christmases on one roll of film".
I liked that description, but these days people are likely to ask what I mean by a roll of film. I still love talking shop though! :)
What do you mean by Christmas?
I haven't done any HDR photos lately but in the class I took we were using photomatix. Worked well. If you have any other questions ask away, I like talking photography.