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A Complete HDR Workflow

Posted by Richard Harrington on June 18, 2013
Posted in: HDR, Screencast, Technique & Tutorials. Tagged: , , , , , , , .

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I’ve put together a complete lesson on creating High Dynamic Range panoramic photos.  This video tutorial walks you through a few different tools to try out.

I’ll show you how to:

  • Organize multiple HDR photos
  • Use Photoshop’s built-in toolset
  • Use Adobe Camera Raw to pre-process raw files before the merge
  • Align images and reduce noise and ghosting
  • Create a batch process with Photomatix
  • Enhance images with tone maps and fusion
  • Browse preset looks to find a good starting point
  • Choose the right bit depth
  • Repair white balance issues
  • Stitch the panoramic photo with Photomerge
  • Enhance with a Curves adjustment
  • Crop to a finished size
  • Fill in gaps in the photo

This is of course just one way to complete this task.  Feel free to combine my techniques with your own approaches.

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Using Photomerge In Photoshop To Make Wide Angle Photos

Posted by Richard Harrington on January 22, 2013
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In this tutorial I’ll show you how to merge two raw photos to capture a wide photo in a tight space.  You’ll also learn how to match settings between RAW files as well as remove unwanted distortion from the image.

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How To Get The Most Out Of Photoshop’s Photomerge Command

Posted by Richard Harrington on November 23, 2012
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The Auto and the Perspective method offer dramatically different Photomerge results. We stick with Auto for the first attempt.

The Photomerge command offers six different layout options when creating a panoramic photo. Each method interprets the panoramic photos differently.  We often try to run multiple methods to see which produces the best results. A good place to start is Auto, which attempts to align the images but will bend them as needed.

  • Auto: With this method, Photoshop first analyzes your source images.  It then applies either the Perspective, Cylindrical, and Spherical layout option.  Photoshop attempts to choose which method to use that will produce a better Photomerge.
  • Perspective: This method creates a composition by designating one of the source images as the center of the panoramic image.  Photoshop generally picks the middle image, then transforms the other images around it.  Photoshop will stretch and skew images as needed to overlap the layers and blend them together.
  • Cylindrical: The cylindrical layout option works best for creating very wide panoramic images. The source images are overlapped in a way that looks like an unfolded cylinder.
  • Spherical: The spherical option is best suited for 360-degree panoramas.  The images are mapped to the inside of a sphere and can create a seamless image for use in specialty applications like multimedia or animation.
  • Collage: This method only changes rotation or scale in order to overlap the content.
  • Reposition: This method only changes the alignment of images, but does not transform (stretch or skew) any of the source layers.

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