What I want,like Wildwasser, is an HDR camera that does this all the time. Once you star making true HDR images (blending exposures), there is no going back as their colours are so much more vivid. This seems to be a pretty intelligent way of bringing those advantages to an LDR image, though I'm never all that happy with the 'posterised' effect of this sort of thing compared to real colours. Who knows- maybe this is better?
Well yes, that's all I really want... but for the time being it doesn't exist! Also, it takes a lot of processing power to do it on the PC, where I also play with many variables to get a good, viewable, 'tone mapped' image (you can see them in some of my videos), which means some waiting for a camera.
I'm sure HDR camera images will come, but in the meantime, there is a choice between making and faking. Actually RAW files are a little better than jpegs here, as they are generally 10-12-bit (jpegs are 8-bit, true HDR's 42-bit) and you can do the 'tone-mapping' with them- a process probably similar to what this program does. Basically, the more 'bits' you have to play with, the smoother such editting looks.
Even then, I am surprised how well newer programs like Adobe Lightroom transform jpegs, correcting the exposure and white balance so smoothly. Software is getting far more intelligent and powerful and after all, the picture itself is an illusion, which is getting increasingly transformable.
WTF, i see nothing special in this software, and definitely not user friendly.
IsraeliXdude 4 years ago
do want
pendelum5 4 years ago
What I want,like Wildwasser, is an HDR camera that does this all the time. Once you star making true HDR images (blending exposures), there is no going back as their colours are so much more vivid. This seems to be a pretty intelligent way of bringing those advantages to an LDR image, though I'm never all that happy with the 'posterised' effect of this sort of thing compared to real colours. Who knows- maybe this is better?
Starfires 4 years ago
Why not just want a HDR camera that dosnt lose any detail at all? True HDR is better then fakeing no?
Then in your paint app you can just choose the exposure for different regions, the software wont have to guess at all.
twdarkflame 4 years ago
Well yes, that's all I really want... but for the time being it doesn't exist! Also, it takes a lot of processing power to do it on the PC, where I also play with many variables to get a good, viewable, 'tone mapped' image (you can see them in some of my videos), which means some waiting for a camera.
Starfires 4 years ago
I'm sure HDR camera images will come, but in the meantime, there is a choice between making and faking. Actually RAW files are a little better than jpegs here, as they are generally 10-12-bit (jpegs are 8-bit, true HDR's 42-bit) and you can do the 'tone-mapping' with them- a process probably similar to what this program does. Basically, the more 'bits' you have to play with, the smoother such editting looks.
Starfires 4 years ago
Even then, I am surprised how well newer programs like Adobe Lightroom transform jpegs, correcting the exposure and white balance so smoothly. Software is getting far more intelligent and powerful and after all, the picture itself is an illusion, which is getting increasingly transformable.
Starfires 4 years ago
awesome... i can't wait till all digital cameras are hdr... i'd rather have hdr than higher resolution??
cool program
wildwasser 4 years ago
huh!?!?!?!?!
NinjasLikeCheese 4 years ago
you dont know shit twdarkflame
katshimi 4 years ago
Well, what else is it?
Its just copying regions from one area to another.
Adding HDR support dosnt make it something fundimentaly different.
You can tell this most when looking at the brick wall example. Its *exactly* as if an artist has just cloned a region over.
The green and blue thing, meanwhile, is just cloneing with perspective correction.
Ignore the hype and look what its DOING, its nothing.
Good easy to use tools for amataurs, but profesionals arnt going to be impressed here.
twdarkflame 4 years ago
Its just a glorified clone brush basicaly. Good for casual users I guess but nothing amazing. (unlike, say, Photosynth).
twdarkflame 4 years ago
stop talking out youur arse you uneducated noob
jingham06 4 years ago
wonder if paul is involved with this???
iancamarillo 4 years ago
This isn't commercial software,
researchDOTmicrosoftDOTcom/users/kunzhou/
brechtsmets 4 years ago
woh. where can you get this?
milapse 4 years ago
my thoughts exactly Jay. I wonder what the system requirements are!
dsuggitt 4 years ago
Pretty neat!
olmen375 4 years ago
That is really amazing. Talk about a "smart" bit of software!! :)
gootheory 4 years ago
i fail to see the different in most of those images
Aleck79 4 years ago
Simply awesome !
Cedrass 4 years ago
WOW.
ZoltanG 4 years ago