How to Make an HDR image with one raw file (dom Bower) Pseudo HDR

[Silvija96]

wait..open up photomatix?..

[9322002898]

WHY DO U NEED A RAW FILE... CANT YOU DO THE SAME THINGS LIKE EXPOSURE AND BRIGHTNESS ADJUST MENT WITH A JPEG... I AM A NOVICE SO PLZ FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE..!!!

[dombower]

@9322002898 the data contained in a jpeg is far less than a raw, your editing and adjustment options are far more restricted with a jpeg. for example a jpeg may be 2mb in size while a raw of the same file can be 25mb. if you want to recover as much as possible then shoot raw, not jpeg

[MikiTheRocker]

@9322002898 If you change exposure and brightness in RAW its same, as if you had changed it on your camera before taking the picture. If you change it in JPEG, computer just counts the difference and makes all pixels for example a little brighter, which isnt even close to RAW quallity

[jh3835]

there is a plugin for lightroom called Enfuse and its free. i used it a few times it works ok. db, can you give your thoughts on it.

[guate6]

@jh3835 Nowhere near as good as photomatix. Photomatix, as of now, is still leading the industry (better than the rest) in my opinion.

[Coraki]

hmm..I really should look into getting Lightroom. It's really not that expensive.

This photo makes me miss Scotland. Is this St. Magnus Cathedral?

Thank you for the tutorial.

[dethmerc]

is there any way to make an HDR image or an image that looks like one with just Lightroom 3?

[matte957]

Thanks!

I don't know how long I've tried to do this with just a single picture..

But you don'r need to edit them before you put the pic in Photomatix. But when I tried I could save it in JPG so; thanks again!

[BossHogGoose]

I am curious is there a good opensource program vs lightroom. I heard blueMarine was good. I think it only works with RAW files

[4oooo]

Thank you for making this tutorial.

One question: What is the difference between importing the raw file directly into Photomatix and first creating 3 tiffs with different exposures as you did? I gave both methods a quick try and the results were quite similar (didn't have a raw image at hand that was really suitable though).

[dombower]

@4oooo dont think you can do it with just one raw file you need 2 or 3... at least that is what i have always done.

[fafancute]

I have a water mark on my image with the photomatrix things. could someone could help me??

[dombower]

buy it and the watermark will not appear on your future images

[Lai829]

really cool!! thanks!!!

[GhostFerret3000]

Although this is beautiful , it really is not showing High Dynamic Range , that you would get from taking three separate photos. I want to try this now , thanks for the idea!

[TheOats]

Would you recommend that i take photos in RAW all the time?

[dombower]

@TheOats no. different situations different needs. different computer processing , different levels of manipulation etc. sunny outside sports no need, being super accurate for weddings etc always use raw.

[TheOats]

Cool thanks :)

Can I ask you one more thing? Should I take pictures in sRGB or Adobe RGB? (What is the difference?)

[dombower]

none

[andycanon1]

@TheOats i'm sure there is a difference between the two. something like sRGB was developed years ago and does'nt hold as many colours as adobe RGB when processing a file.  That may be wrong, but i think i read in a photo mag that if you plan on printing your images its always better to use adobeRGB, but if your only ever post them online then sRGB is fine

[nerdishcouk]

@TheOats Adobe RGB covers a larger colour gamut, and is improved in the green and cyan areas, but personally id shoot sRGB because it was originally developed as a standard colour space that could be used with all computers, software, monitors, etc, so that colours could appear identical across all devices.

[trw1996]

will you write back to me and give me a link to your flickr acount? Thanks. Great video by the way.

[adi13th]

Quote "wikipedia"=> as a reference

[lopezae33]

is photomatix the best way to make an HDR image? how do you make those sort of fake looking images as opposed to what you did here, a more natural or real looking image. can you do a video on that??

[sime1968]

hi dom,

1 quick question at the begining are you using an unprocessed raw image then importing that into lightroom2 or is it an already processed raw image saved as a tiff file that your importing to lightroom.....thanks in advance

[dombower]

no i keep them as raw as they are imported into lightroom (light room trys to edit them for display on the computer) i take out its editing and then save the one image 3 times as tiffs so photo matix can work on them.

If i were using 3 raw images then i would just go straight into photomatix as it can take raw which is great

[sime1968]

thanks for the fast reply dom....here goes the 1st attempt....fingers crossed...keep the reviews and advice coming on here....you got 2 thumbs up from this subscriber.....

[dombower]

wow! cant beat a good 2thumbs!!! made my day!

[eydbii]

Thanks!

Photomatrix is great! But have you heard about Topas Adjust??

[dombower]

yeah seen it and thought it was mental! made some cool images but all gets very samy after a while.

[wildusers2]

thanks a lot

[brt5470]

Very nice, I had heard of people saying they've done HDR with a single RAW. I always assumed it was via fill light and exposure.

I'll definately give this a shot.

[ngasukowe]

cool picture ( i from indonesia)

[timmyguy13]

Very cool, did you buy photomatix or just download it?

[dombower]

you have to download it to buy it.....?

if you dont buy it you can still use it but there is photomatix logo stuck all over your images, but it is a great way to have a go and see if you like it.