Real vs Pseudo HDR: Editing tips

http://dombowerphoto.blogspot.com/2012/01/hdr-vs-pseudo-hdr.html
This is how to edit your single raw file and how close you can get to an edited 3 raw hdr image

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• adobe lightroom
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[alanemail11]

@Dombowerphoto You should really learn more about the difference between exposure and brightness. Exposure will adjust the midrange more. Brightness will adjust the entire exposure evenly. The difference is a bit like vibrance vs saturation. If you had of made 3 virtual copies with different brightness levels instead of exposure levels, you may have got the sky in the pseudo HDR looking like the real HDR. Try it.

[Dombowerphoto]

@alanemail11 wrong go double check what you just wrote.... and maybe something like lightroom for dummies

[Dombowerphoto]

@alanemail11 check it when you said brightness will change the exposure..... no that would be the exposure adjustment slide.

[alanemail11]

@Dombowerphoto Ok, how would you explain the difference between exposure and brightness? They have similar effects but use different algorithms. Exposure uses a similar algorithm to setting the white point in PS so clips easier. Brightness adjusts luminance. A great video explanation is Lightroom Exposure Vs Brightness by @cwaynefox PS. don't judge a book by its cover

[Dombowerphoto]

@alanemail11 exactly how you said it but swap brightness and exposure. Cwaynefox explains it perfectly. Changing the EXPOSURE SLIDER changes the image as if you changed the EXPOSURE in camera. Changing the brightness maintains detail in the brights and darks, the luminance. It lets the blacks and whites stay black and white but the other tones to be adjusted. TO put i super simply Exposure slider changes exposure, brigness changes the luminance of the whole image and does its best

[Dombowerphoto]

@alanemail11 to preserve the black and white point. Obviously this is not evenly.

annoyingly there is a difference between lightroom and photoshop in terms of how they calculate exposure and brightness settings, so here we are just talking about lightroom

[ginostamaria]

Dom looks like you like you 5d more than your d700..?

[Dombowerphoto]

@Adiobe all from one raw file?

[handsomelok]

@handsomelok I meant I couldn't

[handsomelok]

it is called Single Raw HDR Photoshop ... search it I can post a link in a comment box for some reasons

[gemmek3]

doubleclick the slider to set it to default (zero), lots faster then moving them manualy ;-)

[MichaelGteam]

Nicely done. Love your channel. I was thinking if you played a little more with the exposure meter change amount, instead of picking the arbitrary number 1.5, could you pull out a bit more detail from the sky. Just my thoughts. Ciao

[lighto999]

Love the sky in the full HDR one, love the foreground in the Pseudo HDR one. mayb try stitching?

[maimepunha]

what is the software you use to make Pseudo HDR. It looked very easy and less time consuming.

[mjohn196]

hey Dom. What did you use to make your intro?

[thisisnik]

I edited a boring ass training video with the same music as your intro.. I like your videos but I feel a weird vomit feeling in my stomach when watch the beginnings

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