Comments on: Comparison of HDR Techniques

By: kgarrison

kgarrison — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:30:14 +0000

RAW will give you more range than a jpeg but yes, you can use jpegs and get amazing images.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:04:00 +0000

Hi. Do you need to use RAW when doing HDR? Or, can you use JPG files and achieve stunning results?

By: kgarrison

kgarrison — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:30:14 +0000

RAW will give you more range than a jpeg but yes, you can use jpegs and get amazing images.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:04:00 +0000

Hi. Do you need to use RAW when doing HDR? Or, can you use JPG files and achieve stunning results?

By: Urs

Urs — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:40:55 +0000

thanks for that. it makes sense.
urs

By: kgarrison

kgarrison — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:33:34 +0000

Since your pano stiching software is going to output 8 bit jpegs they arent going to be the best source material for HDR's so I would expect the best results would be to do the HDR's first and then stich those files together.

By: Urs

Urs — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:45:31 +0000

Thanks for the interesting input. I am learning a lot. Here is my outstanding question:
To do an HDR/Panorama I would shoot a series of bracketed images for the left side of the panorama , followed by a series for the next slot towards the right, followed by the same more over to the right, etc. until the panorama coverage has been achieved. Now in post-processing is it better to combine each set of HDR input images first and then stich the pano together or is it the other way around?

By: zat

zat — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:28:13 +0000

u have to use tonemapping plugins for Photoshop or else u wont see the HDR effect..

By: PiX

PiX — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:47:13 +0000

You forgotten qtpfsgui ( http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/ )

By: Anonymous

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By: SZRimaging

SZRimaging — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:27:42 +0000

Go read a book on HDR. Forget the name, but there is a reall good one out there. Photoshop has an insane amount of power in HDR, you just need to learn how to work in 32-bit mode. I find that using Photoshop (CS3) and Photomatix together gives you the best results.

By: MikeG

MikeG — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:18:15 +0000

Tank you for that – most useful. You might also try the Dynamic Photo HDR application ; it is rather good and I find a lot easier to get good results from than photomatix.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:27:42 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:18:15 +0000

Tank you for that – most useful. You might also try the Dynamic Photo HDR application ; it is rather good and I find a lot easier to get good results from than photomatix.