HDR Question

[Tito87]

I'm trying to learn how to do HDR images, but I'm a little confused. I think I'm following the tutorial, but something is happening that I don't understand. I open the 3 different exposures in ACR; I do the normal adjustments there; I open the 3 images in Photoshop CS5,but when I try to do the Merge to HDR, I get a little notice telling me there's an error- and the images won't merge. What can I do? Thanks.

[Izzy]

First - never adjust anything before merging them (at least that is the school I adhere to). I don't adjust things until the merge is done. If you are a little off on the WB it will be all goofy. Not sure if your adjustments are causing the errors but it certainly could be.

[Tito87]

Originally Posted by Izzy

First - never adjust anything before merging them (at least that is the school I adhere to). I don't adjust things until the merge is done. If you are a little off on the WB it will be all goofy. Not sure if your adjustments are causing the errors but it certainly could be.

Thanks, Izzy. When I open the images, they go straight to ACR. Should I just send them right to Photoshop, without touching any of the sliders? Appreciate your input.

[SwissJon]

Izzy is right.. don't make any adjustments until after the merge.. The merge process will often cancel out a lot of the adjustments, and you might well make the merge process less effective.

Open Photoshop without opening any files, click on file>Automate>Merge to HDR pro and then select your files from there..

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by Tito87

Thanks, Izzy. When I open the images, they go straight to ACR. Should I just send them right to Photoshop, without touching any of the sliders? Appreciate your input.

Not sure really as I dont use PS for my HDRs. I use photomatix or artizen

[Tito87]

Thank you, guys. I'll give it another try, see what happens.