Anyone have a Tutorial for HDR images?????

[JMS1980]

I really enjoy looking at HDR images. I have read up on how to create them, but it's alittle different everytime I read an article! I can't find anything on Tone Mapping, or understanding it. I downloaded Picturenaut for free, but I have Photomatrix (free trial) and I have no clue what to do with either of them. I just wanted to know if there was anyone out there willing to type out a step by step tutorial on creating and tone mapping HDR images. I would SO appreciate it:-)

[Gulpa]

Here is a link to a Photomatix tutorial I really liked:

http://beforethecoffee.wordpress.com...atix-tutorial/

[JMS1980]

Thank you!! That was quite helpful:-)

[sdphil]

here is one I liked
http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Photograp...R-Photos.99216

[JMS1980]

Thank you sdphil! That was great and very informative. I can't wait to try it out:-)

[JMS1980]

Question.....I have just been starting to shoot in RAW format. I usually shoot in JPEG, because it is much easier for me and I really just wanna get photography and lighting down before I move on to image quality and high tech. technique. I have been shooting my series of pictures in jpeg format and combiding them together for my HDR image. Is this ok? I was reading something that gave me the impression that maybe I should be shooting in RAW instead. Is that just a preference, or is that a necessity when creating an HDR image? I was assuming that if you shot in RAW you would have to create a TIFF or JPEG anyway before combinding the images, so I just shot in jpeg. Is this ok?

[Robographer]

The software i use is Dynamic Photo HDR.
They also have a Manual online which is very helpful.
You can also create fake HDR to any photo or use it as an editor for underexposed photos.
Example:



Robert

[digirebelva]

Originally Posted by JMS1980

I was assuming that if you shot in RAW you would have to create a TIFF or JPEG anyway before combinding the images, so I just shot in jpeg. Is this ok?

The 3 HDR programs I have tried will work with native raw images directly, no need to convert to tiff or jpeg first.

[TW0R]

Yeah you can use jpegs and tiffs and it will still work, but its always better to shoot in raw because you can mess with it afterwards.

[JMS1980]

Robographer, thanks a million! I recieved everything you sent me Thank you everyone for all the advice, every little bit helps