HDR software

[Liz]

Just wondering what was the most popular software here is for HDR processing.

I havent got PS.

I know there are a couple of freebies out there, but my laptop/Win7 doesnt like them.

Tried to DL Picturenaut (doesnt seem to unzip properly) and FDRTools Basic (DL Ok but wont open, even using the compatibility option of XP) .

[gary]

Hi Liz,

I have used Photomatix by HDRsoft for many years -
http://www.hdrsoft.com/

[Liz]

Thanks Gary, yes, it seems pretty popular and not hugely priced at $99 therabouts. May purchase it.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Everytime someone makes an HDR picture, a baby kitten dies.

Please, think of the kittens.

This has been a PSA by the anti-HDR alliance.



H

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Maybe try Luminance HDR, used to be called QTFPSGUI or something like that. Free, cross platform (Win, Mac, Linux). Used it a while ago, but have steered away from using HDR.

If you end up paying for one, you might look at Oloneo. Looks like it has some very cool features, like the "re-light" option. Haven't used it but seen demos.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Everytime someone makes an HDR picture, a baby kitten dies.

Please, think of the kittens.

This has been a PSA by the anti-HDR alliance.



H

LOL I was going to post something like "H will be along shortly with a PSA", knowing that it would come. And you beat me to it. LOL.

[gary]

Originally Posted by Liz

Thanks Gary, yes, it seems pretty popular and not hugely priced at $99 therabouts. May purchase it.

Hi Liz,

Highly recommended and it is very reasonably priced.
The graphical interface has plenty of sliders one can play with to create the effect that
you like the most.

One of my images attached.

[gary]

The call has gone out to the RSPCA, the judge has issued a court order and they will
be knocking on H's door some time in the early hours of the morning.

Exhibit A, your Honour.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...&highlight=HDR

[bahoogas (James)]

Originally Posted by gary

The call has gone out to the RSPCA, the judge has issued a court order and they will
be knocking on H's door some time in the early hours of the morning.

Exhibit A, your Honour.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...&highlight=HDR

Guilty!

[iceman (Mike)]

I like Photomatix - the new version is tonnes better than the previous.

Exposure Fusion is much better than Tone Mapping in most circumstances, especially in low light.

[Liz]

thankyou all Have DL the trail version of Photomatix - its the full version, but just has a watermark on the finished product.

Sorry H, I knoiw you dont like them, but I reckon there is a time and place for a HDR image. Long live little kittens.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Everytime someone makes an HDR picture, a baby kitten dies.

Please, think of the kittens.

This has been a PSA by the anti-HDR alliance.



H

Go your hardest on HDR software ladies and gentlemen.
Baby kittens grow into native bird killers we have 11 in our street and they are killing off all off all of the native birds around us. Someone left the neighborhood and left a couple of cats behind. And they bred.

Adrian

[Octane (Humayun)]

Oh, yeah, Gary. Long time ago. I am reformed.

You could say I have climbed out of the HDR Hole.

H

[gary]

Originally Posted by Octane

Oh, yeah, Gary. Long time ago. I am reformed.

You could say I have climbed out of the HDR Hole.

H

Hi H,

An artist has to be careful when they get that sense of reform.

There are a terrific couple of self-deprecating lines in the 1980 film,
Stardust Memories, where comedian Woody Allen has encountered some
highly intelligent aliens who are visiting Earth and from whom he now hopes
to seek the answers to the meaning of life.

Woody Allen asks, ""Look, here's my point, if nothing lasts, why am I bothering to
make films or do anything for that matter?"

And the aliens reply, "We enjoy your films - particularly the early funny ones".

[Octane (Humayun)]

Haha, I like it.

More power to HDR people.

H

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Please clarify something for me is HDR done from settings on the camera or is it created from the software being mentioned

[iceman (Mike)]

Either or both

You can do it from a single exposure, but it's better to take 3 bracketed exposures (-2/0/+2) and create a single HDR exposure using the software.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Troy...

H

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Either or both

You can do it from a single exposure, but it's better to take 3 bracketed exposures (-2/0/+2) and create a single HDR exposure using the software.

Thanks Mike,

I must be learning about photography I actually understood what you meant. Would it be like combining images in layers using gimp

[Octane (Humayun)]

Warren,

Yes, exactly. However, and, this is the penultimate point: you, as the processor, have complete control via masks, which layers you wish to show through, at varying opacities. With HDR software, there is no such control. That is, unless you mix your HDR image as a layer over your original data. But, then, what's the point?

H