HDR Photography With Photoshop CS5
Tutorial Details
- Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Estimated Completion Time: 14 Minutes
Final Product What You'll Be Creating
Most of you have probably seen HDR photography before – even if you didn’t realize it at the time. HDR stands for high dynamic range and is a technique used to combine photographs taken under various exposures to produce an effect that is often quite beautiful. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to shoot and edit HDR photographs in Photoshop. We will discuss what bracketing means and how to shoot multiple exposures and then merge them together into one HDR image with the HDR Pro option in Photoshop CS5. We will also talk about the faux HDR effect called HDR toning for which you only need a single exposure but it still creates a very believable HDR effect. Let’s get started!
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thanks martin all your tutorials is great
Muy interesante, gracias por el tuto.
Some of us don’t have a nice camera to shoot these kind of pictures. Can you guys do a tutorial on how to fake HDR? I’ve seen a lot, some with 2 or 3 steps and some others with several pages of info. But I’d like to see one from Tuts+
very nice
thanks
how i convert psd to html ?
pls send article for me to my email ….
Dear Martin
Excellent Tutorial – like always. I can’t wait to work with those great skills I’ve learned just right now!
Wow! its amaizing check it out
It,s a great way to learn Photoshop
It,s more enjoyable and effective.
Creative & very effective for background design
I can’t find the HDR Pro in the menus, only time I get the dialogue box is if I change the color mode to 32bit/channel and when I revert back to 16 or 8 bit/channel the dialogue box opens. I do have CS5!!!
Please help!
Hello Martin!
Thanks for a nice and clear tutorial! If I may add some personal thoughts about HDR:
-always shoot in RAW for wide tonal range
-HDR will boost noise level so bare in mind that the ISO should be on the lowest possible level unless You’re shooting at night
-try not to shoot in very bright light conditions
-don’t use automatic white ballance because it might differ between shots and that could spoil the colors
-look for contrasty subjects for HDR, where there are some shadows and lights
-wooden, stone, brick and metal (also rusty) subjects are just a few fool-proof examples
-Adobe’s programmers are doing great work from version to version but HDR module in Photoshop CS5 is not perfect; You should also try the great HDR EFFEX PRO and PHOTOMATIX, which are great for HDR and work together with Photoshop
-try to combine photos in Photoshop and export them as 32 bit Radiance file and open them in Photomatix and/or HDR Effex Pro
Have fun!
Very helpful tutorial. I’ve messed around with the HDR feature in Photoshop before but this clearly explains it.
wow.. verry2 beautifull,… i like that..,
I listened to a series of your tuts in this site and just wanted to thank you. I do not know why but even an infant can grasp every single thing you say the very first time you say it in the video. You are a great teacher. Keep doing more tuts for us. Thanks a lot again!
that is too nice guys.hope 2 catch up too,still learning.
This is a great tutorail, but can you make another tutorial that is not on video? i’d prefer that
I love HDR photography. You seem to be able to achieve very atmospheric effects with it. I like the way that you can fake a similar effect in photoshop too.