Article by Bill Fritz
Tone mapping HDR creates quite a few anomalies such as magnified image noise, ghosting, and the thing I like to call “grey matter”. What is this grey matter I speak of, where does it come from, and how can we prevent it or fix it?
This is a freshly processed HDR using Photomatix Pro. At a quick glance...
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Article by Bill Fritz
In Adobe Photoshop, blend modes are one of my favorite and most frequently used tools to alter the image quickly and conveniently. In Photoshop CS6 there are a whopping total of 27 blend modes to choose from. Each one has its unique look and purpose. For those of you who are not familiar with the blend...
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Article by Jim Denham
With the sophistication of editing software these days, it’s easy to get caught up in the latest techniques and plug-ins. One of my Christmas gifts was onOne’s Perfect Photo Suite 7 upgrade and for my birthday, the Nik Software bundle from Google. These are some amazing and powerful tools that help keep...
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Article by Dave Morrow
Photoshop and post processing can be a daunting tasks, but there are many ways to make things much easier on yourself & that’s where I come in. Below I have provided some quick and dirty shortcuts and post processing tips to make your everyday workflow much more efficient and add some extra pop to...
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Article written by Justin Brown
If I could give one piece of advice to someone getting started in HDR, it would be to spend time masking source files. Today’s HDR software tools keep getting better, but they still aren’t perfect. There are a few conditions like blinking lights, moving objects, or cloudless blue skies that...
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Article by Chris Smith
Often you’ll encounter a situation where part of the scene looks great in HDR, but the HDR process turns the rest of the image into something out-of-this-world. The grass becomes neon-yellow, the clouds become black, and halos outline your subject against the sky. One way to handle this is to combine the...
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