HDR workflow tutorial

**Dylan & Marianne** · 29-11-2009, 5:15pm

Hi all! I had a free weekend so I tried to put it to good use by describing what I do with exposure blending and HDR processing in photoshop.
The link to it is here if anyone is interested:
http://everlookphotography.wordpress...flow-tutorial/

and the image that it creates is :

**dbax** · 29-11-2009, 7:26pm

Thanks for this, I know how to do it, but you do it so well! now I'm inspired to have another go at HDR's

**Dylan & Marianne** · 29-11-2009, 7:41pm

thanks david - if there are any suggestions people have,that'd be great - I'd like to incorporate stuff into the tutorial too

**Satine** · 18-12-2009, 11:47am

Thanks for this, don't have time to have a look right now but will defiantely come back to it. I love HDR but haven't had the time to play around with it much. Should have some time over Christmas so will give it a go then.

**Jules** · 18-12-2009, 12:02pm

Excellent tute, thanks Dylan.

**clm738** · 18-12-2009, 1:30pm

Thanks Dylan, will give it a go over Chrissy.

**gcflora** · 18-12-2009, 2:45pm

Great tutorial! Thanks for taking the time to write it and post a link.

**mongo** · 18-12-2009, 5:05pm

thanks Dylan, this is very helpful and Mongo is hard at it taking it all in.

**Dylan & Marianne** · 21-12-2009, 6:36pm

no worries guys - I'll try to do another one sometime on usual workflow too

**Philr** · 21-12-2009, 7:00pm

Thanks for sharing Dylan, I will surely give it a go... we all know your secret now

**geedee** · 25-12-2009, 9:37am

Great Tutorial and link Never really thought of taking the images back to Photoshop and using mask's

**KALBO** · 11-02-2010, 4:26pm

HI. Do I have to shoot RAW for HDR processing? CHeers!

**ricktas** · 11-02-2010, 5:08pm

Originally Posted by KALBO

HI. Do I have to shoot RAW for HDR processing? CHeers!

No you don't, but a RAW file contains a lot more data than a JPG, so the end result can be manipulated and tweaked a lot more, without image quality (IQ) degradation.

**KALBO** · 11-02-2010, 5:17pm

ahhh thanks RICK!!! While we're here... I have just started shooting RAW and yes I can view it using the Canon software. How can I convert and save HDR's from raw photos... so I can post it in forums? DOes that make sense?

**ricktas** · 11-02-2010, 5:25pm

Originally Posted by KALBO

ahhh thanks RICK!!! While we're here... I have just started shooting RAW and yes I can view it using the Canon software. How can I convert and save HDR's from raw photos... so I can post it in forums? DOes that make sense?

You create the HDR from three or more RAW files, it then becomes one HDR file, which you treat the same as any other photo file, process it, resize it, and save it in JPG format to upload to the net.

**KALBO** · 11-02-2010, 5:31pm

Bingo!!! Cheers Rick!

**Dylan & Marianne** · 13-02-2010, 8:01am

Sorry about not checking this thread Kalbo -
Rick's already answered your questions
In terms of some other suggestions

1. Rick is right about RAW being better than jpeg for HDR work
2. You can convert directly from the RAW file to HDR, or you can export it as a TIFF file from the canon software. You should try to shoot these files in threes but even if you have 2 exposures you can run them through photomatix to give it a go.
3. If you export even a single RAW file as a 16 bit TIFF image, you can run the photomatix program to give you a "pseudo HDR" look to your single images if it's suitable.

hope that helps and doesn't confuse the issue more - if it idoes, ignore me!

**beaco** · 24-05-2010, 11:58pm

that waterfall pic is great. Thanks for the tips

**Milbs1** · 27-05-2010, 11:22pm

This is fantastic, I'm new to photography and HDRs and workflows really help to pull ideas together.

**Dylan & Marianne** · 28-05-2010, 11:36am

Thanks beaco, milbs, I'll try to add more to the site when I can

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