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Published: 2007-05-25 21:06:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 25543; Favourites: 322; Downloads: 988
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Tutorial I made for people wanting to learn HDR photography.Please don't use this on other sites without my full permission first!
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help! the photomatix wont open the file, so how do i do this?
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I'll try it, hopefully my girlfriend have CS2. Thanks!
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Thanks a lot for showing this - After almost 3 years its nice to see people are still reading and using this!
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You're welcome! A good, simple tutorial like this, deserves to be used from year to year
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Thanks! I have been "photographin for 2 weeks now 
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Cool, I always wonder how under exposed the pictures should be an how over, like what ranges they should be in. the HDR I've tried comes out really grainy too I guess too high of an ISO>
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Wow thanks for this tut. really helpful. PS CS4 has a HDR merging section too!
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Wow, this looks great. So i can just go outside and take a picture of clouds with my camera and then fix it up in photoshop then?
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Thanks so much for making this easy for amateurs to understand
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oh man thx i was looking for the step by step for ages but never found it.......thx so much this is gonna help me to the fullest
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Thanks a lot! I've been wondering for some time how people have so awesome HDR images and now I finally found out! As I said already, thanks. It's really useful
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Thank you very much. I found this very useful. Now to photograph more!
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No problem! If you need any help just send me a message and i'll help you.
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this is great!! 
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Great tutorial man, can't wait to test it out!
Quick question, though. Could I download Photomatix Basic 1.2 and still be able to do this? I unfortunately just bought a new lens and have no money left for software (even though it's only $99 
Thanks for the tut, man!
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Yeah you can still do it with that. Though some version's leave watermarks.
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It claims freeware, but you never know.
Sweet deal, thanks again, man!
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Thanks a ton.
Can't the whole thing be done in Photomatix though? Or in PS? Is it necessary to have both?
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It can all be done in photomatix, and it can all be done in Photoshop CS2 <<< Take note of the CS2.
However i did some tests generating a HDR of the same set of images using Photoshop and Photomatix and the Photoshop ones came out a bit better, thats why I used it in this example.
But - I've not got CS2 anymore. So all the HDR images about 2 weeks after this tutorial was released we're done totally in Photomatix.
Just depends which one you have, really.
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Why only CS2? CS3 has a automate -> HDR feature.
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It does?
I didn't mention CS3 as I havn't used it yet, so I can't comment on what it does.
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Think so. Don't know why they would take it out...
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dude. that tutorial rocks! But ffs im using Photomatix trial so how i can get rid of those Photomatix watermark's :/?
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If I remember correctly, the Photomatix watermark appears in the bottom corner right? If it does, just take the picture before you do HDR, and make it 50 or so pixels taller, then put the picture at the top and leave a white gap at the bottom. The watermark then goes onto the white gap, then just crop your picture back.
I can't remember if thats Photomatix or not though. Tell me if that works, if not i've got a couple of ideas.
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it appeared in the two place. Above left corner and in the middle. OK I'm gonna try this out.
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Sounds silly, but you could always make a white gap in the center too. Just seperate the image into 2 halfs.
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Hi. The link to this tutorial has been added in the tutorials section of the HDR Club ( link suggested by =CU441ES )
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Thankyou! Thanks to CU441ES too!
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No problem
If you having trouble I'm here to answer questions!
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actually.. yeah, one question. After I convert the files into an HDR in photoshop and save it as a .hdr file and open it in photomatix, the shadows are coloured like, blue... or purple.. why? And even after I've processed the hdr in photomatix, a small amount of the colour in the shadow shows.
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No, because things like this will get you sent to prison. Please don't discuss illegal software on my deviations, Thankyou!
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