SurfPark
05-22-2006, 05:15 AM
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm
Ok, so I checked out this link and wasn't sure what "high dynamic range" actually meant, but noticed the page gave a great explanation. In a nutshell, it means the range of tonal quality within a photo. As most of you know, Photoshop is the Swiss Army Knife of our trade. We use it for photos, and could probably use it for all of our jobs...if we were trapped on a desert island and could only have one app. ;)
Anyway, check out the tutorial. Its kind of interesting that it talks about applying the over and underexposed versions of a photo into one composite photo in order to capture the big range of light that a normal camera cannot. I thought it might be enough to do the levels adjustment, but the technique describes how it can bring out a lot of light within a range of light. The end photos look great. I'm going to give this one a shot and see how it turns out.
Update: Sorry I forgot to mention this, but this is for CS2 only, as its the only version with the HDR tool in it.
Ok, so I checked out this link and wasn't sure what "high dynamic range" actually meant, but noticed the page gave a great explanation. In a nutshell, it means the range of tonal quality within a photo. As most of you know, Photoshop is the Swiss Army Knife of our trade. We use it for photos, and could probably use it for all of our jobs...if we were trapped on a desert island and could only have one app. ;)
Anyway, check out the tutorial. Its kind of interesting that it talks about applying the over and underexposed versions of a photo into one composite photo in order to capture the big range of light that a normal camera cannot. I thought it might be enough to do the levels adjustment, but the technique describes how it can bring out a lot of light within a range of light. The end photos look great. I'm going to give this one a shot and see how it turns out.
Update: Sorry I forgot to mention this, but this is for CS2 only, as its the only version with the HDR tool in it.