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- Condottieri, on 10/11/2007, -6/+95Great... Digg is going to get pounded with AMAZING: HDR!!! stories now.
- Beshitehboss, on 10/11/2007, -5/+75You mean :"enhanced with Adobe® Photoshop® software" ... right???
- JonRohan, on 10/11/2007, -8/+77How could you kevin? All those times you SAID it was HDR you were just Faking?! I feel so dirty.
- Elliuotatar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+51I can tell you how to get an HDR look.
If you have an image where you have a really bright sky and/or a really dark foreground, do this in Photoshop:
1. Duplicate image to a second layer.
2. Image->Adjustments->Desaturate second layer. (Make it black and white.)
3. Image->Adjustments->Invert second layer. (Make it a negative.)
4. Do a 64 pixel gaussian blur on the second layer. (Low pass filter. Prevents loss of high frequncy contrast on surfaces.)
5. Set the second layer to soft light.
And voila, bright portions of the image become darker, and dark portions of the image become lighter. And it looks a lot more realistic and better than those crappy HDR images most people put out.
PS:
Use a larger radius, like 128 on the gaussian blur if your images are very high res, and you see light halos around stuff.
PPS:
This also works great for fixing up flash photography images. Kills the highlights, brightens up the background. - rebotfc, on 10/11/2007, -2/+37Sorry but the process sucks, it introduces way too much noise, and gives no real impression of the dynamic range of the photo ( Which is the whole point of HDR in the first place.)
HDR doesnt automatically make an image better and this fake HDR will most likely make your photos look much worse. - Tempest811, on 10/11/2007, -7/+41I think it looks absolutely horrible
- zioxide, on 10/11/2007, -1/+26blah what a crap article.. it talks about HDR as trying to make the picture look like a painting. That's not the point of HDR.
HDR (High Dynamic Range) is all about getting more details into your picture. When you take a regular photo, the mid areas have all of the detail but all of the dark spots and bright spots are washed out. You take pictures at higher and lower exposure to get details in the darker and lighter areas, then merge them to HDR so you can get all of the detail in the original photo.
Also, giving a crap photo a "fake HDR look" isn't going to make it any better, its still going to be a crap photo with a fake HDR look. - rudy23, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27First the crappy HDR links. Now stories about fake HDR's. I can forsee HDR threads with the camps going shopped, fake, real real.
- nesibus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19I think faking HDRI is pointless....you have to get the dynamic range or there is no point in even calling it an HDRI, you are not going to make detail appear in the dark shadows if the information is not in the jpg file, thats why you have to take a slower shutter speed snap..... specially if you are going to use it in software like 3D studio or any other HDRI supported graphic software.
- raynar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15here's my above mentioned action. You have to wait about 20 seconds for it to start downloading. Also here's my readme.
link to file
http://www.bigupload.com/d=7F982C52
Readme.txt
Here's how to use the action:
*Install it (X:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS2PresetsPhotoshop Actions
*Open Photoshop
*On the actions tab on the right, click the '>', and load 'HDR'
*Open up your original image that you want to convert
*On the 'HDR' folder on the right, click 'Make 5 images' and then click PLAY
*Sit back
*When prompted, choose files 1.jpg-5.jpg
*For the first image, set the EV to 2, and click the '>'
*For the second, set the EV to -2, and click the '>'
*For the third, set the EV to -1, and click the '>'
*For the fourth, set the EV to 0, and click the '>'
*For the fifth, set the EV to 1, and click the '>'
*Click the again (this saves changes for the last selection
*Click ok, and save the image that is created
*You now have your BASE HDR image with all of details, tweak for color correction now.
The End - dnthomps, on 10/11/2007, -4/+18Yes, but K Rose submitted it...
// sigh - FortyCaliber, on 10/11/2007, -5/+181. that dog shot is great: cute puppy aside... it follows rules of third, fits the golden ratio and makes great use of natural framing through the fence. Well done.
2. Your desk... is boring. I'm sorry it is. Go to Ikea... get a table-top desk setup Like the "Galant" selections. They are modular, clean, and adjustable.
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeamsSearch?storeId=12&langId=-1&categoryId=null&catalogId=10103&searchType=product&pageNumber=-1&orderBy=score&random=&query=galant&category=1%7EProducts
3. Your speakers. Your monitor needs to be arm's length away, at least... but not to far. This is now th ditance for your speakers. Your center should be above the monitor and the FL and FR should be the same distance from you as the center at no more than 30 deg from your position. Your RL and RR speakers should be the same distance as your other speakers at no more than 110 deg from your position. Most computer 5.1 systems set the rear speakers to the same volume as the front. You should set the rear speakers to -3dB. The rear speakers should also be turned toward each other.
I don't want to be critical but that desk scremned for my attention.
Oh yeah, What lens is that? - troseph, on 11/01/2007, -1/+13HDR: "how to overcook your crappy pictures"
- yonah, on 10/11/2007, -4/+15Thanks for adding my page Kevin, you´re the only one who could get *that* on the front page. I will send you the check within a week.
- TheWalkingDude, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Between this and the new topics added today (see below), I'm wondering when Digg will add a picture section.
http://digg.com/tech_news/Digg_Adds_New_Topics - venicerocco, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Not fake, just sloppy.
- manogamez, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5HDR is not really meant to produce artistic looking photographs. It's meant to give more dynamic range to photographs allowing them to show areas that would over/under exposed if shot in a normal photograph.
- br0ken1128, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I just tried both methods out, and I have to say.. yours looked WAY better.. post a page and digg it ;)
@Elliuotatar (#6676661) said: "I can tell you how to get an HDR look.
If you have an image where you have a really bright sky and/or a really dark foreground, do this in Photoshop:
1. Duplicate image to a second layer.
2. Image->Adjustments->Desaturate second layer. (Make it black and white.)
3. Image->Adjustments->Invert second layer. (Make it a negative.)
4. Do a 64 pixel gaussian blur on the second layer. (Low pass filter. Prevents loss of high frequncy contrast on surfaces.)
5. Set the second layer to soft light.
And voila, bright portions of the image become darker, and dark portions of the image become lighter. And it looks a lot more realistic and better than those crappy HDR images most people put out.
PS:
Use a larger radius, like 128 on the gaussian blur if your images are very high res, and you see light halos around stuff.
PPS:
This also works great for fixing up flash photography images. Kills the highlights, brightens up the background.
" - maffiou, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Yep, Agreed.
This only adds the defects of tone mapping to a standard image. There is more to HDR than this. - OBKenobi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4[quote]Great... Digg is going to get pounded with AMAZING: HDR!!! stories now.[/quote]
What, you mean we haven't been already? There was a lull in HDR stories for a couple months, but I guess they're back. Awaiting:
"Amazing HDR panorama of Pueblo Colorado"
and
"A photo of a bald man eating a sandwich, IN AMAZING HDR!!!"
Don't even think about submitting that bald man photo. I know there are a couple of you thinking "Hmmmm.... " - OBKenobi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4You mean fake AND sloppy.
- Farticus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3It looks like crap, then again so do a lot of true HDR photos because people let the method dictate the message. The sooner this fad dies off the better.
I fart at your HDR!! - OBKenobi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Yes, that's true. But Diggers are, you know... not so smart sometimes. I fear this "HDR" madness will continue.
- abxy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Take about 10 minutes to learn what high-dynamic-range images are and how they work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
- MtnXfreerider, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3The last step colorize picture into red tones. Click on red marked icon and select from menu gradient map. This layer adjustment tools modify image colors according to defined gradient. There is a model gradient at the right border of picture. Load selection from layer mask of layer "light", invert it (select > invert) and click on add layer mask icon. Set up interaction of layer "colorize" to Hard light and finaly set opacity to 72%.
You wasted my time.. that step at the near end doesnt make sense. - polyGone, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Except it is lacking the vast amount of information I would need for lighting in Max or Maya. Hrrrmpppphhh.
- shuffle2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3this isn't even "fake" HDR. someone finally realized how to use PS, good for them,....too bad their photos look like *****
- LionFlight, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2It's an effect thats used pretty often on DVD's, CD covers, etc. - Has a great style/ look. Thanks for the tutorial!
- resplence, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2That looks nothing like HDR. It's more like some half-assed, a scanner darkly/cartoon-ish thing.
- santacruz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3HOWTO: Fake like you actually took a decent photo.
- NitrousFlare, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I think the original looks better.
- skyfire1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It looks beautiful. Reminds me of old VGA sierra games. Goddamnit, now I have to download Dosbox.
- PathDaemon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1gxcdesign, I challenge your desk!!
Here's my own. And it's an ACTUAL HDR, no *****. Assembled from four exposures with manual conversion to 8-bit color.
EDIT: IKEA desk, bed, monitor stands, lights... and all t3h interneet technology I've gotten my hands on for the last number of years.
http://external.pathdaemon.com/pathdesk.jpg - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1This looked good, but I got halfway through it when I realized the tutorial author has no grasp of the English language. What the ***** am I supposed to do, again?
Does anybody have a well-written tutorial? - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2You can't "add less credibility." To add anything would be an improvement.
- therightclique, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4no one cares man. that's not what this is about.
- FortyCaliber, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That's the JERKER... that was my first desk.
I have a GALANT now.
I still have the JERKER in storage It survived 3 moved and is still going strong.
I have that trash can.
Hang your robe up.
Two words: Cable Organization
Two more words: General Organization
When did this thread become a "Post your Desk" thread? - OsiVert, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Exactly. HDR is more for when there is a high contrast in which your camera won't be able to pick up the details of either the bright or the dark areas. This is more like making the colors more saturated. I have seen that most of the good HDR pics are those in dark areas or at night, where more detail is picked up because of low shutter speeds.
- dragon76, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3It doesn't look like HDR at all. At the minimal it looks like a stylised video game.
- yoshevvchoshev, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The point of using HDR sources for your images is to increase the detail visible in highly contrasting areas of photographs. Instead of an setting sun making the building in front of it look black, for instance, your photographs should look more like human eyesight perceives images: every part is properly exposed, so you can see both the bright glowing sun in the background, and the details and nuances on the front of the building.
For some reason, most people who post HDR images on sites like Flickr instead make their images look like the one in this tutorial - with surreal, unnatural colors (perhaps some of them in fact use tweaks instead of real HDR sources). But the whole point is to make things look more natural, not painfully distorted! By doing what's described here, you defeat the main benefit of HDR.
Examples --
Good HDR photos: http://flickr.com/photos/photomagister/212236583 , http://flickr.com/photos/emmedibi/412315816/
Really bad HDR: http://flickr.com/photos/kros/152399612/
I don't know if the bizarre color schemes in "HDR" photos are the product of poor software, or inexperienced users of that software, but HDR photography has a long way to go. - wedges, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1and this stuff doesn't even look close to HDR, to boot
- IHOLDMYPOOPIN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It would be nice if this was in English.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Heres a NON fake one with a tutorial further down in the thread.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=20459094
Regards, - iamthenoise, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1pretty good design element tutorial, but as for HDR? this ain't it.
- FortyCaliber, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I dugg that.
Well done. Simple and straightforward and brings out the tones in everything...
Just a note... experiment with different gaussian settings for taste. - showpig, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Bad fad. It actually results in an apparent lessening of dynamic range by bringing disparate values closer together. Our eyes don't see that way, which is why most of these HDr images look suspiciously weird.
- Twoodge, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The shadow / highlight tool can create a pretty convincing effect as long as your extremes aren't clipped. The first picture in the article really was overkill; just too indulgent.
- kevyn, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1
Besides, isn't that too much work for a Photoshop action? Actions are supposed to be automated. - agreed. - nesibus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2HDRI is/was originally for 3D computer graphic software to add realism to light probes in the scene setups. Somewhere along the lines it grew into its own photography style and not many people even know its origins. over at renderosity you can find many graphics based off HDRI, outside of photography it gets very complex to set it up for 3D renders.
- ackza, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1yuck
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