First attempt at HDR
01-26-2009, 02:23 PM
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something i always do when i touch up pictures, even when creating HDR's, is when i first import the images (this is mostly for Photoshop), i make sure i correct the white balance and saturation of the picture(s). then for HDR's, i save em, and use a program made for creating HDR images (because Photoshop is terrible for it), then afterwards, after i save the HDR, i reopen it in Photoshop and recorrect the image's white balance, and saturation.
because the car is green, and theres a lot of grass in the picture, it tends to give the whole picture a greenish hue. you can fix some of that by adjusting the white balance, so the sky (and everything else that isnt green) doesnt appear to have a greenish tint to it.
because the car is green, and theres a lot of grass in the picture, it tends to give the whole picture a greenish hue. you can fix some of that by adjusting the white balance, so the sky (and everything else that isnt green) doesnt appear to have a greenish tint to it.
01-27-2009, 10:53 AM
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I liked the second pic so I played with it a little. While no photo/photoshop guru I like to putz around a bit. Improved contrast, removed some reflections from rear bumper and below Ford logo, highlighted the yellows, removed color from tire and tailpipe, removed little red flowers to right of car, and increased sharpness of tail lights.
01-27-2009, 12:16 PM
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sorry dude but thats not even close! HDR should look similar to these. i dont think im the best at it but yours is far from hdr. you will get better with time and prac. its more then just laying 3 different exposures over each other. you have to play around with gama/white point/ black point/ light smoothing/ micro smoothing. i think the problem with the set you had was that you didnt have an underexposed enough pic. thats why it came out so bright. not trying to be a ***, just giving some constructive criticism. it took me a little bit to figure it all out. its a whole new/different way of post processing.
here are a few of mine.
here are a few of mine.
CAM you do amazing work. cant wait for the spring. hurry up warm weather
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