HDR tools - Comparison
March 25, 2008
HDR imaging is becoming more and more popular in digital photography world. The creation of hdri gives a number of challenges to software developers, with merging and tone mapping the most important of them. The versatility of programs gives the user a choice and we are trying to give some guidance as to how to choose properly.
This last article in the series is devoted to comparison of all the reviewed hdr making programs. We shall look at the default results of each of them and compare them using basic quality characteristics such as alignment, ghost artifacts, tonal compression, noise, etc. The illustrations set side by side will speak for themselves in most cases.
Dynamic Photo HDR
March 20, 2008
A production of Multimedia and graphic tools company, Dynamic Photo HDR is a tool for creating and tone-mapping high dynamic range images from a set of differently exposed photos. First thing that draws attention in the program is the interface, different from the usual functional light grey and looking quite stylish with its dark lit diagrams. The main concern of any user though is not the interface but the performance. Let’s see what Dynamic Photo HDR can do. [Read more]
Add color by clever saturation
March 15, 2008
This tutorial shows how to increase saturation of the image combining two saturation techniques and taking the most of both.
Brighten colors selectively
March 14, 2008
This tutorial is about intensifying colors and making the image brigter with the Photoshop Selective colors.
Enhancer
March 13, 2008
Another HDR producing software is Akvis Enhancer. Enhancer works as a “one click”, or, in other words, fully automatic tone mapping tool. All you have to do with Enhancer is load images to the program and, may be, play with the settings afterwards. No intermediate hdr file, no manual alignment pains. Some color postprocessing after and you are done. A quick job.
Lets look at the workflow and the output quality though.
Enhancer has the usual Akvis program interface with a large preview space on the left, navigator and tools on the right panel with quick tips in the bottom.
Changing hair color
March 7, 2008
In this tutorial we will change hair color from dark to light, from chestnut to blond and adjust the model’s appearance to the new hair color, too.