Processing HDR photos with PhotoTools
August 28, 2010 by Mike Wong • 1 Comment
One could argue that processing your HDR photos AFTER they have been aligned, merged and tone-mapped by your HDR software of choice be it Photoshop CS5, Photomatix or any of the other HDR programs out there. In fact, photographer Brian Matiash (who is extremely skilled at HDR photography) says this in an installment of his HDR Best Practices guides.
To prove his point, he's started a new series in this blog called Behind the Curtain, where he shows you the tone mapped HDR image and the final image after post-processing. One of his keys to success in his post work is PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition. Brian has found a variety of effects that he really enjoys using to create his signature style and in this series he shares what those effects are. Take a look at his work (it's amazing) as it is sure to inspire you (it has me) to go out and shoot more and see just how far you can push PhotoTools.
So be sure to take a look at the first installment of Behind the Curtain - The Royal Clipper. It's amazing to see the before and after shots here.
Hi, I have the onone suite 5 software. Can I process HDR images with this software? If so, how?
Thank so much for your help.
-Tim
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