April 20, 2011 by Mike Wong • 2 Comments
Brian Matiash, our curriculum and education manager has put together a new set of PhotoTools 2.6 presets that are designed to enhance your HDR images. Here is an example of just one of the new presets.
Original image before PhotoTools. Image copyright Brian Matiash
After image using "Dude with Preset" preset. Four other presets are included. Image copyright Brian Matiash.
You can download the PhotoTools 2.6 HDR Preset Expansion Pack II here.
We've put together a quick video tutorial showing how you can import these presets into PhotoTools, as well as share your existing presets with other PhotoTools users.
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October 6, 2010 by Mike Wong • 3 Comments
Last week, we posted the recorded version of one of our most popular and well attended webinars - Creating UrbEx & Grunge HDR with Brian Matiash (watch it in the onOne University). There were so many questions from the audience that we couldn't get to all of them in the webinar, but Brian was kind enough to take some time this week and answer the ones we didn't get to during the presentation.
All questions listed below are the exact questions that were typed into our webinar room. I may have edited a comment or two for spelling, capitalization or punctuation, but other than that, these are the questions that were asked. I've added some context in brackets to make it more clear to those who may have missed the webinar or don't remember the questions. All questions were answered personally by Brian, so please be sure to thank him!
41 questions answered after the jump.
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September 30, 2010 by Mike Wong • Comments Off
Recently, we had our most popular and highest attended webinar yet. Brian Matiash, a good friend and amazing photographer, did a one hour webinar that showed how he uses PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition to enhance and stylize his HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography and images.
Earlier this week, I posted the recorded webinar to the onOne University so if you missed it or just want to watch it again, head over there now and you can watch it for free.
We're still working on getting all of the questions that were asked answered and when we do, we'll post them here on the blog. Thanks to all of you who attended and thank you also to our good friends over at X-Rite for co-sponsoring the webinar with Brian.
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.
May 2, 2009 by Mike Wong • Comments Off
I'm down in South-Central Oregon this weekend visiting family and came across this store on the Oregon-California border (Hwy 395 for those of you in the area). I've seen it before, but this time was prepared to photograph it with HDR in mind. I haven't done much HDR before but here's my first attempt. I'm sure that there are some things I could do better with this, but for now, here's what I've done.
