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1. on page 28 for more information about setting image export options Presets Tab Preferences General 4 Export a Batch 6 Presets 9 Recipes O Performance x Tint Operation Preset Tint New preset Tint New preset Tint New preset2 Tint Grayscale Tint Nory Tint Sepia Tint Lavender rose Tint Gold Tint Azure Tint Baby blue Tint Camouflage green F Resize 10 1 10 F Resize 20 1 5 WF Resize 25 1 4 F Resize 33 1 3 Resize 50 1 2 F Resize 67 2 3 The Presets tab of the Preferences window lets you delete import and export HDR Expose presets Select one or more presets by clicking them You may click and drag to select multiple presets Import presets from another HDR Expose installation by clicking the Import button and then selecting the file to import Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 29 unified COLOR TIFF HDR Expose lets you set the following TIF export options Bits per pixel Use the pull down menu to specify 8 16 or 32 bits per pixel Higher bit settings increase color depth but also increase file size Embed ICC profile Checking the Embed ICC Pro file checkbox embeds the selected color profile in the exported image Click the Browse button to open an operating system dialog box that lets you navigate to your desired color profile Batch Tab Preferences General 4 Export Batch O Presets 9 Recipes O Performance x Tint Batch process
2. 52656157 Table of Contents continued Applying Presets Creating Presets ccc ese e eee eeees Working with Presets RECIPES tasceniwsdedbdadeieieiiesiasrshecssncs Loading a Recipe Using a Recipe sv cscwedecivdacetoiwecedseees Clearing Loaded Recipes Creating a Recipe 6 666666666666666 eee eee End User License Agreement 63 HDR Expose License Agreement il Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Getting Started Unified Color Technologies LLC offers the only HDR applica tions that unlock the full range of vibrant colors visible to the human eye by allowing you to create and work with High Dynamic Range HDR images HDR Expose uses Uni fied Color Technologies patented Beyond RGB color model which gives you complete control over the colors and brightness in your images and can also merge multiple images to create truly stunning results Colors and bright ness are processed on separate channels meaning that you can adjust colors without affecting image brightness and vice versa Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 unified COLOR O landscapes and high contrast scenes don t always match what you actually saw when you took the picture High Dynamic Range HDR imaging expands the range of exposures far beyond the limits of conve
3. 0 00 h 0 00 Highlight Recovery Color Temperature Tint images that have overblown highlights Moving the slider to the right increases the amount of highlight recovery 3 If desired specify a color temperature by checking the Color Temperature checkbox and then either using the Color Temperature slider or entering your desired temperature in the Color Temperature field Moving the slider to the right makes the image look cooler and moving it to the left makes the image look warmer 4 If desired adjust the image tint using the Tint slider 5 Click Apply to adjust the white balance Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 39 6 Click the Execute button to perform the batch processing Images will be saved according to the preferences you selected in the Batch tab of the Prefer ences window which is described in Batch Tab on page 29 The Manual White Balance Dialog White balance adjustments correct for the lighting conditions when the shot was taken and simulate the eye s natural chro matic adaptation process whereby the eye adjusts its color perception to correct for different lighting The Manual White Balance dialog appears when you specify Manual white balance in the Merge to HDR window while perform ing a custom or batch merge To manually apply white balance corrections to the merged images 1 Use the Source Color eyedropper to select a point on the image tha
4. HDR Images on page 34 for more about merging images CTRL B Lets you apply a recipe to multiple images Please see Batch Processing on page 38 for more about batch processing ALT F4 Exits HDR Expose You are prompted to save any unsaved changes CTRL C Copies the current image to the Windows Clipboard CTRL V Pastes the Windows Clipboard contents to the current image CTRL Opens the Preferences window which allows you set various HDR Expose options Please see Preferences Window on page 27 for more about the Preferences window HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR PC Keyboard Shortcuts continued I Opens the White Balance tool which is described in White Balance on page 55 S Opens the Shadow Highlight tool which is described in Shadow Highlight on page 51 C Opens the Crop tool which is described in Crop on page 43 B Opens the Free Rotate tool which is described in Rotate on page 41 N Opens the Noise Elimination tool which is described in Noise Elimination on page 47 M Opens the Dynamic Range Mapping tool which is described in Dynamic Range Mapping on page 59 22 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose unified COLOR Keyboard Shortcuts Mac 3 B Lets you apply a recipe to multiple images Please see Batch Processing on page 38 for more about bat
5. Threshold slider or field Larger values increase the amount of noise reduction but may obscure fine details Click Apply to reduce the image noise This operation may take a few minutes to complete Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 6 10 48 Using HDR Expose 0 unified COLOR Brightness Contrast BrightnessiContrast d Brightness Contrast power 7 Keep local contrast Local contrast power Radius Reduce halo artifact None V Preview Local Local contrast adjusts the con trast of smaller image details This func tion is similar to the detail contrast or micro contrast settings available in other imaging applications Use local contrast to emphasize details relative to each other using the same radius rela tive to the overall image size Adjust local contrast using the Local contrast power slider Global and local contrast are typically recip rocal values Increasing global contrast reduces local contrast and vice versa This allows HDR Expose to compensate for con trast changes made at either the global or local level You can disable this feature by un checking the Keep local contrast checkbox To adjust image brightness and contrast 1 Click the Brightness Contrast tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Brightness Contrast window ook 2010 9 Unified Color LLC All sigh ts reserved 49 Brightness channel Dynamic range
6. Visit Homepage Selecting Help gt Visit Homepage launches your default web browser and takes you to the HDR Expose Features page Provide feedback Selecting Help gt Provide feedback launches your default browser and takes you the HDR 1 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose HDR Image Tools Panel 15 HOR image Tools negam Brightne ur CORTINA To undock the panel click and drag the top edge You can place the panel any where on the screen including on a separate monitor if your system has multiple monitors To dock the panel click and drag the top edge to the upper left or upper right side of the HDR Expose window A colored box appears when the panel is in a dockable position Brightness Histogram The Brightness Histogram displays the image brightness channel in EV units f stops The highlighted range monitor Zone shows you the brightness range visi ble under normal conditions The Monitor Zone moves as you adjust the display brightness The OEV point indicates the point of maxi mum brightness that the monitor can dis play When the display brightness is set to 0 values below OEV indicate the brightness levels in your monitor s range down to 8EV Values above OEV indicate values beyond the ability of your monitor to display overly bright pixels Values below 8EV are too dark to appear on your monitor Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LL
7. W Batch Merge HDR images E IMc_0012 JPG E IrishBar_24mpx_AdobeRGB t Batch Process Images with Recipes Merging HDR Images Merging several bracketed images captures all of the details visible to the human eye thereby enhancing the HDR image by preventing the blow outs or clipping that can occur when using a single image In general most HDR images require three bracketed exposures of the same scene 2f stop normal f stop and 2f stop Most cameras can take three bracketed exposures refer to your camera s documentation for instructions Some situations particularly those with varying light and contrast may require as many as five to seven images or even more with a wider range of exposures and or with narrower EV gaps between each exposure After merging HDR Expose 1 0 Selecting Images There are four ways to add images for editing in HDR Expose Creating merging a new HDR image Opens the Merge to HDR window with the Custom Merge tab selected which lets you merge multiple images to form a single HDR image You can also press CTRL H PC e Batch HDR Merge Opens the Merge to HDR window with the Batch merge tab selected which lets you merge multiple sets of images to form a series of HDR image Batch processing Applies a recipe to your selected images You can also press CTRL B PC or 3 B Mac Opening an existing image Opens an existing normal or HDR image for editing You can also pr
8. a new Height value when you change the image Width and vice versa Clearing this checkbox lets you specify and horizon tal and vertical size you like which may distort the image horizontally and or vertically 4 Enter your desired values in the Height and or Width fields Resizing the image results in an image with X and Y pixel 42 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose Crop Crop Free Select Width x Height 0 e Aspect Ratio 3 2 Incorrect input Checking the Anchors checkbox in the Crop window displays draggable anchor points on the sides and in the corners of the cropping area The Cropping tool also displays the num ber of selected megapixels in the Mpx field Free Selection To crop your image using free selection 1 Click the Crop tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Crop window 2 Select Free Select in the pull down menu 3 Click and drag the mouse over the image to select your cropping area If you make a mistake either repeat the click and drag to create a new cropping area or click anywhere inside the crop ping areas to drag it around the image You may also resize the cropping area unified Cropping an image removes unwanted portions of that image HDR Expose dims the image when you select this option and your selected cropping area appears at nor mal brightness This gives you a visual indi cation of the area of your im
9. all copies of the Software and of copies made by you is vested in UCT subject to the rights of use granted to you in this Software License Agreement As between you and UCT all image files that are loaded or modified by you via your utilization of the Software in accordance with its Documentation and the terms of this Software License Agreement are your property c Reverse Engineering You may not under any circum stances modify and or reverse engineer decompile disas semble or otherwise attempt to discover the compiled source code of the Software To ensure a safe installation to the user UCT prohibits distributors from modifying the installation process or obligating the user to install third party software along with HDR Expose The installation file 6 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved End User License Agreement HDR Expose License Agreement continued 4 LIMITED TRANSFER RIGHTS Notwithstanding the foregoing you may transfer all your rights to use the Software to another person or legal entity provided that a you also transfer each of this Software License Agreement the Software and all other software or hardware bundled or pre installed with the Software including all copies updates and prior versions and all cop ies of font software converted into other formats to such person or entity b you retain no copies including backups and copies stored on a computer and c the receiv
10. click the Add Images button and navigate to the desired image s You may add mul tiple images by pressing CTRL PC or 38 Mac while selecting the images to add All of the selected images appear under the selected recipe Note If you add an image by mistake clear the checkbox next to that image to skip it during batch processing 5 Continue adding images and or folders to recipes by repeating Steps 2 4 as needed HDR Expose 1 0 Selecting Images continued Batch Processing Batch processing applies a recipe a stored series of actions to multiple images at once ensuring absolutely consistent results while also saving you time In general you should only batch images that are very similar in terms of bright ness and color content such as different shots of the same scene Applying the same recipe to images that do not share common brightness and or contrast information can yield unexpected results Please see Recipes on page 61 for more about recipes Batch Processing E Dynamic Range Mapping Highlights Priority B User recipe 8 User recipe B user recipe E New Recipe Cancel Execute The Batch Processing window is where you add images for batch processing You can open this window by 3 8 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified Using HDR Expose COLOR Selecting Images continued White Balance Manual Source Color 7 Target Color cC
11. color gamut available in current display technology by selecting how HDR Expose should map color or brightness information that exceeds your display s capabilities to the available color gamut The available options are Perceptual Saturation Relative Colorimetric and Absolute Colorimetric Load Color Profile Selecting Load Color Profile opens a window that lets you load a color profile for the display you are currently using Selecting the Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 9 unified COLOR Zoom Slider 10 Clicking and dragging the Zoom slider zooms your image in right or out left Zoom In Button 11 Clicking the Zoom In button zooms in closer to your image Zoom to Fit Button 12 Clicking the Zoom to Fit but ton zooms in or out until your entire image fits within the HDR Expose window Zoom Percent Display 13 Displays the level of zoom currently applied to the image you are working on Resize Handle 14 Clicking and dragging the Resize handle lets you adjust the size of the HDR Expose win dow HDR Expose 1 0 Status Bar continued Bright Point Eyedropper 3 The Bright Point eye dropper lets you select the brightest spot in your image HDR Expose will adjust your image to make the selected spot appear as the brightest spot on your monitor This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness
12. load multiple color models and switch between them as described above Clear List Selecting Clear List unloads the color model s you loaded Tint Menu 2 The Tint menu lets you view your image with a tint filters applied Selecting a tint filter converts your image display data to grayscale and then adds your desired tint This only affects how the image appears on your screen it does not affect the actual image data You will have the option whether to apply the tint to the image itself when you save or export the image The available default tint filters are None Grayscale Ivory Sepia Lavender Rose Gold Azure Baby Blue and Camouflage Green You may create new tint filters using the Tint tab of the Preferences window Please see Tint Tab on page 31 for more information about creating tint filters 6048x4032 24 3 Mpx unified COLOR The Status Bar displays your image size in pixels and cur rent zoom level It also has several controls that let you cus tomize the image display without affecting the image itself From left to right the controls are Choose Color Profile Menu 1 The Choose Color Pro file menu lets you select the display color model Your available options are Color Models The Color Profile menu displays a list of the color profile s you have loaded Select your desired color model by clicking it Rendering Intent The Rendering Intent option helps you compensate for the limited
13. on page 59 2 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified Navigating HDR Expose COLOR Mouse Shortcuts HDR Expose includes two mouse shortcuts Double click Double clicking the mouse toggles Fullscreen mode on and off Scroll wheel Rotating the mouse scroll wheel zooms in and out of your image Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 2 5 unified COLOR O HDR Expose 1 0 Sliders and Fields Many HDR Expose tools include both sliders and fields for a given setting such as Brightness or Highlight Power To use sliders you may Click and drag the slider to set the desired value Click a spot on the slider track to jump the slider to that spot or Double click to reset the slider to its default position Hover the mouse cursor over a field to see the minimum and maximum allowable values for that field Adjusting a slider changes the value in the associated field You may also enter numerical values directly in the field itself by clicking the field and using the numeric keypad Many fields let you make adjustments beyond the slider limitations For example the Brightness slider can make adjustments between 5f stops the Brightness EV field can make adjustments between 20f stops Manually entering a value in a field also turns off the image preview Check the Preview checkbox to apply the adjust ments you just made 26 Copyright 2010 by U
14. save any unsaved changes 3 O Lets you open a single file in HDR Expose S Saves the current image SHIFT 3 S Lets you save the current image under a new filename and or folder 36 W Closes the current image without exiting HDR Expose You are prompted to save any unsaved changes H Opens the Merge to HDR window which lets you merge multiple images into a single HDR image Please see Creating Merging HDR Images on page 34 for more about merging images HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR Mac Keyboard Shortcuts continued E Opens the Sharpness tool which is described in Sharpness on page 53 R Opens the Resize tool which is described in Resize on page 42 T Opens the Color Tuning tool which is described in Color Tuning on page 57 U Opens the Saturation tool which is described in Saturation on page 54 I Opens the White Balance tool which is described in White Balance on page 55 S Opens the Shadow Highlight tool which is described in Shadow Highlight on page 51 C Opens the Crop tool which is described in Crop on page 43 B Opens the Brightness Contrast tool which is described in Noise Elimination on page 47 N Opens the Noise Elimination tool which is described in Noise Elimination on page 47 M Opens the Dynamic Range Mapping tool which is described in Dynamic Range Mapping
15. tion window 2 Use the Color Tone Equalizer sliders and or fields to adjust the saturation for each of the six color channels Values above 1 increase the saturation of the selected color channel values below 1 decrease the saturation for the selected color channel I Preview BLURRED ORIGINAL SHARPENED 5 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose White Balance White Balance v Source Color 7 Target Color c 0 h 0 Color Temperature WB Mode Standard v CLOUDY PRESET 2 Select the white balance mode using the WB Mode pull down menu The Standard option corresponds to the standard CIE CAM Bradford algorithm You may also select the Unified Color algorithm which will not change the brightness levels in your image Select the Unified Color algorithm when per forming non white adjustments 3 Use the Source Color eyedropper to select a point on the image that will be made white according to the D65 white point standard All other colors in the image will be adjusted accordingly If you are performing a non white adjust ment select the desired non white tone that you will then correct using the Gamut control 4 The Gamut control is where you select the exact target color by left clicking the desired color You can zoom the color gamut in and out for fine adjust Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 5 5 Q unified
16. to adjust the veiling glare For most images setting the black point produces the best results To do this find a spot in your image that you know should be black Zooming into this spot usually reveals a whitish haze which is the actual veiling glare Setting this spot as your black BLACK POINT Q unified Veiling Glare is a type of lens glare that reduces image contrast It appears as a whitish haze over the image and is a partic ular problem in HDR images because of the multiplying effect of merging multiple shots Atmospheric haze can also reduce the contrast and detail of any image The HDR Expose Veiling Glare tool can remove this haze or even add additional haze depending on your needs You can also use this tool to obtain very deep blacks espe cially for night shots To adjust the level of veiling glare in the image 1 Click the Veiling Glare tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Veiling Glare window 2 The default base point setting is the point of minimum brightness You may use either the eyedropper or the Base point slider to set your desired base point in the image ORIGINAL Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 4 5 unified COLOR O HDR Expose 1 0 Veiling Glare continued point and then setting the amount at or near 100 makes the selected spot go completely black and also makes your image colors more vivid The very deep blacks produced by this t
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18. 0 unified ADI COLOR HDR Expose 1 0 User Manual HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR Trademark Copyright Information Copyright 2010 by United Color Technologies LLC All rights reserved Unified Color Technologies BeyondRGB and HDR Expose are trademarks of Unified Color Inc All other trade marks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Photo copyrights Bryce Canyon Uwe Steinmuller Irish Bar John Shaw Waterfall Reed Hoffman Mono Lake John Omvik Unified Color Technologies LLC 21 Airport Blvd Suite F South San Francisco CA 94080 Phone 650 952 8886 Fax 650 872 8887 Email info web unifiedcolor com Web www unifiedcolor com Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved HDR Expose 1 0 Table of Contents Preferences WINdOW c cece cece cence en teenies 27 General Tab teense 27 200000 28 83161111919 E 29 Pr sets Tab 29 Recipes 1 1 30 Performance Tales 6 0000 0 006660606600000 uss 30 UAE Talc reese a E AER 31 Using HDR Expose 33 Selecting Images cece cece cece tent e nee n esses 34 Creating Merging HDR Images 34 Batch 000066000066 666666666666666 6 7 re 38 The Manual White Balance Dialog 39 HISTO secwcesoneceehaseebeti
19. 00600 8 Technical Support 8 About this Manual ss 8 00 01 9 EEE ie 9 WAG hie A AS 9 Navigating HDR Expose 11 Menu Bal seit tees 12 ls o 1tcshctacecdessaaddicexsdeateensabeaens 12 EditMenUrse cier edese sesh mi 13 View Menu 6 6 66 6666 cece cece nett eee eeeeenees 13 Help MENU secos 14 HDR Image Tools Panel 15 DOCK URUIOCK cn accecetyasae secon EEE RATE 15 Brightness cece cece eee eee eees 15 Metadata sessed use 16 ODGratiOns ciistecsectadtevectsiectucietesnsgacune dt 17 111518177 18 Additional Controls 18 Status Bal csc cy ese be eee teats 19 Keyboard Shortcuts PC sss 21 Keyboard Shortcuts Mac 23 Mouse Shortcuts 0cc cccuteccseeucdscusdaadeadeeseaseaens 25 Sliders and ceeessce eacekbabaveced 26 O unified COLOR O HDR Expose 1 0 Table of Contents continued Dynamic Range Mapping renas
20. 1 Shadow Highlight Midtone point Highlight power Shadow power Local Contrast LC Adjustment Radius Reduce halo artifact None V Preview 4 Adjust the shadow power using the Shadow power slider and or Shadow power EV field This adjusts the relative strength of the image s shadow areas areas that are less bright than the selected mid tone value Adjust the local contrast power using the LC Adjustment slider and or field This gives you addi tional control over the strength of local contrast when changing the brightness levels in shadows and or highlights Adjust the local contrast radius using the Local Contrast Radius slider and or field Smaller settings contrast smaller image details while larger settings affect larger image features The radius is specified as a percentage of the overall image size For example a radius of 1 will REDUCED SHADOWS Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified COLOR Brightness channel The Shadow Highlight tool lets you con trol the brightness of image highlights and or shadows independently of each other To adjust the image shadows and high lights 1 Click the Shadow Highlight tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Shadow Highlight window 2 Select the image midpoint You may do this using the Midtone point eyedrop per or by entering a value in the Mid tone point EV field The midpoint is expressed
21. 7 for more about the Noise Elim ination tool Brightness Contrast 8 The Brightness Contrast tool lets you adjust image and local brightness and contrast Please see Brightness Contrast on page 49 for more about the Brightness Contrast tool Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 7 unified COLOR O History The History section of the HDR Image Tools panel records a history of your most recent 255 operations Please see History on page 40 for more information about working with image history Note Unsaved actions are not preserved after the image is closed or if you save the image to any format other than BEF You can only undo actions taken during the current session Actions taken during previous sessions may be added to a rec ipe for future use Additional Controls The Additional Controls section of the HDR Image Tools panel contains the following additional controls that you can use with any HDR Expose tool From left to right these controls are Undo Last Action Clicking the Undo Last Action icon trash can removes your most recent action from the History Presets Clicking the Presets icon sunburst lets you work with presets as described in Presets on page 60 Preview Checking the Preview checkbox previews your edits in the HDR Expose window You may also press P PC or Mac HDR Expose 1 0 HDR Image Tools Panel continued Shadow Highlight 9 T
22. C All rights reserved unified COLOR The HDR Image Tools panel appears on the right side of the HDR Expose screen This panel contains the following opera tional areas Brightness Histogram 1 The Bright ness Histogram displays image bright ness information Metadata 2 The Metadata section displays information about the current image Operations 3 The Operations sec tion contains the HDR Expose image tools that let you edit your image History 4 The History section con tains a history of your recent actions and is how you undo recalculate func tions and create recipes Common Controls 5 Contains con trols common to all HDR Expose tools Note The history shown in the image is for reference only the actual history you see will depend on the actions you take while editing the current image Dock Undock You can dock and undock the HDR Image Tools panel as follows O 0 neutral point white or gray D65 point the standard monitor white point and 100 is a fully saturated color the edge of the humanly visible color range h Hue This value is measured in degrees 0 360 0 is red 120 is green 240 is blue and values between are mixtures For example 60 is yellow 180 is aqua and 270 is purple etc Metadata The Metadata section of the HDR Image Tools panel dis plays information about the current image Depending on the information that was saved with the image m
23. Color and Brightness channels White balance adjustments correct for the lighting conditions when the shot was taken and simulate the eye s natural chro matic adaptation process whereby the eye adjusts its color perception to correct for different lighting Most white balance adjustments are done by selecting a white point in the image or by using a gray index card and or specifying a preset such as Tungsten or Fluorescent Cool HDR Expose lets you perform a white balance adjustment using any color tone which lets to change any source color into any other color This is a very powerful way to adjust your image s color balance To adjust white balance 1 Click the White Balance tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the White Balance window ORIGINAL unified COLOR O HDR Expose 1 0 White Balance continued ments by scrolling the mouse wheel You may also move the gamut by right clicking and dragging it 5 If desired specify a color temperature by checking the Color Temperature checkbox and then either using the Color Temperature slider or entering your desired tem perature in the Color Temperature field Moving the slider to the right makes the image look cooler and moving it to the left makes the image look warmer 6 Click Apply to adjust the white balance The following lists some common color temperature set tings 1 700K Match flame 1 850K Candle flame 2 700 3 300K Incandescent light
24. DR Image Tools panel You may also press TAB PC or Mac O HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR Menu Bar continued Show Brightness Histogram Selecting View gt Show Expose Feedback page which lets you submit feed Brightness Histogram toggles the Brightness Histo back about your experience with the application gram in the HDR Image Tools panel on and off Please see Brightness Histogram on page 15 for more about the Brightness Histogram Check for updates Selecting Help gt Check for updates connects HDR Expose to the Unified Color Inc update server and notifies you if an update is available Show Metadata Selecting View gt Show Brightness 1 1 Histogram toggles the Metadata display in the HDR BBO HERETO pei tog Help pout IDE Image Tools panel on and off Please see Metadata on page 16 for more about image metadata Expose opens the About HDR Expose window which displays program information and provides access to the License Agreement Show Shadow Border Selecting View gt Show Shadow Border toggles a dark shadowed border around the edges of opened images on and off Fullscreen Mode Selecting View gt Fullscreen toggles Fullscreen mode on and off You may also press F PC or Mac Help Menu The Help menu lets you get help with using HDR Expose This menu has the following options Help Selecting Help gt Help opens this manual in Adobe Acrobat format PDF You may also press F1 PC or Mac
25. DR image using the prefer ences you selected in the Batch tab of the Preferences window which is described in Batch Tab on page 29 HDR Expose merges the source images and generates a stunning HDR result This may take a few minutes depend ing on the size and number of images being merged 36 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose Selecting Images continued Sharp edges This option is good when the expo sures contain hard edged moving objects such as people vehicles etc Smooth edges This option is good when the expo sures contain a combination of moving objects 6 When you have finished adding images and selecting your desired options click the Merge button to merge the images into a single HDR image using the prefer ences you selected in the Batch tab of the Preferences window which is described in Batch Tab on page 29 HDR Expose merges the source images and generates a stunning HDR result This may take a few minutes depend ing on the size and number of images being merged Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 3 7 unified COLOR 3 Checking the Align Source Images checkbox aligns all of the single images to present a single clear result This option is useful if there is any chance that the camera moved in between shots because of vibration acciden tal nudging etc Choose the white balance mode using the pull down me
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27. age that will remain after the cropping is completed HDR Expose has three crop modes Free selection Choose your desired cropping area Fixed size Specify your desired crop size and then select the area to crop Aspect Ratio Crop your image to a predefined aspect ratio width height This is useful if you are planning to insert the image into a video Checking the Grid checkbox in the Crop window displays a grid inside the cropping area CROP AREA issn Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 43 unified COLOR O Select your desired aspect ratio using the Aspect Ratio pull down menu Click and drag the mouse over the image to select your cropping area The cropping area may be any size but will retain your specified width to height ratio If you make a mistake either repeat the click and drag to cre ate a new cropping area or click anywhere inside the cropping areas to drag it around the image You may also resize the cropping area by either clicking and drag ging the anchor points on each side and in each corner of the cropping areas or by entering numeric values in the Width x Height X and Width x Height Y fields Click Apply to crop the image HDR Expose 1 0 Cropping Continued by either clicking and dragging the anchor points on each side and in each corner of the cropping areas or by entering numeric values in the Width x Height X and Width x Height Y fiel
28. amic Range Mapping The Dynamic Range Mapping tool is a should be at 18 relative to image s overall Bigg quick way to automatically map the contrast dynamic range image s dynamic range into the range of your monitor To map the image range for the image 1 Click the eyedropper tool 2 Click a midtone point in the image The Dynamic Range Mapping tool will then alter the image s contrast to map its dynamic range to the monitor s available range while setting the selected point at 18 brightness relative to the new con trast The midtone brightness level is presumed to be at 18 based on the monitor s maxi mum brightness which is tied to the OEV level on the Brightness Histogram You should typically set the midtone point on the principal part of the image for optimal viewer perception For best results the image s brightness at the selected point ORIGINAL earch 2010 by Unified Color LLC All righ ts reserved 59 unified COLOR O HDR Expose 1 0 Presets Most HDR Expose tools include presets Presets are a great way to save and apply settings on a tool by tool basis Applying Presets To apply a preset Select the tool for which you want to apply a preset For example to apply a white balance preset select the White Balance tool Click the Presets icon at the bottom of the HDR Image Tools panel and then select your desired preset from the list of available options 1 Creating Pr
29. bulb 3 350K Studio CP light 3 400K Studio lamps photo floods etc 4 100K Moonlight xenon arc lamp 5 000K Horizon daylight 5 500 6 000K Typical daylight electronic flash 6 500K Daylight overcast 9 300K CRT screen Note HDR Expose includes several commonly used white bal ance presets which you can apply by clicking the Preset but ton and selecting your desired preset 56 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose Color Tuning Color Taning v Source Color c 53 59 c 53 59 h 0 83 83 360 Target Color Brightness Click the Color Tuning tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Color Tuning window Use the Source Color eyedropper to select the color in the image that you want to tune The Gamut control displays the range of available tuning options for the selected color The more saturated the source color the greater the range will be Select the exact target color by left clicking the desired color You can zoom the color gamut in and out for fine adjustments by scrolling the mouse wheel You may also move the gamut by right clicking and dragging it If desired add another point by clicking the Add New button and repeating Steps 2 and 3 for the second and or third point s If necessary you may delete the most recently added point by clicking the Remove Last button ORIGINAL Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All r
30. ch processing C Copies the current image to the MacOS Clip board 3 J P Pastes the MacOS Clipboard contents to the current image TAB Toggles the HDR Image Tools panel on and off Zooms in closer to your image 3 Zooms out farther from your image Z Zooms in or out until your entire image fits within the HDR Expose window F Toggles Fullscreen mode on and off F1 Opens this manual in Adobe Acrobat format PDF SPACE Toggles between the currently selected tool and the Pan tool hand icon that lets you move the image around within the HDR Expose window P Toggles the Preview checkbox on and off for the currently selected tool 3 F Opens the Free Rotate tool which is described in Rotate on page 41 W Opens the Veiling Glare tool which is described in Veiling Glare on page 45 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 23 HDR Expose includes the following keyboard shortcuts when using a Mac Note The symbol signifies the COMMAND key and the Z symbol signifies the OPTION key 3 Opens the Preferences window which allows you set various HDR Expose options Please see Prefer ences Window on page 27 for more about the Prefer ences window 8 H Hides the HDR Expose window N H Hides all other open application win dows 3 Q Exits HDR Expose You are prompted to
31. d on the number of available CPU cores For example a quad core CPU system quadruples performance compared to a single core system and so forth Native 64 bit Support Using the latest 64 bit computing architecture gives you higher performance and removes the legacy memory limitations of 32 bit systems HDR Expose includes native x64 platform support for either Intel or AMD processors BEF File Format The native HDR Expose BEF file format offers a lossless way to save HDR images using extremely efficient compression that saves both disk space and band width BEF files save visual data using the full color range of human vision Tying file data to human vision and not a par ticular display device lets you store images in a form suit able for any display hardware even displays that have not yet been invented Saving an image in BEF format means that your pictures will keep looking better and better as dis play technology improves You can even specify quality set tings that define the degree to which colors may visually deviate from their original values which gives you maxi mum control over file size vs quality Operation History Normally exiting and restarting an application loses your history even if you saved your file just before exiting the application HDR Expose saves your complete operation history when you save images in the BEF format This exclusive feature means that you can reopen a previously saved file and see w
32. data in the image itself Reset Display Brightness Button 4 Clicking the Reset Display Brightness button resets the default image display brightness This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness of the image itself Display Brightness Down Button 5 Clicking the Dis play Brightness Down button reduces the display brightness This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness data in the image itself Display Brightness Slider 6 Clicking and dragging the Display Brightness slider adjusts the display bright ness up right or down left This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness of the image itself Display Brightness Up Button 7 Clicking the Display Brightness Up button increases the display brightness Actual Pixels Button 8 Clicking the Actual Pixels button zooms your image to actual size Zoom Out Button 9 Clicking the Zoom Out button zooms out farther from your image Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 20 Navigating HDR Expose unified COLOR HDR Expose includes the following keyboard shortcuts when using a PC Keyboard Shortcuts PC TAB Toggles the HDR Image Tools panel on and off CTRL Zooms in closer to your image CTRL Zo
33. ds 4 Click Apply to crop the image Fixed Size To crop your image to a fixed size 1 Click the Crop tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Crop window 2 Select Fixed Size in the pull down menu 3 Enter your desired cropping area width and height in the Width x Height X and Width x Height Y fields respectively You may edit these values at any time 4 A cropping area appears in your image Click and drag to position the cropping area wherever you like or click anywhere in your image to create a new cropping area with your specified size 5 Click Apply to crop the image Aspect Ratio To crop your image to a specified aspect ratio 1 Click the Crop tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Crop window 2 Select Aspect Ratio in the pull down menu 44 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose Veiling Glare Veiling Glare v 7 Base point Amount ATMOSPHERIC HAZE REMOVAL 3 Adjust the amount of veiling glare taken from the selected point by either using the slider or entering a numeric amount in the Amount field You can toggle between the original and modi fied image by clicking the Preview but ton to ensure that you are getting good results Setting the value to 100 com pletely removes all veiling glare from the selected point Setting the value to 100 doubles the amount of veiling glare at the selected point 4 Click Apply
34. e License Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Cali fornia of United States of America governing contracts made entered into and performed entirely in that State without reference to choice of law provisions You submit to jurisdiction in the State of California This Agreement may be assigned by UCT and is binding on and inures to the benefit of any successors and assigns Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 67 0 unified COLOR HDR Expose 1 0 User Manual Unified Color Technologies LLC 21 Airport Blvd Suite F South San Francisco CA 94080 Phone 650 952 8886 Fax 650 872 8887 Email info web unifiedcolor com Web www unifiedcolor com Copyright 2010 Unified Color LLC All rights reserved
35. e Recipe tab of the Preferences win dow as described in Recipes Tab on page 30 Using a Recipe To use a recipe 1 Load the recipe as described above 2 Use the Recipe pull down menu to select the recipe you want to apply to the current image Clearing Loaded Recipes To clear a recipe use the Recipe tab of the Preferences window as described in Recipes Tab on page 30 Creating a Recipe Recipes are created using the current image s editing his tory which his viewable in the History section of the HDR Image Tools panel Please see History on page 40 for more information about working with image history If O HDR 1 0 ope unified _ COLOR 62 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved End User License Agreement Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 63 0 HDR Expose 1 0 HDR Expose License Agreement HDRExposeSetup exe shall not be embedded into any other installation program and shall be distributed without any modifications Any custom setup of HDR Expose must receive the prior written approval of UCT d Other Restrictions You may not loan rent lease subli cense distribute or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the Software to third parties unless otherwise expressly pro vided You agree to notify your employees and agents who may have access to the Software of the restrictions con tained in this Software License Agreement and
36. echnique are especially useful for nighttime photo graphs You may also choose a non black point if you notice haze in any other part of your image such as atmospheric haze or mist Select a point in this area and use the necessary amount of adjustment to remove this haze In this situation you should use the Veiling Glare tool with care because excessive values can distort the colors in the rest of your image 46 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose Noise EIR 47 Noise Elimination M Dark Noise Threshold LI Color Noise more evident at higher ISO values Check the Dark Noise checkbox if you want to reduce dark noise 0 unified COLOR Noise reduction helps lower the amount of brightness and or color noise in the image for a cleaner look HDR Expose offers sepa rate brightness and color channel noise 1 1 3 Adjust the strength of the dark noise Radius reduction Reducing brightness noise pre reduction using the color Threshold ee the edges between light and dark slider or field Larger values increase the E ED areas without blurring them The unique threshold EV Images areas that are Radius and powerful color noise reduction algo below th threshold EV will have dark Threshold nithi smooths the color 0 that is typi noise reduction while levels above this cally present even in low ISO images value will retain their original pixel val To reduce no
37. elimination of both the halo and halo edge artifacts Click Apply to adjust the image brightness and contrast To select the bright point select the Set bright point eyedropper and then click the desired point on the image HDR Expose calculates the appropri ate brightness change to make the selected point the brightest point on your monitor To select the 18 gray point select the Set 18 point eyedropper and set the 18 brightness point This is particularly useful if your image contains one or more faces because selecting a spot on a face as the 18 point usually gives the best results HDR Expose calculates the appropriate brightness change to make the brightest point on the monitor 82 brighter than the selected 18 point Make further brightness adjustments as needed using the Brightness slider and or by entering a number in the Brightness EV field which has a maximum range of 20f stop to 20f stop Adjust the contrast using the Contrast power slider and or Contrast power EV field Check the Keep local contrast checkbox if you want to maintain the default inverse relationship between image contrast and local contrast Clearing this check box lets you set local contrast independently of overall contrast Adjust the local contrast using the Local contrast power slider and or Local contrast power EV field Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose shadow Highlight 5
38. ements To use HDR Expose your system must conform to the fol lowing minimum requirements Operating System PC Microsoft Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 Operating System Mac MacOS X Leopard 10 5 x or MacOS X Snow Leopard 10 6 x Processor Dual core 2 0GHz or faster minimum Quad core 2 8GHz or faster recommended RAM 2GB minimum 4GB recommended Video card 128MB or higher Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 7 unified COLOR O Specific keyboard keys are depicted in square brackets and are capitalized for example ESC If more than one key should be pressed simultaneously the notation will appear as KEY1 KEY 2 for example ALT F4 Interface elements such as document titles fields windows tabs buttons commands options and icons appear in bold text Menus and submenus have the notation Menu gt Submenu For example Select File gt Merge to HDR means that you should first select File in the Menu Bar and then select Merge to HDR in the File menu Note This manual includes keyboard shortcuts for both PC and Mac users For Mac users the 3 symbol signifies the COM MAND key and the N symbol signifies the OPTION key HDR Expose 1 0 Getting Help Technical Support Options The following technical support options are available in addition to this user manual Video tutorials See HDR Expose in action by watching the videos available at htt
39. ence files Recipes Import and export HDR Expose recipe files Performance Optimize HDR Expose performance for your computer Tint Create and delete tint presets for use in the Tint menu in the Status Bar General Tab Preferences General Export gig Batch O Presets 7 Recipes O Performance Tint 7 Show Image Shadow 7 Show Highlight Recovery Dialog V Show Startup Dialog The General tab of the Preferences window lets you set the following general options O unified COLOR smaller files than non compressed EXR while pre serving quality Use the pull down menu to select the type of compression to apply Lossy compression Checking the Lossy compres sion radio button compresses exported EXR files and impacts image quality This creates the smallest possible files at the expense of image quality Use the pull down menu to select the type of compres sion to apply Jpeg HDR Expose lets you set the following JPG export options Quality Use the Quality slider to specify the overall image quality Checking the Original Quality check box pre serves the quality of the original image s Optimize Checking the Optimize checkbox reduces the image size on disk while preserving your overall quality setting Progressive Checking the Progressive checkbox saves the image as layers of progressively detailed data Embed ICC profile Checking the Embed ICC Pro file checkbox embeds the selected color pr
40. ent of UCT s Rights You acknowledge that the Software and any copies that you are authorized by UCT to make are the intellectual property of and are owned by UCT The Software is confidential information of UCT and is protected by copyright including without limitation by United States Copyright Law international treaty provisions and applicable laws in the country in which it is being used You acknowledge that UCT retains the ownership of all pat ents copyrights trade secrets trademarks and other intel lectual property rights pertaining to the Software and all accompanying product documentation Trademarks shall be used in accordance with accepted trademark practice including identification of trademark owners names HDR Expose and the UCT Logo are trademarks of UCT This Soft ware License Agreement does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Software except the license expressly provided O unified COLOR O The disclaimer and limited liability above are fundamental to this Software License Agreement between UCT and you 6 TERM AND TERMINATION This Software License Agreement may be terminated by UCT at its option giving you written notice of termination if you commit a breach of this Software License Agreement and fail to cure such breach within ten 10 days after notice from UCT The Software License Agreement governing your use of a previous version that you have upgraded or updated of the Softwa
41. eo cards HDR Expose 1 0 Preferences Window continued Export presets to another HDR Expose installation by selecting the preset s to export and then clicking the Export button and selecting a filename and folder for the exported presets Delete presets by selecting the preset s you want to delete and then clicking the Delete button Recipes Tab Preferences General 4 Export pe Batch O Presets 9 Recipes O Performance __ User recipe User recipe User recipe New Recipe The Recipes tab of the Preferences window lets you delete import and export HDR Expose recipes Select one or more recipes by clicking them You may click and drag to select multiple recipes 30 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose Preferences Window continued To create a new tint filter 1 Use the Saturation slider and or field to adjust the amount of tint saturation in the image Values above 1 increase the tint saturation of the selected hue values below 1 decrease the saturation of the selected hue 2 Use the Hue slider and or field to adjust the tint hue 3 Click the Add Tint button to create the new tint Enter your desired name for the new tint in the New pre set field Note Note You may also click the Add Tint button and then select your desired hue and saturation To delete a tint preset click the tint you want to delete and then click the Delete Tint b
42. es the luminosity range of the human eye with that of current display technology This limit is referred to as the Dynamic Range problem Dynamic Range Problem Luminosity As you can see no current device even comes close to reproducing the range of light and color visible to the human eye This is why the pictures you take of beautiful 2 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Getting Started unified COLOR Program Features amp Benefits 255 Undo Levels with Visual History See your most recent 255 editing actions as you work Undo or adjust any step Create recipes from your stored editing history even across multiple editing sessions when you save images in the HDR Expose BEF file format Adobe Photoshop Support The available BEF file for mat plug in for Photoshop lets you open edit and save BEF files in Photoshop Noise Elimination The patented noise reduction tools included in HDR Expose reduce brightness and color noise while preserving more of the fine image details that are often lost when using other image applications Powerful Tools HDR Expose includes a full suite of power ful editing functions such as Veiling Glare which reduces haze caused by stray light reflecting between camera lens surfaces White Balance Color Tuning Tint toning Local Contrast Shadow Highlight with halo reduction and many more Convenient Features HDR Expose includes many features desi
43. eseensaanasamecieeatmeswatd 40 Rotates esse Senos sS oes 41 EXE esase esasa esma re ena aR ER seas 41 PI G ANGl ys ocsasderdes ane sos e 41 RESIZE coca un Pitre deus TE STER 42 CHO citrate acti wee 43 Free Selections issi rere cotiere a ae eas 43 Fixed 5126 1 A 44 Aspect Ratio 66 666666666666666 66020006000 44 Veiling Glare 45 Noise Elimination 666666666666666 66000006600 eres vanes 47 Brightness Contrast cece cece cence ence ee 49 Shadow Highlight 51 a EEL Ly 53 531010131161 es A ind DSS 54 White Balance 6 66 666666666666000 sss 55 Color TUNING 57 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved j unified COLOR Getting Started 1 Whati HDR oss o 2 Program Features amp Benefits cc cece een eee eens 3 Interface Features cece eee e een eeeeeees 6 System Requirements 66 660 666 6 600600660066006 7 Getting Help 666666666666 666666666606020 06
44. esets To create a preset Open the tool and set it to your desired values Click the Presets icon and then select Add preset to open the Add preset window Enter a name for the new preset in the field and then click OK The new preset is now available for use 1 2 Working with Presets The Presets tab of the Preferences window lets you import export and delete presets Please see Presets Tab on page 29 for more information about working with pre sets Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 60 Using HDR Expose Recipes you re working with a BEF file this history may include actions taken during previous editing sessions which is viewable in the Metadata section of the HDR Image Tools panel Please see Metadata on page 16 for more informa tion about image metadata To create a recipe 1 Click the New Recipe button next to the pull down menu 2 The pull down menu will display New Recipe Enter a name for your new recipe and then press ENTER Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 61 unified COLOR Recipes store a series of editing actions for later use with other images This is a powerful way to avoid redoing the same series of actions over and over when working on simi lar images You may load recipes into your current HDR Expose session use loaded recipes and save and clear reci pes Loading a Recipe To load a recipe use th
45. ess CTRL O PC or 36 O Mac By default the Welcome to HDR Expose window appears when you launch HDR Expose Select one of the above options by clicking the appropriate button You can also access support information by clicking the links at the bot tom of this window 3 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose Selecting Images continued To merge one set of images into a single HDR image Open the Merge to HDR window using any of the above methods and then click the Custom merge but ton Click the Add Images button to navigate to and select the images to add for merging You can select multiple images by pressing CTRL PC or 3 Mac and clicking your desired images You may also add images one by one by repeating this step for each image you want to add To remove an image click the Remove Images button Checking the Align Source Images checkbox aligns all of the single images to present a single clear result This option is useful if there is any chance that the camera moved in between shots because of vibration acciden tal nudging etc Choose the white balance mode using the pull down menu Your options are Default Unchanged camera sensor values typically calibrated to daylight As shot Use the camera supplied white balance correction that was recorded when you took the pic ture Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights re
46. etadata may include some or all of the following plus any additional information that may be present Profile Color profile name Type Color profile type Compression Compression method used to save the image Copyright Image ownership information Date Time When the image was taken Height Image height in pixels Make Camera make Model Camera model Interpretation How color is interpreted in the image such as RGB HDR Expose 1 0 HDR Image Tools Panel continued Brightness Histogram yl N M ff 8 EV 6 EV 4EV 2 EV 0 EV R 177 G 203 B 243 B 0 51 26 1 h 234 3 The Brightness Histogram also displays the following information for the current pixel the pixel under the cur sor R Red channel This value can be displayed in either 8 bit digital counts 0 255 or in percentage 0 100 G Green channel This value can be displayed in either 8 bit digital counts 0 255 or in percentage 0 100 B Blue channel This value can be displayed in either 8 bit digital counts 0 255 or in percentage 0 100 B Brightness This value is displayed in EV and corre sponds with the brightness numbers in the HDR Expose application c Chroma This value display s the currently selected pixel s color saturation from 0 to 100 where 0 is a 1 6 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose unified COLOR Resolution Unit Unit used to measu
47. gned to make your workflow faster and more efficient You may preview thumbnails for most image formats including RAW Batch processing lets you apply a recipe to multiple images Dragging and dropping multiple images into HDR Expose automatically launches the Merge func tion Get an unobstructed view of your work in full screen mode using easy mouse shortcuts to access all program functions and tools Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 3 Designed around Nature HDR Expose is the only image editing application that offers the Beyond RGB color model based on full human vision rather than a particular display device Full Color Integrity HDR Expose has none of the typical color shift problems commonly found in traditional imaging tools because the brightness brightness contrast shadow highlight sharpness etc and color white balance satura tion color tuning etc channels are separate This means that brightness changes will not change your color tones and vice versa High Precision HDR Editing HDR Expose offers full fea tured 32 bit floating point image editing that gives you full fidelity without having to down sample your image to 8 or 16 bits This amazing level of precision is delivered through powerful easy to use tools Industry Leading HDR Compression Save disk space and bandwidth using the highest level of data compression available HDR Expose saves JPEG sized files with no loss
48. hat you ve done 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified Getting Started COLOR Program Features amp Benefits continued Output BEF OpenEXR exr All OpenEXR compression options are supported 8 16 and 32 bit TIFF tif tiff JPEG jpg jpeg Bitmap bmp Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 5 HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR Interface Features HDR Expose uses a powerful intuitive interface that includes the following features Full screen mode Fast mouse scrolling and zooming from 5 to 800 Dockable Operations panel Image Metadata display Brightness Histogram that shows you the brightness channel histogram in the image and how much of your image is visible using your current monitor Tabbed interface to let you switch between loaded images Interactive history with undo redo functionality Status Bar that displays Color Profile selection button Display Brightness controls Help and status messages Zoom controls Preset selection controls in tool windows Eyedropper tools to make brightness color selections faster when using the Veiling Glare Brightness Con trast Shadow Highlight White Balance and Color Tuning tools User definable one click Recipe button Free angle image rotation 6 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified Getting Started COLOR System Requir
49. he Shadow Highlight tool lets you control image shadows and highlights Please see Shadow Highlight on page 51 for more about the Shadow Highlight tool Sharpness 10 The Sharpness tool lets you adjust image clarity Please see Sharpness on page 53 for more about the Sharpness tool Saturation 11 The Saturation tool lets you control the amount of color in your image Please see Satura tion on page 54 for more about the Saturation tool White Balance 12 The White Balance tool lets you correct image lighting Please see White Balance on page 55 for more about the White Balance tool Color Tuning 13 The Color Tuning tool lets you apply powerful color correction options to your image Please see Color Tuning on page 57 for more about the Color Tuning tool Dynamic Range Mapping 14 The Dynamic Range Mapping tool is a quick way to map the current image s dynamic range to the range of your monitor Please see Dynamic Range Mapping on page 59 for more about the Dynamic Range Mapping tool Recipe Add Select Tools 15 These tools allow you to create a new recipe or apply an existing recipe to the current image Please see Recipes on page 61 for more information about recipes 1 8 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose Status Bar appropriate color model allows HDR Expose to offer the most accurate possible view of your image You may
50. ights reserved 57 Q unified Color and Brightness channels Color tuning lets you fine tune specific color tones without affecting any of the other colors in your image This tool lets you make the grass greener or make the sky a different shade of blue You can also use it to match skin tones These are just a few examples of the dramatic changes you can make with just a few mouse clicks The HDR Expose Color Tuning tool lets you select and tune up to three source colors at once and automatically gives you an avail able tuning range based on your selected color s This tool is best for heavily satu rated colors selecting a relatively white or gray color may only allow a very narrow adjustment range Note This tool appears similar to the White Balance tool but is not designed for chang ing white tones To tune your image colors DUNES ADJUSTED HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR Color Tuning continued 5 The Brightness slider lets you change the brightness level of the selected color range when color tuning your image 6 Click Apply to tune the selected color s Note To preserve one or two specific color s add one or two points as described in Steps 1 2 above Then add another point as de scribed in Step 4 and tune that point This alters the tuned color while leaving the non tuned colors unchanged 5 8 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified Using HDR Expose COLOR Dyn
51. in f stops EV below the image bright point 3 Adjust the highlight power using the Highlight power slider and or High light power EV field This adjusts the relative strength of the image s bright areas areas that are brighter than the selected mid tone value ORIGINAL O unified COLOR O HDR Expose 1 0 Shadow Highlight continued equal 1 100th of the image s largest dimension If needed use the Reduce halo artifact pull down menu for the level of reduction needed The different settings control the speed vs quality trade off when reducing halo effects For example the Preview setting is very fast but low quality while the Ultimate setting is slower but offers high quality elimination of both the halo and halo edge artifacts Click Apply to adjust the image shadows and highlights Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 5 6 52 Using HDR Expose Sharpness Sharpness v Power Radius C Preview SHARPENED 4 Adjust the Radius slider and or field to adjust the sharpness radius in pixels In most cases a high Power and small Radius will give you the best sharpen ing results Click Apply to adjust the image sharp ness Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 53 5 ORIGINAL unified Joies Brightness channel HDR Expose adjusts image sharpness on a pixel by pixel basis You may need to zoom into the i
52. ing Add an auto number to the name Output file type BEF Batch Merge to HDR Add an auto number to the name Output file type BEF The Batch tab of the Preferences window lets you set the following batch merged image export options Batch processing Use the pull down menu to select the file type to use when exporting batch processed files Exported files will use the preferences you set in the Export tab Please see Export Tab on page 28 for more information about setting image export options unified COLOR O Import recipes from another HDR Expose installation by clicking the Import button and then selecting the file to import Export recipes to another HDR Expose installation by selecting the recipe s to export and then clicking the Export button and selecting a filename and folder for the exported recipes Delete recipes by selecting the recipe s you want to delete and then clicking the Delete button Please see Recipes on page 61 for more information about recipes Performance Tab Preferences General 4 Export fF Batch O Presets 1 Recipes 5 Performance Pure cpu OpenCL GPU OpenCL GPU CPU The Performance tab of the Preferences window lets you optimize HDR Expose to your system s capabilities Checking the Pure CPU radio button uses only the com puter CPU to perform calculations the video processor GPU is not used This option is best for systems with older vid
53. ing party accepts the terms and conditions of this Software License Agreement 5 LIMITED WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY a No Other Warranties and Disclaimer THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY AND REMEDIES STATE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES FOR UCT OR ITS SUPPLIERS BREACH OF WARRANTY UCT AND ITS SUPPLIERS DO NOT AND CAN NOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE SOFTWARE EXCEPT FOR THE FORE GOING LIMITED WARRANTY AND FOR ANY WARRANTY CONDITION REPRESENTATION OR TERM TO THE EXTENT WHICH THE SAME CANNOT OR MAY NOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY LAW APPLICABLE TO YOU IN YOUR JURISDIC TION UCT AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS OR TERMS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WHETHER BY STATUTE COMMON LAW CUSTOM USAGE OR OTHERWISE AS TO ANY OTHER MATTERS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW UCT AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 6 5 unified COLOR This Software uses the OpenEXR file format library Copy right c 2002 Industrial Light amp Magic a division of Lucas Digital Ltd LLC All rights reserved This Software uses the LibRaw library Copyright C 2008 2009 LibRaw LLC http www libraw org The LibRaw library includes source code from dcraw c Dave Coffin s raw photo decoder Copyright 1997 2008 by Dave Coffin dcof fin cybercom net 3 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Acknowledgem
54. ion to the 90 degree rotation releasing the mouse button described above you can also freely rotate the image using a specified horizon line Clicking the Free Rotate button in the HDR Image Tools panel opens the Free Rotate 2 Click Apply to rotate the image ORIGINAL ROTATED Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 41 HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR e Resize Resize Resizing your image enlarges or shrinks it sizes equal to the length and height Width 3264 without cropping You may resize by pixel times the DPI setting Height 2448 A 0 or percentage and e maintain 5 Enter your desired resolution in dots a 3 ie images CEN E specify per inch in the DPI field This setting is Z Constrain proportions new proportions to distort the image hori used primarily for printing Increasing the DPI without increasing the physical To resize your image size of the image increases the pixel res olution without altering the X and Y pixel size of the image zontally and or vertically 1 Click the Resize tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Resize win dow 6 Click Apply to resize the image 2 Use the pull down menu to select either px pixels percentage or original size inch inches or cm cen timeters 3 Check the Constrain Proportions checkbox if you want to preserve your image s current aspect ratio ratio of width to height Checking this box Sathe new size automatically enters
55. ise ues High levels of noise reduction may 1 Click the Noise Elimination tool in the obscure fine details HDR Image Tools panel to open the 4 Check the Color Noise checkbox if you Noise Elimination window Noise want to reduce color noise reduction is a time consuming process 5 Adjust the desired color noise reduction Bw UY Preview COLOR NOISE REDUCTION radius in pixels using the color Radius slider or Radius px field Larger values create smoother results but may obscure fine details Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved that requires many calculations the preview area improves performance You may click and drag the preview area to see how the noise reduction will affect any given part of your image 2 Dark noise appears as colored dots in dark areas of the image and becomes BRIGHT NOISE REDUCTION unified COLOR O HDR Expose 1 0 Noise Elimination continued Adjust the strength of the color noise reduction using the color Threshold slider or field Larger values increase the amount of noise reduction but may obscure fine details Check the Brightness Noise checkbox if you want to reduce brightness noise Adjust the desired brightness noise reduction radius in pixels using the brightness Radius slider or Radius px field Larger values create smoother results but may obscure fine details Adjust the strength of the brightness noise reduction using the brightness
56. mage to the pixel level to see the effect especially when working with small adjustments and or a small radius The Sharpness tool makes your image sharper or blurrier To adjust image sharpness Click the Sharpness tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Sharp ness window For best results click the 1 1 button in the Status Bar to see your image in full detail Use the Power slider and or field to adjust the sharpness Values above 1 sharpen your image values below 1 blur your image BLURRED 1 HDR E 1 xpose 1 0 unified VJ COLOR Saturation Saturation v Color channel 3 Use the Saturation slider and or field Saturation describes the amount of white a Naa overall 50 p e Yelow i light in a color The closer a specific color is N ER ae to White the less saturated it and vice increase the saturation of all color chan cyan versa The HDR Expose Saturation tool lets ee aan 00 mesati fae you adjust your image saturation and hue EE means ee You can also control the saturation levels of 4 Use the Hue slider and or field to adjust ae six independent color channels red yel the overall image hue Small adjust low green cyan blue and magenta using ments are usually best the Color Tone Equalizer sliders 5 Click Apply to adjust the image satura 1 Click the Saturation tool in the HDR tion and hue Image Tools panel to open the Satura
57. mapping is the amount of brightness and contrast in your image Brightness defines the overall luminance in the image while contrast or dynamic range defines the ratio between the dark est and lightest parts of the image A stan dard RGB sRGB image typically has a maximum contrast of around 3700 1 while a typical outdoor scene can have a ratio of around 1 000 000 1 HDR Expose offers you the full range of contrast visible to the human eye even if you may not be able to see it on your display HDR Expose uses two different types of contrasts Global Global contrast adjusts the image s overall contrast level Adjust global contrast using the Contrast power slider ORIGINAL HDR Expose 1 0 unified COLOR 7 Adjust the local contrast radius using the Radius slider Brightness Contrast continued 2 Set the bright or 18 point on the image as follows and or field Smaller settings contrast smaller image details while larger settings affect larger image features The radius is specified as a percentage of the overall image size For example a radius of 1 will equal 1 100th of the image s largest dimension If needed use the Reduce halo artifact pull down menu for the level of reduction needed The different settings control the speed vs quality trade off when reducing halo effects For example the Preview setting is very fast but low quality while the Ultimate setting is slower but offers high quality
58. nges You may also press CTRL W PC or 38 W Mac Merge to HDR Selecting File gt Merge to HDR opens the Merge to HDR window which lets you merge multi ple images into a single HDR image Please see Creat ing Merging HDR Images on page 34 for more about merging images You may also press CTRL H PC or H Mac Batch Processing Selecting File gt Batch Processing lets you apply a recipe to multiple images Please see Batch Processing on page 38 for more about batch processing You may also press CTRL B PC or 3 B Mac Recent Files The File menu displays your 10 most recently opened images for quick access Click the desired image to open it Exit Selecting File gt Exit PC or File gt Quit Mac exits HDR Expose You are prompted to save any unsaved changes You may also press ALT F4 PC or 38 Q Mac HDR Expose 1 0 Menu Bar The Menu Bar appears at the top edge of the HDR Expose screen File Edit View Help File Menu The File menu lets you work with and manage your image files This menu has the following options Open Selecting File gt Open lets you open a single image in HDR Expose You may also press CTRL O PC or 3 O Mac Save Selecting File gt Save saves the current image A dialog box appears asking you to specify your desired quality settings When saving to the BEF format the quality setting is based on human visual acuity A Q
59. nified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose Preferences Window Show Image Shadow Checking the Show Image Shadow checkbox places a drop shadow outside the image which is visible when you are zoomed out Show Startup Dialog Checking the Show Startup Dialog checkbox displays the Startup dialog when you launch HDR Expose Please see Selecting Images on page 34 for more information about the Startup dialog Show Highlight Recovery Dialog Checking the Show Highlight Recovery Dialog checkbox displays the Highlight Recovery slider in the Manual White Balance dialog that appears when you have set the default white balance option to Manual when merging images or when importing RAW format images This feature lets you recover the white point in images with overblown highlights Please see The Manual White Balance Dia log on page 39 for more information about the High light Recovery dialog Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 27 unified COLOR Selecting Edit gt Preferences opens the Preferences win dow which allows you to specify default options for HDR Expose This window contains the following tabs General Set your desired image display mode and set various interface elements Export Set export options for each supported export format Batch Set default file types when exporting batch pro cessed or merged HDR files Presets Import and export HDR Expose prefer
60. ntional Low Dynamic Range LDR digital imaging techniques HDR imaging can accurately represent the wide range of inten sity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to the deepest shadows Traditional display and printing technologies use color models that limit the available gamut of colors to accom modate current display technology HDR Expose uses the full spectrum of color visible to the human eye at all times without imposing any artificial limits Your current display or printer may not be able to show the full gamut of colors that HDR Expose works with but working with HDR Expose ensures that your images will keep looking better and better as display and printer technologies improve HDR Expose delivers extreme precision thanks to its 32 bit floating point High Dynamic Range technology that is built into the entire workflow This technology offers a dynamic range of 1076 1 which is enough to address any real world lighting conditions HDR Expose 1 0 What is HDR Nature abounds with colors and contrasts that the human eye and brain are exquisitely adapted to see and appreciate Unfortunately the pictures we take of these stunning scenes often appear flat and dull by comparison even when we use high quality equipment Why The problem is that the range of colors and contrasts avail able in nature far exceeds the capabilities of conventional CRT based image capture and display technology This chart compar
61. nu Your options are Default Unchanged camera sensor values typically calibrated to daylight As shot Use the camera supplied white balance correction that was recorded when you took the pic ture Manual Opens the up the Manual White Balance options dialog in the HDR Image Tools panel after merging the images which allows you to set the image white balance Please see The Manual White Balance Dialog on page 39 for more information about the Manual White Balance dialog Ghosting artifacts can occur when there are minor dif ferences between exposures such as a leaves blowing in the wind etc Check the appropriate radio button to specify how HDR Expose should handle ghosting arti facts Natural This option is good when the exposures contain soft edged moving objects such as flowing water leaves etc O unified COLOR O Clicking the Batch processing button in the Welcome to HDR Expose window when you first launch the pro gram Selecting File gt Batch processing Pressing CTRL B PC or 38 B Mac To merge images 1 Open the Batch Processing window using any of the above methods 2 Check the checkbox that corresponds to the recipe you want to apply in the Source files area 3 To add an entire folder of images click the Add Folder button and navigate to the desired folder All of the images in the selected folder appear under the selected recipe 4 To add specific images
62. of color or brightness data Advanced HDR Rendering Work on a single HDR image or merge multiple images together to create an HDR image HDR Expose takes advanced HDR rendering to the next level unified COLOR O before You can also use this information to create a recipe for future use Future proof HDR Expose always lets you work with the full color range available to the human eye even if you can not see all of these colors on your monitor Many cameras typically do capture full color range data however select ing an image option such as JPG clips the color data Saving your images in a RAW format and merging them into an HDR Expose BEF file preserves the data which will become visible as display and printing technology improves With HDR Expose you never have to worry about re taking images or not being able to preserve the full richness of your images Supported File Formats HDR Expose supports the follow ing image file formats Input BEF HDR Expose native file format Radiance HDR hdr pic OpenEXR exr Camera RAW formats cr2 nef raw etc For a full list of supported RAW file types please visit www unifiedcolor com 8 16 and 32 bit TIFF tif tiff JPEG jpg jpeg Bitmap bmp HDR Expose 1 0 Program Features amp Benefits continued Optimized for High Performance HDR Expose supports multi core CPUs Application performance scales almost lin early base
63. ofile in the exported image Click the Browse button to open an operating system dialog box that lets you navigate to your desired color profile HDR Expose 1 0 Preferences Window continued Export Tab Preferences General 4 Export Batch O Presets 9 Recipes O Performance x ee era i J Jpeg Lossy compression D44 The Export tab of the Preferences window lets you set the following image export options Export Format Click one of the export formats to select your desired export options for that format BEF Export Options Use the Quality slider to set your desired BEF export quality Checking the Original Quality checkbox preserves the quality of the original image s Open EXR Export Options Use the radio buttons to select the following EXR export options No compression Checking the No compression radio button exports EXR files with no compression This preserves full image quality but requires addi tional disk space Lossless compression Checking the Lossless com pression radio button compresses exported EXR files without losing image quality This creates 28 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose Preferences Window continued Batch Merge to HDR Use the pull down menu to select the file type to use when exporting merged HDR files Exported files will use the preferences you set in the Export tab Please see Export Tab
64. oms out farther from your image Z Zooms in or out until your entire image fits within the HDR Expose window F Toggles Fullscreen mode on and off F1 Opens this manual in Adobe Acrobat format PDF SPACE Toggles between the currently selected tool and the Pan tool hand icon that lets you move the image around within the HDR Expose window P Toggles the Preview checkbox on and off for the currently selected tool CTRL F Opens the Free Rotate tool which is described in Rotate on page 41 W Opens the Veiling Glare tool which is described in Veiling Glare on page 45 E Opens the Sharpness tool which is described in Sharpness on page 53 R Opens the Resize tool which is described in Resize on page 42 T Opens the Color Tuning tool which is described in Color Tuning on page 57 U Opens the Saturation tool which is described in Saturation on page 54 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 2 1 CTRL O Lets you open a single file in HDR Expose CTRL S Saves the current image CTRL SHIFT S Lets you save the current image under a new filename and or folder CTRL W Closes the current image without exiting HDR Expose You are prompted to save any unsaved changes CTRL H Opens the Merge to HDR window which lets you merge multiple images into a single HDR image Please see Creating Merging
65. p unifiedcolor com tutorials Frequently Asked Questions If you have a question chances are that you are not alone Visit the online FAQ at http unifiedcolor com faq Technical Support If the above resources don t answer your question please visit the Unified Color Technical page at http www unifiedcolor com support About this Manual This manual uses several formatting conventions to present information of special importance Lists of items points to consider or procedures that do not need to be performed in a specific order appear in bullet format Item 1 Item 2 Procedures that must be followed in a specific order appear in numbered steps 1 Perform this step first 2 Perform this step second 8 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Getting Started Installation which contains recent information that may not be included in this manual Your installation is now complete Enjoy Mac To install HDR Expose on a Mac 1 Double click the HDR Expose install package icon 2 Follow the on screen instructions These will be similar to the PC instructions listed above Your installation is now complete Enjoy Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 9 unified COLOR PC To install HDR Expose on a PC Download the HDR Expose setup application to your disk following the on screen instructions The down loaded file will be HDRExposeSetup_x86 e
66. r from your image You may also press CTRL PC or 38 Mac Zoom to Fit Selecting View gt Zoom to Fit zooms in or out until your entire image fits within the HDR Expose window You may also press Z PC or Mac Actual Pixels Selecting View gt Actual Pixels zooms the image to actual size Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 3 unified COLOR Edit Menu The Edit menu lets you perform basic image editing func tions and manage presets This menu has the following options Copy Selecting Edit gt Copy copies the current image to the Windows or MacOS Clipboard You may also press CTRL C PC or 38 C Mac Paste Selecting Edit gt Paste pastes the Windows or MacOS Clipboard contents into the current image You may also press CTRL V PC or 386 P Mac Preferences Selecting Edit gt Preferences opens the Preferences window which lets you manage how you work with HDR Expose Please see Preferences Win dow on page 27 for more about the Preferences win dow You may also press CTRL L PC or 3 Mac View Menu The View menu lets you customize the HDR Expose inter face and zoom in and out of the image you are currently working on This menu has the following options Show HDR Image Tools Selecting View gt Show HDR Image Tools toggles the HDR Image Tools panel on and off Please see HDR Image Tools Panel on page 15 for more about the H
67. re is terminated upon your accep tance of the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement accompanying such upgrade or update Upon any termination of the Software License Agreement you must cease all use of the Software and destroy all copies then in your possession or control 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS This Software License Agreement contains the entire agree ment and understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior written and oral understandings of the parties with respect to the sub ject matter set forth here This Software License Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a writing duly executed by UCT and you If any provision of this Software License Agreement shall be deemed invalid or unenforce able by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction that provision will be reformed and construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the origi nal intentions of this Software License Agreement and in HDR Expose 1 0 HDR Expose License Agreement continued AND CONDITIONS EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUD ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MER CHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SATISFACTORY QUALITY INFORMATIONAL CONTENT OR ACCURACY QUIET ENJOYMENT TITLE AND NON INFRINGE MENT WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE PROVI SION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPEC
68. re the image reso HDR Image Tools Panel continued The available tools are Rotate CCW 1 The Rotate CCW tool rotates the image by 90 degrees counterclockwise left Please see Rotate on page 41 for more about rotating images Rotate CW 2 The Rotate CW tool rotates the image by 90 degrees clockwise right Please see Rotate on page 41 for more about rotating images Free Rotate 3 The Free Rotate tool lets you rotate the image around your desired horizon line Please see Rotate on page 41 for more about rotating images Resize 4 The Resize tool lets you enlarge or shrink the lution such as inches Width Image width in pixels X Resolution Image resolution in dots per unit in the X direction Y Resolution Image resolution in dots per unit in the Y direction History Editing history if available Operations image Please see Resize on page 42 for more about resizing images The Operations section of the HDR Image Tools panel contains the HDR Expose image editing tools Crop 5 The Crop tool lets you crop your image Please see Crop on page 43 for more about cropping images Veiling Glare 6 The Veiling Glare tool helps reduce haze in the image Please see Veiling Glare on page 45 for more about the Veiling Glare tool Noise Elimination 7 The Noise Elimination tool lets you reduce color noise in your image Please see Noise Elimination on page 4
69. reates two Brightness Con trast entries in the History one on each side of the Satura tion entry Note Unsaved actions are not preserved after the image is closed or if you save the image to any format other than BEF You can only undo actions taken during the current session 40 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified Using HDR Expose COLOR Rotate HDR Expose lets you rotate images freely or window and draws a horizontal yellow line Free Rotate in 90 degree increments across the image Align image to the line 1 The Free Rotate window lets you specify Horizontal Fixed whether HDR Expose treats the line as Hor 2 e izontal or Vertical In most cases selecting Automatic is the best option because it allows HDR Expose to calculate the most appropriate rotation based on the angle of the line The line serves as the horizon to Clicking the Rotate CW button rotates which the image will align when rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise right Clicking the Rotate CCW button rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise You can rotate the image in 90 degree increments by clicking the Rotate CW and Rotate CCW buttons in the HDR Image Tools panel 1 Specify the rotation angle by either Clicking and dragging the line end points to rotate the line left Drawing a newline by clicking your Free Anale desired starting point dragging to 9 your desired end point and then In addit
70. served 3 5 T unified COLOR you may continue mapping the resulting image to obtain your desired dynamic range using the HDR Expose editing tools The Merge to HDR window is where you add images for merging You can open this window by Clicking the Create Merge a new HDR image or Batch HDR merge button in the Welcome to HDR Expose window when you first launch the program Selecting File gt Merge to HDR Pressing CTRL H PC Dragging your desired images into the HDR Expose win dow Custom Merge Merge to HDR 0 Custom merge Batch merge Use white balance As shot Reduce ghosting artifacts Natural flowing water waves moving clouds leaves in the wind etc Sharp edges cars people or similar moving objects smooth edges combination of different movement p E Merge Cancel J YM Align source images O unified COLOR Batch Merge Merge to HDR Custom merge Batch merge Vi Align source images Use white balance As shot Reduce ghosting artifacts Natural flowing water waves moving clouds leaves in the wind etc Sharp edges cars people or similar moving objects smooth edges combination of different movement Merge a Cancel J To merge multiple sets of images into a single HDR image 1 Open the Merge to HDR window using any of the above methods and then click the Batch merge button 2 Click the Add Images button button to open
71. t will be made white according to the D65 white point standard All other colors in the image will be adjusted accordingly 2 The Highlight Recovery slider lets you to recover the white point in raw unified COLOR O Actions taken during previous sessions may be added to a rec ipe for future use HDR Expose 1 0 History The History section of the HDR Image Tools panel records your previous 255 actions New actions are added to the bottom of the history You can work with the history as fol lows Create a recipe that will apply the contents of the his tory to the current or future images in one click Please see Recipes on page 61 for more information about creating recipes Undo your most recent action by clicking the Undo icon trash can at the bottom of the HDR Image Tools panel Undo any of your previous actions by clicking the action you want to delete and then pressing DEL HDR Expose recalculates your image edits to remove the deleted action s Adjust any of your previous actions by clicking the action you want to modify and then making your desired adjustments HDR Expose recalculates your image edits to apply the modified action s The History section may contain any combination of actions including multiple instances of the same action For example adjusting the image brightness and contrast then changing the color saturation and then adjusting the brightness and contrast again c
72. the Browse for Folder window which allows you to specify the number of images in each scene and the folder con taining the source images The selected folder must contain the same number of source files for each HDR scene For example you cannot merge HDR images from 3 or 5 sources in the same folder the images with 3 sources must be placed in a separate folder from the images with 5 sources and merged separately HDR Expose 1 0 Selecting Images continued Manual Opens the up the Manual White Balance options dialog in the HDR Image Tools panel after merging the images which allows you to set the image white balance Please see The Manual White Balance Dialog on page 39 for more information about the Manual White Balance dialog 5 Ghosting artifacts can occur when there are minor dif ferences between exposures such as a leaves blowing in the wind etc Check the appropriate radio button to specify how HDR Expose should handle ghosting arti facts Natural This option is good when the exposures contain soft edged moving objects such as flowing water leaves etc Sharp edges This option is good when the expo sures contain hard edged moving objects such as people vehicles etc Smooth edges This option is good when the expo sures contain a combination of moving objects 6 When you have finished adding images and selecting your desired options click the Merge button to merge the images into a single H
73. ual ity setting of 1 means that the difference between the original and saved pixels will not exceed the eye s ability to spot that difference Values above 1 are detectable by the human eye and values below 1 are below the visu ally detectable threshold You may also press CTRL S PC or S Mac Save As Selecting File gt Save As lets you save the cur rent image under a new filename and or folder You may also press CTRL SHIFT S PC or 86 SHIFT S Mac Close Selecting File gt Close closes the current image without exiting HDR Expose You are prompted to save 1 2 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose Menu Bar continued Status Bar Selecting View gt Status Bar lets you control the Status Bar appearance as follows Show Status Bar Selecting View gt Status Bar gt Show Status Bar toggles the Status Bar on and off Zoom Slider Selecting View gt Status Bar gt Zoom Slider toggles the Display Zoom controls in the Status Bar on and off Display Brightness Slider Selecting View gt Status Bar gt Display Brightness Slider toggles the Display Brightness slider in the Status Bar on and off Please see Status Bar on page 19 for more information about the Status Bar Zoom In Selecting View gt Zoom In zooms in closer to your image You may also press CTRL PC or 3 Mac Zoom Out Selecting View gt Zoom Out zooms out far the
74. utton Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 3 1 unified COLOR Checking the OpenGL GPU radio button uses only the video card GPU to perform calculations the computer CPU is not used This option is best for computers with slower CPUs Checking the OpenGL GPU CPU radio button uses both the video card GPU and the computer CPU to per form calculations This options is best for high perfor mance systems Tint Tab Preferences General 4 Export Batch O Presets 9 Recipes O Performance Grayscale ory Sepia Lavender rose Gold Azure Baby blue Camouflage green New preset New preset E New preset2 Saturaton Gum am o Ce Target Color The Tint tab of the Preferences window allows you to cre ate and delete preset tint filters that you can apply to your images using the Tint menu in the Status Bar Please see Status Bar on page 19 for more information about the Sta tus Bar O HDR Expose 1 0 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Using HDR Expose This chapter describes how to use the tools included with HDR Expose to create breathtaking results HDR Expose makes image editing fast easy and fun Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 33 O ow eS mem i What would you like to do Open Recent files imc_0012PG i Create Merge a new HDR Image E
75. xe for 32 bit systems or HDRExposeSetup_x64 exe for 64 bit system Launch the HDR Expose setup application If you see a security warning window click Run to proceed with the installation 1 3 The Welcome window appears Click Next to proceed The License Agreement window appears Review the license carefully If you agree to the terms check the I accept the terms of the License Agreement radio but ton and then click Next to proceed The Choose Components window appears You should accept the default installation options unless you are an advanced user Select your desired options by checking the appropriate checkboxes and then click Next to pro ceed You will see a progress bar and detailed installation progress information while HDR Expose installs to your system When the installation is complete click Next to proceed The Installation Complete window appears You may launch HDR Expose and or review the Readme file O HDR Expose 0 unified COLOR 1 0 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Navigating HDR Expose This chapter walks you through the HDR Expose interface HDR Expose offers you several ways to access most func tions which lets you work with images on your terms and focus on getting the results you want instead of figuring out how to use the program Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 1 O unified COLOR any unsaved cha

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