Photomatix Pro User Manual
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1. Gamma Adjusts the mid tone of the tone mapped image brightening or darkening the image globally The default value is 1 0 Temperature Adjusts the color temperature of the tone mapped image relative to the temperature of the HDR source image Move the slider to the right for a warmer more yellow orange tinted look Move the slider to the left for a colder more bluish look A value of 0 default preserves the original color temperature of the HDR source image Photomatix Pro User Guide 16 Advanced Options Micro smoothing e Micro smoothing Smoothes local detail enhancements This has the effect of reducing noise in the sky for instance and tends to give a cleaner look to the resulting image The default value is 2 Saturation Highlights Important note The Loupe may not properly show the effect of the Saturation Shadawe Micro smoothing setting when the area magnified is uniform If _ _ _ you want to see the effect of the Micro smoothing setting at 100 resolution on a uniform area such as the sky you will have to select an area that contains an object in the scene in addition to the sky Shadows Smoothness Shadows Clipping e Saturation Highlights Adjusts the color saturation of the highlights relative to the color saturation set with the Color Saturation slider Values higher than 0 increase the color saturation in the highlights Values lower than 0 decrease it The default value is 0 Details En2. normal exposure set one or more EVs higher if your most underexposed image in the exposure sequence was too dark This is the case when the histogram of your darkest image is completely empty on the right half The number of exposures needed depends on the dynamic range of the scene in addition to the exposure increment For most outdoor scenes three exposures taken at 2 exposure increments is sufficient provided the scene does not include the sun However for the interior of a room with a bright view out the window you will need at least five images taken with an exposure increment of 2 or nine images taken with an exposure increment of 1 In scenes with extreme differences between light and dark details you should change the exposures manually to ensure you capture a wide enough range to cover your scene Photomatix Pro User Guide 1 3 Using Film Based Cameras e Follow the camera setup listed at the top of Section 1 1 and the tips on selecting exposures in Section 1 2 Keep in mind that you will not have the option of previewing the live histogram to determine your exposure range Scan film or slides not prints Photo labs attempt to make the best print from each of your source images and you will not achieve good results scanning these for HDR generation Turn off your scanner s auto exposure options This allows you to manually control the exposure e Make sure you select the Align images option in Photomatix Pr
3. Selection with Source An HDR processed image might look exactly the way you want except for one area For example the sky might have more contrast or be darker than desired The Replace selection with source feature lets you replace that area with the same area from any one of the source images to bring the tonemapped or fused image closer to what you want 3 7 1 Selecting the Area to be Replaced TT oO To enable this feature click the Selection Mode checkbox Bl Attach to Edges Contras The Polygonal Lasso is the default tool Selection Mode checkbox We recommend using the Polygonal tool but you can use the Normal or Magnetic tool if you prefer Selection works differently depending on the tool e Polygonal lasso Click to set the selection line s starting point Move the mouse and click to create a straight segment attached to the previous point Repeat to create additional segments To close the selection double click or single click on the starting point e Normal lasso Click and drag the mouse to draw a freehand selection Release the mouse button to close the selection e Magnetic lasso Click and drag the mouse as with the Normal lasso If an edge is within the Width setting the selection path snaps to the edge To close the selection double click or single click on the starting point Photomatix Pro User Guide 19 Choosing a Lasso The Polygonal lass
4. exposure information in the EXIF data is ignored Source images are linear no tone curve applied Intended for 16 bit TIFF files that have been converted from RAW files with a RAW converter that allows the image to be left in linear Space Very few RAW converters allow this so only check this option if you are sure that the tonal values of the images are linear relative to the values of light captured Process strip by strip Check this option if the source images are large TIFF files With this option the HDR image file is created in several passes processing and loading only one strip of each image into memory at a time One strip is composed of a limited number of rows set to not exceed approximately 512 MB of RAM This option is particularly useful when processing large panoramas Note though that the alignment functions are not accessible when the Process strip by strip option is used Photomatix Pro User Guide Settings Merge to HDR J _ Force Exposure Values spacing to f Tf exposure information not found in Exit data In all cases C Remove ghosts Detection L Reduce noise on underexposed image s only Streng th 1005 L Reduce chromatic aberrations _ Source images are linear no tone curve applied When source images are in RAW format Preview Sample Color primaries based on Adobe RGB White Balance As Shot When source images are in TIFF format _ Proce
5. list provides options for converting the RAW data from the camera s native color space to the display profile of the selected value AdobeRGB is the default value and is appropriate when you want to print the resulting image If you would like to display the resulting image only on the web and do not intend to print it then select sRGB to avoid having to convert the image from AdobeRGB to SRGB Photomatix Pro User Guide Raw conversion settings Preprocessing Optians K Align source images M Crop aligned images C by correcting horizontal and vertical shifts by matching features lt include perspective correction Maximum shit 12 i Remove ghosts with Selective Deghosting tool Detection H igh C automatically Reduce noise on underexposed image s only Strength y 10 Reduce chromatic aberrations ee Preview Sample White Balance As Shot Color primaries based on Aisles RGB z Cancel Preprocessing Options 10 2 2 Working with Single Image Files Photomatix Pro supports Tone Mapping of single Do you want to process your image with noise pp pping g reduction before tone mapping image files To load a single image file 1 Drag the image file to the Photomatix Pro application Windows or icon on your Dock Mac OR Do not ask me again Select Op
6. shift both shadows and highlights toward the mid tones in the tone mapped Brightness image The default value is 0 i Tonal Range Compression Contrast Adaptation Adjusts the influence of the average oe brightness in relation to the intensity of the processed pixel Move the slider to the right to create more pronounced colors Move the slider to the left to create a more natural look The default value is 0 Co ntra st Ad g ptati on White Point Black Point These sliders control how the pelea Point 0 000 minimum and maximum values of the tone mapped image are set Moving the sliders to the right increases global contrast tee Point es 00 Moving them to the left reduces clipping at the extremes The ts White Point slider sets the value for the maximum of the tone Temperature eon 4 mapped image pure white or level 255 The Black Point slider mt sets the value for the minimum of the tone mapped image Saturation 00 pure black or level 0 The default values are 0 Tone Compressor Settings Photomatix Pro User Guide 17 e Temperature Adjusts the color temperature of the tone mapped image relative to the temperature of the HDR source image Move the slider to the right for a warmer more yellow orange colored look Move it to the left for a colder more bluish look A value of 0 default preserves the original color temperature of the HDR source image e Saturation Adjusts the color saturation of the to
7. the term bracketed images to simplify how these images are defined It also applies to the case when you have not used the Automatic Exposure Bracketing function of the camera to take the exposures Drag the image files for the exposure sequence at the same time so the files are properly processed by the merge Newer camera models may not be supported by older versions of Photomatix Pro To ensure your camera is Supported upgrade to the latest version If you have Lightroom use the Lightroom Export Plug in to load images into Photomatix Pro Refer to Section 5 for more information Using the Workflow Area or the File Menu To load images using the Workflow Shortcuts panel or the File menu 1 Click Load Bracketed Photos in the Workflow Shortcuts area OR Select Load Bracketed Photos from the File menu The Loading bracketed photos dialog displays Select image files taken under different exposures Either use the Browse button or drag files below Browse Remove C Show intermediary 32 bit HDR image Loading bracketed photos 2 Drag and drop the files into the Loading bracketed photos dialog OR Click Browse A dialog displays prompting for location of the files 3 Select the files to load using one of the following methods e Click the first file then press and hold the Control key Windows or Command key Mac While holding down the Control or Command key click ea
8. to process at one time Grouped by Exposures Option If you are processing bracketed photos that will be part of a panorama you may find it useful to be able to organize your photos in such a way that all exposures of the same levels are in the same folder Let s take as an example a panorama composed of four views that need to be stitched with each view having been taken under three exposures 2 0 2 You will then have 12 photos and may need to place them in three separate subfolders composed of four photos each as follows e Subfolder1 contains the four photos for the panorama taken at EV 2 e Subfolder2 contains the four photos for the panorama taken at EV 0 e Subfolder3 contains the four photos for the panorama taken at EV 2 If you check Process subfolders and select grouped by exposures the batch will combine the first file of Subfolder1 with the first file of Subfolder2 and the first file of Subfolder3 The batch will then combine the second file of Subfolder1 with the second file of Subfolder2 and the second file of Subfolder3 and so on for the third and fourth file of each subfolder Set Selection Options 4 1 4 Ad Vance d O pt IONS Automatically detect numberof bracketed frames The following items are accessed from the Process frame Bracketed sets have between 3 and 5 frames when you click Advanced and click Options to co nfi gure C Bracketed sets may have an even number of frames automatic se ection of
9. with N being the number specified in the previous step 4 To save the results in a different folder than the folder containing the source photos select the Custom location option in the Destination frame at the bottom right of the window OR Accept the default of Created under source folder to create a subfolder with the name PhotomatixResults in the source image folder 5 Inthe Destination frame select the output file type For JPG file output select the quality from 0 to 100 from the drop down list with 100 yielding the largest file size 6 Click Naming and Output Options if you would like to rename resize add contrast or sharpen the resulting images 7 Click Run to start batch processing While the batch is running processing status will display in the area below the Run button When processing is complete a link to the batch results will be displayed 4 1 2 Batch Processing Settings Use the Settings buttons to access HDR generation Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion settings Refer to Sections 3 and 4 for a description of these settings The following settings for generating HDR images are specific to batch processing e Force Exposure Values spacing to Forces the EV spacing to the specified value This option can be used when the exposure information is not available in the EXIF data if two or more images have the same exposure information or to force the EV spacing in all cases In the latter case the
10. with the results You may also undo processing before returning to Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion Select Undo Tone Mapping or Undo Exposure Fusion from the Process menu Windows or Edit menu Macintosh Photomatix Pro returns the image to its original state If you post processed with the Finishing Touch options then first select Undo Finishing Touch e Click Tone Mapping Fusion from the Workflow Shortcut bar or select Tone Mapping Fusion to return to the image adjustment window 3 2 Image Adjustment Windows For the Details Enhancer method of 321 Preview Window Tone Mapping and the Adjust method of Exposure Fusion the preview is not The Preview Window provides a preview of the tone mapped or fused always an accurate representation of the image as you adjust the settings as well as the following controls final tone mapped image Mi SelectionMode a ss ala 100 H Preview Previewing image adjustments e Scaling Slider Zooms in or out the refreshed preview from 50 to 150 The preview is not recalculated but quickly scaled Each time Fit or one of the Magnifier icons is clicked the preview is recalculated and the Zoom Slider resets to 100 e Fit Resizes the preview to fill the available space on the program s main window Windows or your screen Macintosh e Magnifier icons Increases or decreases the preview image by 20 and recalculates it at the new size e Preview The Preview ch
11. working spaces e SRGB Use if the images are created only for the web e Adobe RGB Popular working space for printing if extremely saturated colors are not used ProPhoto RGB Wide gamut working space This should never be used for 8 bit images For all JPEG and TIFF files Photomatix Pro preserves the color spaces of the source files Photomatix Pro User Guide 27 Glossary AEB Mode Aperture Priority Bit Bit Depth Bracketed images Chromatic Aberration Contrast Ratio dSLR Dynamic Range EXIF Exposure Exposure Fusion EV Exposure Value HDR Photomatix Pro User Guide Automatic Exposure Bracketing DSLR cameras and some compact digital cameras offer this feature It enables you to automatically take three or more exposures in a row one at the proper exposure one or more underexposed and one or more over exposed In Aperture Priority mode you select the aperture and the camera determines the correct shutter speed for the available light The shutter speed also depends on ISO sensitivity This is the right mode for shooting bracketed shots for HDR refer to Sec tion 1 for more information Bits represent digital data in computers Digital Images are made of bits A bit depth corresponds to 2 Bit Depth levels e g 256 for 8 bit The number of bits a file type uses to represent a pixel s color at a given location in an image A group of photos taken with the Automatic Exposure Bracketing fu
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13. Photomatix Pro User Manual Version 4 2 2012 HDRsoft All rights reserved Contents MUOU 0 eects EEE EE 1 1 Taking Photos for HDR iii 2 1 1 Setting UP the Camera issues 3 1 2 Selecting the EXPO UTES 2 2 mean EEA nbene maw lies encens 3 1 3 Using Film Based Cameras sise 4 2 Loading and Pre Processing Images 5 2 1 Merging Bracketed Images 00 0 0 00 cc cece ence e ne e ere rere e rE EP std estd eta etaetbnetbeetn bean etn EEEE 5 21 1 Loading bracketed GES A EEEE TIRE 5 2 1 2 General Pre Processing Options iii 7 2 1 3 Using the Selective Deghosting Tool LL 8 2 1 4 Pre Processing Options for RAW Files 00 ccc cece cccccc ccc cece ete eteu esse eeteeeteestueteeeteneeineees 10 2 2 Working with Single Image Files 20 0 0 ccc c ccc cc cece cece ereere rne t re este rE stueteaetaeseneeaneeneeenes 11 2 2 1 Options for Single RAW Image Files LL 17 3 Adjusting Images Using Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion 12 3 1 Image Adjustment Workflow issues 12 3 2 Image Adjustment Windows 0 0 0 cece cence eee e ee eee e rere E EE EP E ESEd EEG StGEEGn SEG SEE EEGE EEE EEEE 13 321 ih MOVIE VIIA OW en apie ae iaeneee 13 O22 PEE TF AUIMION GUS PONEI wuce AE cee ANAE EAEE AE aes ieee eee 14 3 3 Tone Mapping Details Enhancer Settings a 16
14. also import custom presets created by other Photomatix users that you downloaded to your computer as XMP files To import the presets select the item Import Presets on the pop up menu on the top left of the Preset Thumbnails panel and browse to the location on your computer where you downloaded the XMP preset files Saving Custom Presets There are two ways to save custom presets as an XMP file for future use during the image adjustment phase or after Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion is complete To save custom presets during image adjustment 1 In the Adjustments panel click the Presets drop down list Select Save Settings from the list Enter a name for the preset in the File name field and click Save To save the processing selections as a preset after Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion processing 1 Click Save Settings from the Workflow Short cuts bar or select Save Settings from the File menu A dialog prompts for the file name 2 Enter the file name and click OK If you save the preset in the default location which is the Presets folder of the Photomatix Pro application the preset is automatically added to the Presets combo box list and also shows on the My Presets tab of the Preset Thumbnails Panel Photomatix Pro User Guide 15 3 3 Tone Mapping Details Enhancer Settings Strength General Settings Strength Affects the degree to which contrast and detail are Color Saturation enhan
15. b rac keted Image fi les Maximum time between two successive bracketed frames Click Automatically detect the number of bracketed frames when processing a folder that contains files in Select only part of the frames in bracketed set addition to those in the set of bracketed frames or when nears FE eee LES Bracketed sets have 5 fames each but process only the number of frames in the set varies Photomatix Pro uses eee ton ICCD the metadata from the image files to perform automatic goes bracketed set detection Second Frame Thurd Frame J 3 Fourth Frame e Specify a range using the two drop down lists to Last Frame automatically detect the number of bracketed frames eee 7 E This option is useful when some of the photos in the processed folder are e Move the Maximum time between two successive not part of a bracketed set and or when the number of frames per bracketed set varies frames slider right or left to allow more or less time read Note that the automatic detection is based on the metadata information of the image files and not on the image content It can therefore work from the metadata If your camera is set on continuous only when the bracketed photos have been taken with Automatic shooting and takes 3 frames second for example then See ee ee the slider could safely be set on 1 second PRE Advanced batch processing options Photomatix Pro User Guide 24 Click Select only part of the frames in
16. bracketed set to load only selected frames from a bracketed set e Specify the total number of frames in each set using the drop down list Select the specific frames to process from the list Select more than one file by holding down the Control key Windows or Command key Mac and clicking on the desired frames 4 2 Batch Processing Single Image Files Photomatix Pro supports processing of single image files using tone mapping To batch process single image files 1 Click Batch Single Photos from the Workflow Shortcut panel or select Batch Single Photos from the Automate menu Batch of Single Photos Processing Options Run Case Tone map with D tails Enhancer Settings m 2 Toselect the source folder that 3 Tone map with Tone Compressor contains the files click Select Reduce noise before tone mapping S p ir Folder 4 Reduce chromatic aberrations before tone mapping 3 Navigate to the folder that Re ee ie contains the files and click OK snore Hie Pa tn een Bet Photomatix Pro displays the ee folder path and the files in the source Destination folder Select Folder Caran ra ee en Folder Cem cuter a Batch will process all files listed onthe es ee 4 Tonarrow down the files to MS BAS CRZ Emen aa _ process if needed hold down mG 50 Spor D a ee o E the Control key Windows or MG BAET CRA _ LR nen ee Command key Mac and click the files to process Batch Tone Mapping on Si
17. ce cece cece eee ee eete nesta estan eeeins 26 5 3 Dealing With NOISE s 5ac0c5e0 cncsee tonscasidea de ce e loi cinon ce MaSebntigbubraahiesseukiabseunenbiens 27 5 4 Photomatix Pro and Color Management ccc ccc c cece cee ce cece aces re este eee rE seen etneseneeaetneeines 27 SSI chest deve E E T E EaEEEZEEZEZZEZEZE 28 OS nas gees fea arenes ges fees les EEE aa eke eu ecees 30 Photomatix Pro User Guide Introduction Photomatix Pro works with photographs of the same scene taken under different exposure settings often called bracketed images in reference to the auto bracketing exposure functions available on many camera models If you have not taken bracketed photos you can start using Photomatix Pro with the sample images available from the download page of the Photomatix Pro website http www hdrsoft com Use the information in Section 1 Taking Photos for HDR to try Photomatix with your own images Cove Point Lighthouse photo Ferrell McCollough This manual contains information about how to use Photomatix Pro to adjust images using different Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion methods All of the methods are accessed from one window within the application making it easy to try different settings to achieve the results you want Refer to Section 2 Loading and Pre Processing Images and Section 3 Adjusting Images Using Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion for detailed information about the different settin
18. ced in the image A value of 100 gives the maximum 5 More Options amount of enhancement To get a more natural effect move the Luminosity slider to the left The default value is 70 A Color Saturation Controls the saturation of the RGB color channels The greater the saturation the more intense the color Move the slider right or left to change the setting A value of 0 produces a grayscale image The value affects each color channel equally The default value is 46 Details Enhancer General settings Luminosity Controls the compression of the tonal range which has the effect of adjusting the global luminosity level Move the slider to the right to boost shadow details and brighten the image Move it to the left to give a more natural look to the resulting image The default value is 0 Detail Contrast Controls the amount of contrast applied to detail in the image Move the slider to the right to increase the contrast of the details and give a sharper look to the image Note that increasing the contrast also has a darkening effect Move the slider to the left to decrease the contrast of details and brighten the image Lighting Adjustments Affects the overall look controlling the extent to which the image looks natural or surreal When Lighting Adjustments the Lighting Effects Mode box is unchecked move the slider to 6 the right to make the image look more natural and to the left to om on kao make it look mor
19. ch of the other files you wish to select e Click the first file then press and hold the Shift key While holding the Shift key down click the last file This will select all the files in between the first and last file 4 Click Open Windows or Select Mac 5 Click OK to pre process the files Entering Exposure Values If you check the Show intermediary 32 bit HDR image box you will be able to save the pre processed 32 bit image in an HDR image file format such as Radiance or OpenEXR Saving the 32 bit HDR image is useful when you want to be able to process the image with other tone mapping settings later without having to pre process and merge your bracketed photos again However you will still need to pre process and merge the photos if you want to use exposure fusion You will have to click the Tone Mapping Fusion button to go to the next step if you check this box The order of the files in a bracketing sequence does not matter Photomatix Pro systematically sorts the image files based on the exposure information retrieved from the EXIF data If the exposure information is not available in EXIF data Photomatix Pro automatically evaluates the relative brightness levels of the photos If the exposure information cannot be located in the metadata of the image files Photomatix Pro displays a dialog prompting for input of the relative Exposure Values for each image Photomatix Pro also displays this dialog if tw
20. e The deghosting option is effective for images processed with Tone Mapping or with the default Exposure Fusion method It is not effective for the other Exposure Fusion methods e With selective deghosting tool Activates the Selective Deghosting Tool which lets you select ghosted regions and choose the exposure used for each ghosted region e Automatically Automatically detects ghosted zones in the merged image Photomatix Pro User Guide e Detection Sets the criteria for determining if a pixel is or is not ghosted when using automatic deghosting Noise Reduction Options The Reduce noise option processes source photos with high quality noise reduction and is recommended when processing RAW files directly in Photomatix Strength Increases or decreases the strength of the noise reduction relative to the automatically determined value based on the noise level in the image Values range from 50 to 150 Reduce Chromatic Aberrations The Reduce Chromatic Aberrations option automatically corrects color fringing due to chromatic aberrations of the lens Checking this option is recommended given that chromatic aberrations tend to show around high contrast edges and are particularly an issue for HDR images 2 1 3 Using the Selective Deghosting Tool The Selective Deghosting Tool lets you select the portions of the image that require processing for removing ghosting due to movement of elements in the image Photomatix Pro us
21. e painterly or surreal Details Enhancer Lighting Adjustment settings Lighting Effects Mode The checkbox lets you switch between two modes for the Lighting Adjustments setting where each mode produces slightly different results Checking the box tends to produce results with a type of Magic Light effect Note that finer control is not possible in Lighting Effects mode FA Lighting Effects Details Enhancer Lighting Effects Mode Smooth Highlights Reduces the contrast enhancements in the highlights The value of the slider sets how much of the highlights range is affected This control is useful for preventing white highlights from turning grey or uniform light blue skies becoming dark blue grey It is also useful for reducing halos around objects placed against bright backgrounds The default value is 0 Smooth Highlights White Point _ 0 250 o Black Point a 0 000 White Point Black Point These sliders control how the minimum i and maximum values of the tone mapped image are set Moving Gamma the sliders to the right increases global contrast Moving them to the left reduces clipping at the extremes The White Point slider sets the value for the maximum of the tone mapped The Black DUANE Point slider sets the value for the minimum of the tone mapped image The default value is 0 25 for the White Point setting and Details Enhancer More Options 0 for the Black Point setting
22. e actual pixels per inch of a print Often confused with DPI Dots per Inch used by color printers to print an image A file containing the raw data from the camera sensor RAW files do not have a color profile or other stylistic preferences permanently applied A comprehensive image format that offers lossless compression schemes for smaller file sizes with higher quality This format is suitable for editing and printing but not publishing on the Web Processing a 32 bit HDR image into an image that can be properly viewed on monitors and in prints 29 Resources You can find more tips techniques and regularly updated information in the Photomatix Pro FAQ on the HDRsoft website at http www hdrsoft com support faq_photomatix html Photomatix Pro User Guide 30
23. e or decrease the strength of the noise reduction relative to the automatically OK Cancel determined value based on the noise level in the image Values range from 50 to 150 RAW Processing Options dialog box The Reduce chromatic aberrations option automatically corrects color fringing due to chromatic aberrations of the lens The White Balance options let you change the white balance if desired and preview the effect of changing it The default value is As Shot which reads the white balance setting from the EXIF metadata To adjust the white balance select a pre defined value from the White Balance drop down list or type a color temperature in Kelvin in the text box Click Preview sample to view the effect of the white balance change on the source image The Color Space drop down list provides options for converting the RAW data from the camera s native color space to the display profile of the selected value AdobeRGB is the default value and is appropriate when you want to print the resulting image If you do not intend to print the image select sRGB for web only images to avoid having to convert the image from AdobeRGB to sRGB Photomatix Pro User Guide 11 3 Adjusting Images Using Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion Photomatix Pro provides access to HDR Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion methods in one window The window includes E a preview so you can see how adjustments to settings or Exposure Fusion is only available when brac
24. eckbox quickly toggles between a preview of the tone mapped image and the normal exposure OEV of the set This is helpful to compare the effects of the image adjustments e Selection Mode Checking the selection mode checkbox enables you to select an area of the preview and replace it with one of the source images See section 3 7 for details Floating Histogram The tone mapping Histogram is a floating window that contains four selectable tabs to improve analysis of the image Luminance Red Green and Blue In addition move the mouse back and forth across the histogram to display Level Count and Percentile information If the histogram is turned off enable it by selecting 8 bit Histogram from the View menu Photomatix Pro User Guide 13 3 2 2 Preset Thumbnails Panel The Presets panel lists the available presets showing a thumbnail preview of the effect of the preset on your image When you click on a preset thumbnail the preview window is refreshed to show the result of processing your image with the settings of the selected preset By default the panel displays one column of small thumbnails Click on the plus icon on the top of the panel to display the thumbnails at a larger size Click on the icon on the top right of the panel to display the thumbnails in two columns If you prefer that the Presets panel does not show by default you can set this as an option in Preferences You can access the Photomatix Pro Preferenc
25. en from the File menu A file browser Reducing noise on a single image JPEG file window displays Navigate to the file and open it 2 To process the image using Tone Mapping click Tone Mapping from the Workflow Shortcut bar Tone mapping with the Details Enhancer If the file is a JPG a dialog will show to let you decide method makes any noise present in the image whether to reduce the noise on your image before tone ee ee as dde oi mapping If desired check Do not ask me again to skip process your image with noise reduction before this dialog and use your Yes or No selection for all single tone mapping JPGs that you process with Tone Mapping If you need to re enable the dialog later access the Photomatix Pro Preferences to change the setting The Preferences are available from the View menu Windows or Photomatix Pro menu Mac Raw Processing Options IMG _9626 CR2 M Reduce noise 2 5 100 When your single image is a RAW file Photomatix must first convert the RAW data The following options are available for Reduce chromatic aberrations pre processing the RAW data White Balance As Shot od 2 2 1 Options for Single RAW Image Files The Reduce noise option processes the converted RAW file Preview White Balance with high quality noise reduction It is checked by default y Color Space Adobe RGB as reducing noise is always recommended when processing RAW files The Strength slider lets you increas
26. es from the View menu Windows or Photomatix Pro menu Mac There are two types of presets built in and custom Built in Presets Built in presets are factory presets that are provided with the software Photomatix Pro offers 32 built in m a Eds TIC presets when you are processing bracketed photos 23 Artistic when you are processing a single file Black amp White Fusion The pop up menu at the top left of the Preset Thumbnails panel lets you view a smaller grouping of mired wee built in presets You can list the presets by category by Photographic selecting the name of the category or choose to view a subset of presets from all categories by selecting the Short List item There are four categories of built in presets corresponding to either a style or type of image The categories are Realistic Artistic Black amp White and Fusion The Fusion category lists presets processed with Exposure Fusion methods and is only available when you load bracketed photos Painterly 2 T ras Painterl Painterly 5 Preset panel Photomatix Pro User Guide 14 Custom Presets Custom presets are presets that you saved when adjusting your images or that you imported from presets created by other Photomatix users To access custom presets click on the My Presets tab located at bottom of the Preset Thumbnails panel To create your own custom presets refer to the Saving Custom Presets paragraph below You can
27. es the image that it deems the best exposed for the selected area as the default image for deghosting You may change the image to one of your choice using the tool Select With selective deghosting tool from the Remove ghosts preprocessing options to access the Selective Deghosting tool To use the Selective Deghosting tool click and drag the mouse to draw a lasso around the region that requires deghosting Ensure the selection is a fully closed loop with a dashed line egnoashng Selective Daghosting Tool Help HIPIL tuto ria Se diremet required 1 Drag your mouse over the Image to select a ghosted region 2 Right click inside the selection to Fu En mark it as ghosted cha ag i 4 MEL i Ej Quick selection mode Arightness Selective Deghosting tool Photomatix Pro User Guide Right click Windows or control click Mac inside the selected region and select Mark selection as ghosted area from the pop up menu The line around the selected region changes from dashed to solid to indicate that the area has been selected for deghosting At any time use the Brightness slider to increase or decrease the brightness of the image Or use the Zoom slider to zoom in and out If necessary you can remove a region from the deghosting selection Control click or right click inside an already marked region and click Remove selection from the pop up menu You may also change the image used as the default image for degho
28. g this setting DF OF ESD amp A Dm e Set the camera to Auto Exposure Bracketing AEB AEB settings on a Nikon D7000 If possible use the camera s self timer setting a cable release 3 frames at 2 EV or a wireless shutter release to minimize camera shake e Set the exposure increment to 2 for optimal exposure range If your camera does not offer 2 exposure increments select the maximum possible Consult the camera The continuous shooting mode may not ee always be the best strategy because manual for model specific instructions for choosing this camera shake may build up It is setting recommended to use a method that ensures the least possible shake for each single shot such as mirror lock up 1 2 Selecting the Exposures functionality if available To get good results with HDR processing your capture sequence must include photos that correctly expose highlights and photos that correctly expose shadows The latter is especially important to prevent noise from showing in the processed HDR image In the lightest photo of the sequence the darkest shadows should be at least in the mid tones To check this use your camera s histogram preview in playback mode In your most overexposed photo the left part of the histogram should be empty until 1 3rd of the histogram s width If this is not the case add one or more photos taken with longer exposure times Another option is to re shoot the exposure sequence with the
29. gs that are available Photomatix Pro User Guide 1 Taking Photos for HDR The shooting phase is essential for getting good results with Photomatix To photograph a high contrast scene you need to take several exposures in order to capture information in both the highlights and the shadows of the scene The exposures taken must properly cover the dynamic range of the scene especially the shadows The number of photos you need depends on the scene It also depends on the Exposure Value EV spacing separating the photos If you take them in one EV steps e g 1 0 1 EV you will need more photos than if you take them in two EV steps e g 2 0 2 EV We recommend shooting in two EV steps whenever possible High contrast scenes can be grouped into roughly two types depending on their dynamic range e Medium dynamic range scene Most landscapes and other types of outdoor scenes fall into this category Three exposures taken in two EV steps i e 2 0 2 EV or five exposures taken in one EV steps are usually sufficient for this type of scene e High dynamic range scene A typical example is the interior of a room with a view outside the window on a sunny day You need to take at least five exposures in two EV steps or nine exposures in one EV steps to capture this type of scene but you may need more Taking the exposures manually is recommended in these cases Three exposures of a medium dynamic range scene
30. hancer Advanced Options ml 360 image e Saturation Shadows Adjusts the color saturation of the shadows relative to the color saturation set with the Color Saturation slider Values higher than zero increase the color saturation in the shadows Values lower than zero decrease it The default value is 0 e Shadows Smoothness Reduces the contrast enhancements in the shadows The value of the slider sets how much of the shadows range is affected The default value is 0 Shadows Clipping The value of the slider sets how much of the shadows range is clipped This control may be useful to cut out noise in the dark area of a photo taken in a low light situation The default value is 0 e 360 image Checking this option eliminates the seam between the left and right sides of a panorama viewed in a 360 panoramic viewer The seam would otherwise show because Details Enhancer takes into account local contrast assigning different tonal values to the right and left parts of the image The default value is unchecked Note that this option is not enabled when the image is in portrait mode as the option is intended for panoramas 3 4 Tone Mapping Tone Compressor Settings m Process Tone Mapping Brightness Adjusts the overall brightness of the tone mapped D Epua NEm image The default value is 0 C Method Tone Compressor Tonal Range Compression Controls the compression of the tonal range Move the slider to the right to
31. hotomatix html Pro requires that the image was not retouched after the watermark was added to it If the brightness or contrast 5 1 Integrating Lightroom and Photomatix Pro of the image was changed or the ae image was cropped or resized then You can export photos for processing in Photomatix Pro directly Photomatix will not be able to remove from Lightroom and reimport them back into the Lightroom library the watermark The Lightroom Export to Photomatix plug in is free and included with the Photomatix Pro package Please refer to the HDRsoft website at http www hdrsoft com download Irplugin html for installation instructions and a short tutorial showing how to use the Lightroom export plug in for HDR processing in Photomatix Pro 5 2 Processing RAW files in Third Party RAW Converters When using a third party RAW converter develop the RAW images with the following settings As an example the screenshots show the settings in Lightroom Auto 0 80 tecovery Fill Light 19 Blacks 17 Brightness 24 Contrast 42 Presence Clarity Region Highlights Lights Darks Saturation Basic Settings in Lightroom Linear Working with curves in Lightroom e White Balance Use the same white balance for all source photos Basic settings Set all to zero It is particularly important to set the Blacks setting to zero e Curves Parametric and Point Curves should be linear e Details Set the Sharpeni
32. ht click within the selection and select the checkmarked item in the contextual menu Replace with photo at EV 1 50 Replace with photo at EW 0 Replace with photo at EV 15 Remove selection Returning to the initial preview Photomatix Pro User Guide 21 4 Automating with Batch Processing Use batch processing to automatically process image files The batch processing tool saves time processing many images Photomatix Pro offers two different batch modes e Batch Bracketed Photos Processes bracketed sets using HDR Tone Mapping and or Exposure Fusion all in one step which can save you a lot of time when you have many series of photos to process Batch Single Photos Processes single image files using Tone Mapping 4 1 Batch Processing Bracketed Photos This section describes batch processing photos taken under multiple exposure settings 1 Batch Processing of Bracketed Photos J Merge into 32 bit HDR file Settings Tone map with Details Enhancer Settings Tone map with Tone Compressor lw Fuse exposures with Fusion Natural Settings _ Fuse exposures wilh Fusion Inbensive Fuse exposures with Fusion Auto C Fuse exposures with Fusion Realistic _ Average exposures Sclect 2 images at atime Advanced Batch will merge 3 files at a time taking them from the files listed in the Source frame below i Align source images CL Ay j i Save aligned output By comecting shifts sed sure By
33. k High Dynamic Range 28 HDR Image Histogram JPEG Noise Pixel PPI RAW File TIFF Tone Mapping Photomatix Pro User Guide Strictly speaking an HDR image is an intermediary image with 32 bits per color chan nel 96 bits per pixel An HDR image is the result of merging photos of the same scene taken under different exposure settings and stored in special HDR image format The 32 bit intermediary HDR image must be processed with tone mapping for proper display on standard monitors and prints It has become very common to define HDR image as the result of processing the 32 bit HDR image with tone map ping i e the tone mapped output but this is not technically correct Histograms represent brightness distribution in digital images They help evaluate correct exposure The y axis represents the amount of pixels and the x axis represents the brightness value A common image file format with two primary strengths a relatively small file size and universal compatibility JPEGs use a lossy compression scheme and should not be edited and re saved Statistical variations inherent in the sensor system cause noise Noise is always pres ent but higher sensitivities and smaller sensors usually generate more noise Digital pictures consist of pixels the smallest units Each pixel has a color that can be represented by 8 or 16 bits or as a floating point number 32bit HDR Pixels per Inch Can be used to describe th
34. keted changing the adjustment method affect the result This section Photos are loaded When a single image is loaded describes the workflow for adjusting and processing images and 9 Mapping is available details the Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion settings Adjustments Covert 2EV DEV _ a 3 1 Image Adjustment Workflow Process Tone Mapping Exposure Fusion After you have preprocessed and merged your source images or opened a single image file the next steps are Method Details Enhancer 1 Adjust the image to your liking Choose a style you like from are the thumbnails listed on the Presets window You can then m refine the effect by adjusting the controls in the Settings window Refer to Sections 3 3 through 3 6 for detailed descriptions of the settings Luminosity Color Saturation Refer to Section 3 2 2 for more information about using Detail Contrast _ presets 2 Process the image When you are satisfied with the f Lighting Adjustments adjustments click on the Process button located at the TA bottom of the Adjustment window to process the image at D Lighting Effects Mode original resolution with the selected settings 3 Finishing Touch Once you have processed the image and rs before saving it you may use the options on the Finishing Touch palette in order to increase the contrast of your image sharpen it or adjust the saturation of individual colors Show More Options Sho
35. matching features 7 with perspeclive correction Sure Calarctian hy Folder Individual files IMG _8485 CR2 IMG_6486 CR2 IMG _B4 7 CR IMG_6486 CR2 IMG_8489 CR2 IMC _R490 CR IMG_8491 CR2 Removefile Filterby all Process subfolders lt Crop aligned output Select Folder Run Close Destination Created in source folder In each one of the subtolders Custom location Save final resultas JPEG JPEG Quality 100 Save 32 bit HDR file a5 Radiance RGBE Remove 32 bit HDR file after Tone Mapping Naming amp Output Options Batch Processing of bracketed photos 4 1 1 Using Batch Processing To batch process photos select Batch Processing from the Automate menu or click Batch Processing from the Workflow Shortcuts panel To batch process series of bracketed photos do the following 1 Click the checkboxes on the left side of the window to select how the images should be processed 2 Select the number of exposures to combine using the pull down menu below the checkboxes For example select 3 if your bracketed shots consist of three exposures each such as when you have taken for each scene one photo at median exposure one underexposed and one overexposed Photomatix Pro User Guide 22 3 Inthe Source area select the folder where the bracketed photos are located The files are arranged in alphabetical order N files at a time are processed
36. nction of a cam era resulting in photos of the same scene taken with different exposures As the lens focuses different wavelengths slightly differently chromatic aberration occurs For example the purple fringing you often find around edges leaves in front of a bright sky Another way to describe the dynamic range of a scene The ratio between the darkest and brightest areas Digital Single Lens Reflex camera In the context of HDR photography the total range of light intensity in a scene from the deepest shadows to the brightest highlights The Exchangeable Image File header contains information about the image the cam era location date and time and camera settings The amount of light that enters a camera for the length of time the shutter is open Exposure depends on aperture and shutter speed as well as the camera s sensitiv ity to light controlled by the ISO Exposure is also shorthand for a photograph or frame a frame of film Combination of photos of the same scene taken under different exposure settings in such a way that highlight details are taken from the underexposed photos and shadow details from the overexposed ones A measure of exposure which is the equivalent of a stop In the absolute sense EV is defined as the exposure from a photo taken at 1 second f 1 and ISO 100 In the relative sense the correct exposure is normally 0 EV and any deviation is measured in positive or negative EV from that mar
37. ne mapped image The greater the saturation the more intense the color The value affects each color channel equally The default value is 0 3 5 Fusion Natural Settings Strength Sets by how much local contrast is accentuated Moving the slider to the right tends to brighten the shadows and to show more details in the highlights Moving the slider to the left produces a more natural effect The default value is 0 Strength Blending Point e Blending Point Adjusts the weighting given to the Shadows underexposed versus overexposed images When you move the slider to the right overexposed images are favored which has the effect of brightening the image The reverse applies when SE tb you move the slider to the left The default value is 0 Shadows Adjusts the brightness of the shadows The default Color Saturation value is 0 e Local Contrast Increases the contrast and sharpness of details White Clip in the image Increasing local contrast may have the side effect of making noise more visible and of creating thin halo effects Black Clip around strong luminosity edges Values near the maximum tend to give a surreal look to the image The default value is 2 Midtone e Color Saturation Adjusts the saturation of the color channels The greater the saturation the more intense the color A value of 10 produces a grayscale image The default value is 0 White Clip Specifies how much
38. ng Amount to zero Photomatix Pro User Guide 26 5 3 Dealing with Noise When you process your photos using Exposure Fusion the fused image will tend to show less noise than the source images This is because Exposure Fusion works by directly combining your bracketed photos thus averaging out noise However when you create a 32 bit HDR image your bracketed photos are assembled in linear space into an image that spans the full range of luminance values captured by the camera If the lightest photo of your exposure sequence is not bright enough to expose the shadows of the scene then the noise in the source photographs will be transferred to the HDR image Noise in the HDR image will then be made more apparent by tone mapping especially with Details Enhancer as this tone mapping method increases local details Though Photomatix Pro includes options to reduce noise it is still always better to avoid noise at capture time as much as possible There are two tips to ensure a low noise level e Tip 1 Set alow ISO setting ISO 100 or lower whenever possible e Tip 2 Overexpose sufficiently ensuring that the lightest image of your exposure sequence has its shadows in the mid tones 5 4 Photomatix Pro and Color Management Photomatix Pro supports color management even if RAW files are processed You should use the same working space in Photomatix Pro as you use in other image editors e g Photoshop Photomatix supports the three most popular
39. ngle Photos 5 To process using the details enhancer click Tone Map with Details Enhancer Click Settings to customize how the files are processed AND OR To process using the tone compressor click Tone Map with Tone Compressor Click Settings to customize how the files are processed 6 Clickthe checkboxes for noise reduction and CA correction if needed 7 To select a destination folder click Created under Source Folder to save the images in the same folder as the source fles The Batch Single Files feature is intended for automating the processing of a lot of photos To process a single image file load the image file using the information in Section 2 2 OR Click Customized Location to save the images in a different folder Click Choose to select the destination folder Photomatix Pro displays the folder location 8 Select the output file type For JPG file output select the quality from 0 to 100 from the drop down list with 100 yielding the largest file size 9 Click Run The batch processing status displays When batch processing is complete a link to the batch results will be displayed Photomatix Pro User Guide 25 5 Tips and Techniques This section provides tips for working with images in Photomatix Pro More tips and techniques and regularly updated information can be found on the Photomatix Pro FAQ on the HDRsoft website at To remove the watermark Photomatix http www hdrsoft com support faq_p
40. o is ideal for areas with straight sides and good for large areas because you don t have to hold down the mouse button The Normal lasso is good for areas with curved sides It s not the best choice for large areas because you have to hold down the mouse button as you drag Size Ratio 1 8 G i 1 2 Fi Ej SelectionMode PolygonalLasso Zoom A Ej Preview Wj Attach to Edges 30px Contrast Medium 4 Selection drawn with the lasso tool 3 7 2 Fitting the Selection to the Areas Edges The area to be replaced usually has at least one irregular border such as the mountains in this sample photograph It s difficult to draw irregular borders exactly and you don t have to You can draw approximate borders and Photomatix will fit them for you by finding the edges Finding the edges The borders of the area you want to replace are almost always Ea SdedtionMade Potygonadl Cassa 7 O at edges large changes in brightness between adjacent Ejj Attach to Edges 30 px Contrast Medium pixels In the sample photo the transition between the light sky and the darker mountains is an edge Attach to Edges checkbox Selecting the Attach to Edges checkbox causes Photomatix to search for an edge near the selection path you drew The selection path is then redrawn along the edge in this case the mountains Size Ratio 1 8 Gift if Fit Ed Selection Mode Polygonal Lasso Zoom A 100 Ejj P
41. o or more source images share the same exposure information Photomatix Pro User Guide 2 1 2 General Pre Processing Options After the bracketed images are selected the pre processing settings for the images may be customized before the 32 bit HDR image is generated Refer to the following list for a description of the available options for merging bracketed images Preprocessing Options gs ing Options i Align source images M Crop aligned images The Align source images option is checked by default C by correcting horizontal and vertical shifts It corrects misalignment problems when the camera by matching features Z include perspective correction Alignment Options moves slightly between the bracketed frames Hand held photographs and even some images shot with a tripod Maximum shit 22 have camera movement M Remove ghosts e By correcting horizontal and vertical shifts Faster method but only corrects for translation movements e By matching features Corrects for rotation translation and scaling differences as well as perspective distortion if selected Recommended for hand held shots Include perspective correction Requests that the alignment by matching features corrects for perspective distortion in addition to correcting for translation rotation and scaling differences e Crop aligned images Checked by default Removes the unused borders that appear when the images are shifted to correct for mis
42. o when combining your images Photomatix Pro User Guide 2 Loading and Pre Processing Images This section describes how to load and merge bracketed image files of a scene taken under different exposure settings as well as how to load single images into Photomatix Pro 2 1 Merging Bracketed Images Photomatix Pro merges bracketed images that are in 8 bit or 16 bits channel mode as well as Camera RAW files Supported file types include JPEG TIFF PSD DNG and RAW files from many camera models The list of supported camera models for RAW files is updated frequently to include the newest camera models You can check the the Photomatix Pro FAQ page on the HDRsoft website at http www hdrsoft com support raw html to determine whether or not your camera model is supported 2 1 1 Loading Bracketed Images To load bracketed image files do one of the following e Drag and drop the files into Photomatix Pro e Use the Workflow Shortcuts area or the File menu to load the files Dragging and Dropping Bracketed Image Files To drag and drop a group of image files to Photomatix Pro Windows Drag the files from Windows Explorer and drop them on the open Photomatix Pro program e Macintosh Drag the files from the Finder and drop them on the Photomatix Pro icon on your Dock Photomatix Pro User Guide The term bracketed images refers to images of the same scene taken under different exposure settings This manual uses
43. registration Leave this box unchecked if you need the resulting image to have the same width and height as the source images e Maximum shift Sets the maximum mis registration shift that the alignment attempts to correct for and is expressed as a percentage of the image dimensions This setting does not need adjusting in most cases A situation when adjusting this setting may be useful is when the camera barely moved between the bracketed shots In this case setting a maximum shift lower than 12 will restrict the number of alignment corrections searched thereby reducing the risk of selecting an improper alignment correction Deghosting Options The Remove ghosts option addresses the problem of artifacts that appear when combining images of a dynamic scene For example if the moving subjects are people walking the people appear multiple times in the combined image as if there were ghosts This is why artifacts arising from movements in the scene are commonly referred to as ghosting and the attempt to eliminate them as deghosting with Selective Deghosting tool C automatically Detection High Reduce noise on underexposed image s only Streng th 100 L Reduce chromatic aberrations OK Cancel Selecting pre processing options The Align source images option should not be checked when your source images are stitched panoramas or when they are fake exposures derived from a single RAW fil
44. review Ejj Attach to Edges 30px Contrast Medium 4 Adjusted selection after clicking on Attach to Edges o Photomatix Pro User Guide 20 The Contrast setting Low Medium High determines whether a difference in brightness is large enough to be detected as an edge The higher the setting the greater the brightness difference has to be The Width box next to the Attach to Edges box sets the maximum distance Photomatix searches in pixels from the original selection path If Photomatix finds an edge within the Width setting the selection is redrawn to fit the edge If Photomatix finds a border of the image the selection is redrawn along the border Changing the Width or Contrast setting immediately redraws the selection path to reflect the new value To undo the edge fit clear the Attach to Edges checkbox 3 7 3 Replacing the Selected Area Right click Windows or control click Macintosh anywhere within the selection A contextual menu appears If you loaded bracketed photos the menu identifies them by their exposure difference relative to the normal exposure Click the photo at the EV you want If you loaded a single image click Replace with source er Replace with photo at EV 1 5 Remove selection Replacing the selected area If you prefer not to see the lines marking your selection uncheck the Selection Mode checkbox To discard the replacement and return to the initial preview rig
45. ss strip by strip to avoid memory limitations Generate HDR image settings The term linear may have a different meaning depending on the RAW converter For example in Adobe Camera RAW linear is relative to the Adobe RGB color space and not to the values of light Therefore do not select this option with files converted with Photoshop or Lightroom 23 4 1 3 Batch Processing Subfolders When your bracketed series are located in multiple folders they can all be processed in one run provided they are in subfolders of the same parent folder To batch process multiple subfolders check the All of the subfolders must be contained Process subfolders option at bottom of the Source frame on the in the main parent folder for this option Batch Processing dialog and select sequentially When Process to work properly subfolders sequentially is selected the batch will process the bracketed image files in one subfolder and then move on to the next subfolder all of which are contained in the main parent folder Processing Series of Photos with Varying Numbers of Exposures When your bracketed sets are composed of varying numbers of exposures you can use Process subfolders sequentially to combine the exposures in these sets in one batch run Place each set in a separate subfolder group the subfolders under a parent folder select Process subfolders sequentially and select All from the pull down menu for the number of images
46. sting Control click or right click inside an already marked region and click Set another photo for selection from the pop up menu The tool displays ne photo that th a pop up menu with a list of the available exposures Roses Select an exposure value from the list 4 750 PE f Le AL LA i i A da PRTI he if P at l r ire A Mark selection as ghosted area Remove selection Set another photo for selection 2 EV photo Photomatix Pro User Guide To view a preview of the deghosted image click Preview deghosting To make more selections or modify existing regions selected for deghosting click Return to selection mode You may continue selecting regions of the image and previewing the results until you are satisfied with the results Click OK to apply the deghosting to the image or click Cancel to stop merging the images 2 1 4 Pre Processing Options for RAW Files Photomatix Pro offers additional pre processing options for RAW files The White Balance options let you change the white balance if desired and preview the effect of changing it The default value is As Shot which reads the white balance setting from the EXIF metadata To adjust the white balance select a pre defined value from the White Balance drop down list or type a color temperature in Kelvin in the text box Click Preview sample to view the effect of the white balance change on the source image The Color primaries based on drop down
47. taken in two EV steps The source photographs for HDR processing can be taken with digital or film based cameras The only requirement is that the exposure can be adjusted when taking pictures If you use a film based camera you will need to scan the photographs into your computer before processing them refer to Section 1 3 Photomatix Pro User Guide 1 1 Setting up the Camera Exposure comp AEB setting e Set your camera to Aperture priority A setting so that only the shutter speed varies between the exposures Darker Brighter e Select a low ISO such as ISO 100 or lower 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 1 2 3 4 5 659 H ULU bpupagay e Turn off the flash The flash may try to balance the exposure of all the images when the goal is a range of exposures e Mount the camera on a tripod whenever possible Even though Photomatix Pro offers automatic alignment of hand Canon Rebel T2i 550D LCD showing held photos using a tripod is always better AEB with 2 EV increments selected DSLR cameras and some compact digital cameras offer Automatic Exposure Bracketing AEB This enables you to automatically take three or more exposures in a row one at the AE BKT proper exposure one or more underexposed and one or more Te overexposed Follow these steps if your camera offers AEB mode e Select the Continuous shooting mode on the camera s aa rn Consult oy arnt manual for model specific Bits so N EH AdobeRCB GD instructions for usin
48. the highlights are clipped Fusion Natural Settings Move the slider to the right to increase contrast and remove details in the brightest highlights The default value is 0 mj 360 image e Black Clip Specifies how much the shadows are clipped Move the slider to the right to increase contrast but remove details in the darkest shadows The default value is 0 e Midtone Positive values brighten the image but reduce the overall contrast Negative values darken the image but increase overall contrast The default value is 0 360 Image Checking this option eliminates the seam between the left and right sides of a panorama viewed in a 360 panoramic viewer The seam would otherwise show because Fusion Adjust takes into account local contrast assigning different tonal values to the right and left parts of the image The default value is unchecked Photomatix Pro User Guide 18 3 6 Fusion Intensive Settings Strength Adjusts the strength of local contrast enhancements The default value is 0 Strength A e Color Saturation Adjusts the saturation of the color channels Se Res The greater the saturation the more intense the color A value rr of zero produces a grayscale image The default value is 0 Radius e Radius Controls the area used to calculate the weighting of r the source images A higher radius reduces halos but increases processing times The default value is 70 Fusion Intensive Settings 3 7 Replace
49. w Advanced Options Reset Default 4 Save the image When you have processed the image you ae can save it Select File gt Save As Navigate to the folder Presets Default where the file should be stored Use the default file name or enter a name in the File name field Select a file type TIFF 16bit best choice for further processing TIFF 8bit for use in applications that cannot work with 16 bit or for avoiding too large a file size on disk Viewing image adjustment settings e JPEG for use on the web without further editing If you would like to automatically view the file with a photo viewing application after saving you can click Open Saved Images with Accept the default program or select a program from the drop down list If a desired program is not on the list click Add application navigate to the folder containing the program select the program and click Open The settings are automatically embedded in the saved processed image To view the settings click View Settings from the Workflow Shortcuts bar f D To undo changes made during the adjustment process click the undo arrow at the bottom of the adjustments panel To redo adjustments click the redo arrow to f reapply changes Photomatix Pro User Guide 12 Undoing Adjustments and Reprocessing an Image After processing an image you can return to Tone Mapping or Exposure Fusion to make further changes if you are not satisfied
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