Comments on: Has anyone used the "High Dynamic Range" plugin for photoshop?

Question: Has anyone used the "High Dynamic Range" plugin for photoshop?

joshgray — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:58:30 -0800

Where can i find it? I found this flickr pool via BoingBoing (Flickr).. I couldn't dig up the photoshop plugin that is used to do this on google, only a bunch of stand-a-long apps.

By: chrisege

chrisege — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:01:21 -0800

it's only in photoshop CS2 - under file/automate/merge to HDR.

I haven't tried using it yet, but some of those shots in the flickr pool are pretty incredible.

By: voidcontext

voidcontext — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:03:47 -0800

It's built in to Photoshop CS2. Here it is in the list of features.

On preview: Like chrisege said.

By: joshgray

joshgray — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:04:20 -0800

Ah crap, missed that. Thanks!

By: HK10036

HK10036 — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:26:12 -0800

Photoshop's native HDR support isn't so hot. Photomatix makes a standalone app and also a photoshop plugin for better tone mapping.

By: teece

teece — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:28:41 -0800

I've used HDR in Photoshop CS2 (which is required, as stated previously), and to be honest I've not got anything as stunning as the stuff linked to on BoingBoing.

Apparently there's still some real art to it, too.

By: aladfar

aladfar — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:06:41 -0800

Interesting stuff, but I'm not all that fond of the effect. Over-saturated colors that come together to create images that look like antique, hand colored, postcards. Or, perhaps more appropriately, old school food photography.

By: joshgray

joshgray — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:20:20 -0800

Does anyone have a link to a webpage that explains how to get the best results with this?

By: jeremias

jeremias — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:24:14 -0800

Luminous Landscape tutorial

By: stuartmm

stuartmm — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:24:56 -0800

If you do not have Photoshop you can use this free program HDRShop . There is also a tonemapping plugin available for it.

By: rob511

rob511 — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:28:38 -0800

One way of approximating this look is to fake the Lomo effect (after the Russian camera manufacturer known for its high-contrast output). This flickr tutorial explains the process of combining increases in contrast, saturation, and sharpness with overlay work. The steps given are Photoshop commands but easily mimicked with other software.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:00:23 -0800

If I may be permitted a self link, I just spent a couple of hours playing around and blogging on how to do HDR in Photoshop.

By: alidarbac

alidarbac — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:14:15 -0800

I am not a fan of this effect. Besides the haloing out the wazoo, there's something about it that just feels wrong. If you're shooting a sunset, objects should be silhouetted, gosh darn it.

By: MonkNoiz

MonkNoiz — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:59:02 -0800

what about the gimp?

By: blag

blag — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:56:17 -0800

I think he's asleep