How to export an HDR image as a .jpg?

October 12, 2007 3:02 PM

How do you export an HDR image as a .jpg in Photoshop CS3?

I merged a few images into an HDR image, but now when I go to save, the only options are Photoshop, Large Document Format, OpenEXR, Portable Bit Map, Radiance, and Tiff. I just want to save a bracketed, non-HDR version as a .jpg so I can upload it to a photo-sharing site with the rest of my vacation pictures! Someone already recommended Save for Web, but that option is grayed out. I'm using CS3 on a Mac, if that makes any difference.

posted by cobra_high_tigers to computers & internet (5 comments total)

Try

Image -> Mode -> 8 bits per channel
posted by aubilenon at 3:12 PM on October 12, 2007

yep. you are making 32 bit images in HDR (I think). You have to convert them to get to the craptastic level of a lil' ol jpeg.

aubilenon is right.
posted by sully75 at 3:15 PM on October 12, 2007

Second option:
File -> Save for Web & Devices ->
posted by nowonmai at 4:37 PM on October 12, 2007

Argh, I should read the whole question. Sorry about that. Save for Web works for 8 or 16 bit images, not 32.
posted by nowonmai at 4:39 PM on October 12, 2007

Nice. Thanks, guys.
posted by cobra_high_tigers at 6:00 PM on October 12, 2007