> On May 4, 2020, at 2:29 PM, Postmaster <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote:
>
> John wrote:
>
>> I agree that what most people criticize in HDR images is the tone mapping
>> rather
>> than the HDR itself, but they are two parts of the whole.
>
> Exactly. HDR software takes multiple images in 8-bit color (that is, 8
> bits per color) and then combines them into an image in 32-bit color.
> Since our software and monitors can't display anywhere near that kind
> of color depth, the HDR software then maps the 32-bit color into 8-bit
> (or 16-bit) space before rendering the final image. This is tone
> mapping and it's an integral part of what HDR software does.
My understanding is that LR HDR takes several 14 bit raw files and combines
them into more than 14 bit dng files with linear values.
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