Re: quick and dirty panorama exposure comparison
Looked at their website and I'm not sure that I really trust software developers who can't build a site that will properly wrap text in html. On 12/15/2015 7:10 PM, Paul wrote: Check out EasyHDR... http://www.easyhdr.com/ It's on sale for just a shade over 30 bucks; you can batch process with it and it comes with a plug-in so you can call it up from within Lightroom. -p On 12/15/2015 3:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: 8) I wish I could just point Lightroom to a folder/directory and just tell it to make HDR versions of the lightest and darkest exposures of all of the bracketed frames, rather than having to manually do each one. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: quick and dirty panorama exposure comparison
The demo is somewhat limited. The newest "paid for" version - v3.7 - will save as JPGs, TIFs, and PNGs. That's the one that will do batch conversions, too. -p On 12/15/2015 7:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Paul wrote: Check out EasyHDR... http://www.easyhdr.com/ Thanks. It's on sale for just a shade over 30 bucks; you can batch process with it and it comes with a plug-in so you can call it up from within Lightroom. Interesting, I downloaded the demo and tried a couple of quick experiments. It seems to do much more of the tone mapping by default, rather than the Adobe simply expanding the dynamic range. A quick RTFM seems to imply that it can generate the expanded range raw files, but the free demo says that it only produces jpegs. I'll have to take a closer look at it, but right now I don't have quite enough free time to save that much time. -p On 12/15/2015 3:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: 8) I wish I could just point Lightroom to a folder/directory and just tell it to make HDR versions of the lightest and darkest exposures of all of the bracketed frames, rather than having to manually do each one. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: quick and dirty panorama exposure comparison
Paul wrote: Check out EasyHDR... http://www.easyhdr.com/ Thanks. It's on sale for just a shade over 30 bucks; you can batch process with it and it comes with a plug-in so you can call it up from within Lightroom. Interesting, I downloaded the demo and tried a couple of quick experiments. It seems to do much more of the tone mapping by default, rather than the Adobe simply expanding the dynamic range. A quick RTFM seems to imply that it can generate the expanded range raw files, but the free demo says that it only produces jpegs. I'll have to take a closer look at it, but right now I don't have quite enough free time to save that much time. -p On 12/15/2015 3:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: 8) I wish I could just point Lightroom to a folder/directory and just tell it to make HDR versions of the lightest and darkest exposures of all of the bracketed frames, rather than having to manually do each one. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: quick and dirty panorama exposure comparison
Check out EasyHDR... http://www.easyhdr.com/ It's on sale for just a shade over 30 bucks; you can batch process with it and it comes with a plug-in so you can call it up from within Lightroom. -p On 12/15/2015 3:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: 8) I wish I could just point Lightroom to a folder/directory and just tell it to make HDR versions of the lightest and darkest exposures of all of the bracketed frames, rather than having to manually do each one. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
quick and dirty panorama exposure comparison
Yesterday afternoon I made run to the hardware store and thought the sunset clouds behind the old sawdust burning oven looked interesting. I tried shooting a few panoramas, bracketing by +/- 2 stops. Here are three different panos, one from the fastest shutter speed (1/100), one from the middle (1/25) and one from an HDR from the fastest and slowest (1/100+ 1/16), all processed in lightroom 6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157662305853371 My conclusions are: 1) the K-3 has enough dynamic range that for a lot of shots, if you're willing to take the time HDR isn't completely necessary to get a decent shot, particularly at ISO 100. 2) The lightroom auto-toning of HDR works a *LOT* better than their normal auto-toning and get the exposure a lot closer to what I want. 3) While the final outcome in lightroom between HDR and not may not be dramatic, it's a lot quicker to get the good results using their HDR. 4) I really ought to use a tripod at 1/6 second. 5) With the incredible dynamic range of the K-3 sensor, I really want more than a maximum of two stops of bracketing per frame. Seriously, when you compare the raw files two stops out of 12 or 14 are barely noticeable. I want +/-4 stops. Mind you, +/- 2 stops might make a difference if you're the sort of tosser that shoots in jpeg. 6) With the dynamic range of the K-3, I really wish that Lightroom had a larger range of adjustment on all of their sliders, particularly in HDR mode. 7) I really wish that Lightroom let me select regions from various frames that I explicitly want to include in or exclude from either HDR or panorama frames. 8) I wish I could just point Lightroom to a folder/directory and just tell it to make HDR versions of the lightest and darkest exposures of all of the bracketed frames, rather than having to manually do each one. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
