Creating HDR images.?

Question

a friend of mine was telling me about a program that automatically converts a single photo into an HDR image, without having to take 3 photo's with different exposures. Does anyone know what this program is called?

Answer 1

Dynamic Photo HDR.

http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/index.html

Available on a free unlimited time trial download and not expensive.

You can add the same shot 3, 5, 7, 9 or even 11 times, adjusting the EV to each one, + or - and leave one at 0.

Although in effect not a true hdr, the results are excellent.



Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I do all of my shooting in RAW. When I do an HDR image, I mount the camera on a tripod and use a cable release. Then I take the 3 shots and use photoshop >automate>merge to HDR. The tripod is important, even on a monopod the slightest twitch can affect overall quality. Another important thing to remember is be sure to choose 32 Bits/Channel if you want the merged image to store the entire dynamic range data of the HDR image. 8‑bits and 16‑bpc images files cannot store the entire range of luminance values in an HDR image. Good luck

Answer 3

Another vote for Dynamic Photo HDR. This gives you a 'pseudo' HDR looking image from a single RAW or JPG image, but as everybody has pointed out this is not true HDR.

Answer 4

"When you open a RAW file in Photomatix it creates a pseudo-HDR that you can then tonemap. Of course, taking multiple exposures and then combining them to an HDR image is far superior." - Lars Leber

Answer 5

Topaz has a photoshop plug-in in their bundle that can do this.

http://www.topazlabs.com/bundle/

You can also do it yourself by copying the same image twice and adjusting the exposure on two of the images and then combining them.

Answer 6

Into an hdr image just was with different exposures - you can't be serious...

Answer 7

Well then it won't be high dynamic range because you still won't have the level of detail in shadow and highlight regions that defines HDR.