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On Nov 19, 2017, Alfred Molon wrote
(in . com): In iganews.com, Savageduck says... It can merge to HDR multiple RAW images? Yup! Is it better than Photomatix? HDR processing is a pretty subjective thing, and personally I have never been that fond of Photomatix, which I first started using many years ago. I have always found that one can easily overcook the tone mapping with Photomatix, but if that is the only tool you have, and you like that sort of thing it will do. I have used many HDR tools over the years among them are Photomatix, NIK HDR Efex, HDR Express 3, Aurora HDR, Lightroom/ACR, and now On1, and a few other forgettables. Back then I prefered NIK HDR Efex over Photomatix, but now I get much better results from the newer offerings. Aurora HDR is very good, and provides excellent results. Of all of them, for a natural result, I would say that Lightroom/ACR does a great job without too many complications, and using a Lightroom/Photoshop workflow, it is the simplest for me to use. I have only done a few test HDRs with On1 PR 2018, and I find the ease of use, and results to be very similar to Lightroom/ACR, and so far I am impressed with them. Here is another example which has been particularly tough to work with due to the many moving people in the background. Photomatix and NIK HDR Efex couldn’t deal with the ghosting, Aurora, Lightroom/ACR, and now On1 PR 2018 eliminate any ghosting artifacts, and alignment issues. https://www.dropbox.com/s/kb1podg9m04u76l/screenshot_226.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/8is6zyqu3vwq8b0/DNC6049_HDRe.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/i20ub96pdxgvqmo/DNC6054_HDRe.jpg So to answer your question, yes I think it is better than Photomatix. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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"EzekielTim" wrote
| | I don't like it because I don't believe the colour of the leaves. | Now that you mentioned it, they do seem a bit too green. I like it | though. I think the idea was to present a discussion of HDR possibilities. He implied that the first image is HDR while later links are to non-HDR images. In theory the HDR image is closer to what your eye actually sees and alows for more detail with extreme mix of lighting levels. In practice it doesn't seem to work so well. On the other hand, it's hard to imagine a medium that could do justice to the theory. We're looking at the whole thing reduced to a 24-bit bitmap displayed on a monitor. The result is garish and inaccurate. But who knows whether the actual HDR creation was? |
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On 11/21/2017 10:19 AM, EzekielTim wrote:
David Taylor;1049285 Wrote: On 18/11/2017 23:46, Alfred Molon wrote:- What do you think about this pictu http://tinyurl.com/y7nn8y63 Photomatix Pro with five RAW images (0EV, +- 2EV, +-4EV); "photographic" setting. The water of the waterfall and the sky on top are very bright, while the shadow areas in the trees are very dark.- I don't like it because I don't believe the colour of the leaves. Were they /really/ that intensely green? -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Now that you mentioned it, they do seem a bit too green. I like it though. The key is whether the photographer likes it. -- PeterN |
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On 11/21/2017 9:54 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 11/21/2017 10:19 AM, EzekielTim wrote: David Taylor;1049285 Wrote: On 18/11/2017 23:46, Alfred Molon wrote:- What do you think about this pictu http://tinyurl.com/y7nn8y63 Photomatix Pro with five RAW images (0EV, +- 2EV, +-4EV); "photographic" setting. The water of the waterfall and the sky on top are very bright, while the shadow areas in the trees are very dark.- I don't like it because I don't believe the colour of the leaves.* Were they /really/ that intensely green? -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Now that you mentioned it, they do seem a bit too green. I like it though. The key is whether the photographer likes it. OK, I'm in with you in that I still like much of my over baked stuff. Thus (as always) YMMV. -- == Later... Ron C -- |
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