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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Camera Raw Q&A => Topic started by: sanfairyanne on February 04, 2009, 02:59:28 pm

Title: HDRi and Stitching in Photoshop CS3/CS4 ???
Post by: sanfairyanne on February 04, 2009, 02:59:28 pm

Having recently been given a 5d I'm obviously a complete novice but I've done some stitch work in CS3. I noticed under ''Automate'' in CS3 there's an option to use HDR, not knowing a thing about this I did some research and find it very interesting. HDR would appear to do away entirely with the need for graduated neutral density filters.
I wonder whether it's possibly to stitch images as well as combine HDR. I realise that for say a 3 image stitch you would also need to bracket a stop either side (or more) for each image. So your going to be needing masses of storage. Nine images in RAW on a 5d would just about fill a third of a 512mb card.

Anyone had any experience of stitching HDR?

Thanks

Title: HDRi and Stitching in Photoshop CS3/CS4 ???
Post by: markhout on February 04, 2009, 04:35:47 pm

Quote from: sanfairyanne

Anyone had any experience of stitching HDR?

Yes, there is plenty of experience around here.

By way of example:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2845147470_244a468898_b.jpg)

Click here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhout/2845147470/) for all tech details.

Mark

Title: HDRi and Stitching in Photoshop CS3/CS4 ???
Post by: fike on February 13, 2009, 09:32:26 pm

Try ptgui. It enables HDR and stitching in one step.  Then you can open the HDR output and manipulate it in Photomatix or photoshop.