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« on: January 11, 2010, 09:32:14 am »

Hey folks,

I've been a lurker here for waaaaaaay too long.  I've posted a bit here and there but am finally jumping in head first.  I thought I would start off by sharing a "how-to" article I just published on my blog.  Written by Younes Bounhar, this tutorial walks readers step-by-step through the process of blending multiple images together to create a single image with an increased dynamic range.  I invite you to read "Exposure Blending by Younes Bounhar".  As always, your comments are encouraged and appreciated.

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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 09:17:54 pm »

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Hey folks,

I've been a lurker here for waaaaaaay too long.  I've posted a bit here and there but am finally jumping in head first.  I thought I would start off by sharing a "how-to" article I just published on my blog.  Written by Younes Bounhar, this tutorial walks readers step-by-step through the process of blending multiple images together to create a single image with an increased dynamic range.  I invite you to read "Exposure Blending by Younes Bounhar".  As always, your comments are encouraged and appreciated.

Nice tutorial.  Thanks.
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2010, 03:16:42 pm »

it is a good way  when there are dark and light areas well defined, but with a sky through the trees it is much more difficult and this method does not work very well
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 11:14:06 pm »

Erick. which method would you prefer?
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it is a good way  when there are dark and light areas well defined, but with a sky through the trees it is much more difficult and this method does not work very well
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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2010, 01:26:28 am »

all the examples that you can find Internet are always areas sky-earth , the method described above works very well (or others) and it's never a big problem
but when it is  a mix of branches and leaves on a  white sky one must fully protect the areas and blend the edges gently into the blue sky (often in  product mode),  it's impossible with a brush
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2010, 01:46:40 am »

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all the examples that you can find Internet are always areas sky-earth , the method described above works very well (or others) and it's never a big problem
but when it is  a mix of branches and leaves on a  white sky one must fully protect the areas and blend the edges gently into the blue sky (often in  product mode),  it's impossible with a brush
Depending on how much contrast there is between the sky and branches (in at least one layer), blend-if sliders can be a really big help here.

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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2010, 01:55:16 am »

with a white sky and fringes (without wind ! ) it can be a hard job not to see the work  ,  blend-if sliders (splitting the sliders)  is , in my opinion,  one of the best tools in photoshop
also making a smart object  , median mode, with the 2 layers , sometimes works well
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2010, 02:10:52 am »

These two application are working well blending images with high contrasts:

EnfuseGUI takes use of the Open Source application Enfuse:
http://software.bergmark.com/enfuseGUI/Main.html

Tufuse Pro is based on Exposure Fusion http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/~tmertens/...ion_reduced.pdf
http://www.tawbaware.com/tufusepro.htm
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