Step Five:
Click Compose to create the HDR image. This takes you to the Optimization tab where the HDR image is shown in the Preview window.
Step Six:
You can adjust the Coarse contrast setting from -100 to 100. For the composite image in this tutorial, enter a value of 48. The coarse contrast value determines the overall contrast setting.
Details allow you to make individual Highlight, Midtone or Shadow adjustments to bring out finer details in the highlight, midtone, or shadow areas in the image. Enter 10 for Highlight, -10 for Midtone, and -5 for Shadow.
Tip: Histogram clipping provides a graph of the tonal information of the composition. The pink areas at both ends of the histogram show cropped color information. These areas represent colors that cannot be shown on screen.
Step Seven:
Click Save HDR Image to save the HDR image for future use. This opens the Save As dialog box which allows you to save the image with an HDR extension. Enter a File name then click Save. When you need to access saved HDR files in the future, click Open HDR Image.
Step Eight:
Click HDR Operations tab to access more editing tools for rotating, resizing, and cropping your composition.
Click 
in the Crop panel, draw a crop selection, then click Apply. A dialog box opens asking if you want to continue, click OK.
Step Nine:
Click OK to apply the adjustments to the image and to close the High Dynamic Range dialog box. A new document will be created containing the optimized image. Press [Ctrl+S] to save the document.
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The optimized image contains greater tonal range. |
