Comments on: Pseudo-HDR in Lightroom

By: BTEXAS

BTEXAS — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:03:33 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing your terrific technique! I tried it on a disasterous photo using camera raw. It took only a few minutes to rescue a decent image from what I felt was “point & shoot jpeg garbage”. Now, I won’t need to buy a plug in – I already have one (ACR). I just needed a talented person like you to show me how to use it.
Too bad some commenters don’t have an open mind for new techniques developed by others.

By: Eliot

Eliot — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:38:41 +0000

these pictures suck balls. moreover, this technique is sad- Gary’s idea is way better.

By: justme

justme — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:43:47 +0000

Plah. Good tech to save your bad photos, but… who is going to shoot the good ones?

By: HDRI/pseudoHDRI

HDRI/pseudoHDRI — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:21:27 +0000

[...] So I’ll just give you what I came across: a great videotutorial from Mark Flemming on Layers Magazine Tutorials [...]

By: Zak Mathews, Graphic Designer/Photography for the Core Studios

Zak Mathews, Graphic Designer/Photography for the Core Studios — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:46:15 +0000

Nice stuff, forget what half these complainers are crying about, half of them sound like they dont know what they’re doing anyway. My question though is would this technique be valid in Lightroom 1.0, minus the option of the “clarity” slider? I dont remember seeing this option on 1.0, which unfortunately for now is my only tool.

By: Yazeed

Yazeed — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:03:20 +0000

my question is that can we create an HDR image by just adjusting a little bit from colors , sharpening , u know these stuff.. and can we make the effect also in one picture though, is it possible ?

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:38:53 +0000

Sorry, but if you were not able to take your minimum 3 shots to create your tone mapped image, you can get SIGNIFICANTLY better results than this by opening the file in LR or Bridge and save it as a TIF, bring the EV to -2, save it as a TIF, and then bring the EV to +2 and save it as a TIF. Now bring those three images into Photomatix and get a reasonably good tone mapped image.

Sorry, but this just looks dreadful but it is an interesting approach.

And for terminology, we can’t see HDR images on our monitors, we can only see LDR images. What you are talking about is HDR images that have been tone mapped so they can be seen on a standard monitor or printed via a standard printer.

Best,

By: Jamie MacDonald

Jamie MacDonald — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:25:03 +0000

Guy, there is more than one way to skin a cat. Go to http://www.flickr.com/sl33stak and pick which of my images are “true” bracketed HDR’s vs. psuedo. Good luck.

Thanks for the cool tutorial Mark!

By: Jamie MacDonald

Jamie MacDonald — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:23:08 +0000

Hey Guy,

Go to http://www.flickr.com/sl33stak and tell me which of my images are “true” barcketed HDR’s vs. Psuedo. There is more than one way to skin a cat. Thanks for one more way to skin it Mark!

By: Darren Addy

Darren Addy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:00:19 +0000

I recommend learning how to use a spot meter. The Pentax K200D (an entry level camera) has spot metering built in. You scene may be a “nightmare” for a general “center-weighted” exposure reading but not for a photographer with a spot meter.

Also, I’m glad you use the term “pseudo-HDR” because most people are calling a lot of crap HDR, when it really isn’t.

By: Sander

Sander — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:40:54 +0000

Does this technique have a specific name which i can search for?

By: Daniel Boettner

Daniel Boettner — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:44:37 +0000

@Michael Mastro
“What do I need Lightroom for?”
… basically to manage your photos and do minor edits quick and fast.

@BartK
Maybe your a poor color blind person … very sad … otherwise your just a troll … even sadder