Let's see about that image for a second. I'll process it and apply a few finishing touches. And we'll save it. In this case, I just finished processing that using the tone map method, but there is one other method available and that's the ability to essentially merge multiple exposures together. Much like if you were to shoot these and bring them into an application like Photoshop and use complex masking tools to keep parts of one image and blend it with parts of another.
But Photomatics makes this process much easier. Now, I don't have to reload and realign that image. I could just chose to redo this image by clicking here and say Redo with Other Settings. Note, I can now switch my method to Exposure Fusion, which tends to be more natural. Let's take a look at the original files for a second. You'll notice in these images, we have a lot of different details at different points coming through as we opened up that camera.
For example, when we're really underexposed, some of the details are coming through. And it's about here that I like most of the skyline, but I do like some of those brighter highlights. Well, by using Exposure Fusion, I have the ability to work with these. And you'll see, pretty simple. I can use a very natural type look. Go with something a little bit more popular for real estate, which tends to optimize the range there. And I think that actually looks pretty good in this case. Now, there are several other choices and we're going to explore those more in a later lesson.
But for now, if you just want to get a very natural looking image, Exposure fusion is very much a popular choice. And it's not really much of a HDR image. Essentially, you are just combining best parts of all the photos and finding the balance. And with these controls here, you could separately do things like lift up the highlights to get nice bright colors, pull down the shadows to get those rich blacks. Find a good balance there that works for you. Looks pretty good.
And then apply some localized contrast to really bring out the detail. I could play with the depth controls there, and total saturation, and that looks very good to me. I'm going to go ahead and apply that to send it out. I think that looks pretty good. And I'll save that image for further use.
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- Loading bracketed photos
- Aligning source images
- Reducing noise and chromatic aberration
- Tone mapping with methods
- Fusing a single image or multiple images
- Removing color cast
- Automating with batch processing
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 36s
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Using the exercise files1m 8s
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1. Loading Bracketed Photos
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Loading from a folder3m 42s
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Loading from Lightroom7m 13s
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Loading from Bridge5m 22s
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When to load raw files3m 2s
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2. Preprocessing Images with Photomatix
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Aligning source images4m 5s
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Reducing noise2m 36s
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Working with single files2m 53s
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3. An Overview of Tone Mapping and the Exposure Fusion Workflow
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When to use Tone Mapping3m 15s
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When to use Exposure Fusion2m 48s
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Adjusting the preview window2m 35s
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Working with presets4m 52s
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Add finishing touches4m 48s
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Saving the image3m 45s
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4. Tone Mapping in Depth
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The Tone Compressor workflow3m 53s
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The black-and-white workflow5m 58s
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The tone balancer workflow6m 29s
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5. Exposure Fusion in Depth
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The Fusion/Natural workflow4m 31s
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Fusing multiple images4m 5s
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Fusing a single image2m 22s
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Comparing methods3m 14s
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6. Advanced Options to Solve Problems
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Removing color casts5m 15s
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Removing tough ghosts2m 54s
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Post-process in Photoshop5m 28s
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Using the Adjustment Brush3m 54s
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7. Post-Processing Your Image with Finishing Touches
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Sharpening the final image3m 45s
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Cropping the final image2m 8s
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Conclusion
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Final thoughts1m 4s
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