Merging multiple exposures in Photoshop

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. And the idea is you take a bunch of …exposures of a single scene, usually bracketed shots are the easiest way to …go. And then you merge them together so …you're taking advantage of the best of all the exposures. …So you open up the shadows with the long exposure, and you use the short exposure …to calm down the highlights, and so forth, and you end up with a beautifully …developed scene. Or at least that's the way it's supposed …to work. Now, Photoshop's solution is this thing …called Merge to HDR Pro, which does what it says, it takes multiple exposures and …merges them to an HDR shot. But, it is not the least bit obvious …what's going on when you first use the program.…

Its very difficult to get good results. Which is why I decided my job, for this …chapter, was to get to the bottom of this darn thing. …So we're going to get quite technical, by the way, which I think is only right in …that this is a mastery level course. And, along the way, I'll show you how to …