by Blake Rudis | Nov 2, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Last week I discussed my 32 bit workflow with Photoshop’s Merge to HDR Pro. This week I wanted to show one could process a 32 bit file in Photomatix Pro 4.2 and Adobe Camera Raw. Many people know the 32 bit HDR to Lightroom gig pretty well, but it is just as...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 26, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have made claims in the past about how much I dislike Photoshop’s HDR toning. That is still true, I am not a fan of the HDR toning, but I do love the 32 bit workflow in combination with Adobe Camera Raw. The results can make for some impeccable HDR images...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 19, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro was a great tool to have in my HDR tool box. I was stoked to find out HDR Efex Pro 2 had been released late this Summer. Just when you thought HDR Efex Pro couldn’t get much better, the upgrade came along and topped its...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 12, 2012 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was experimenting last week with Adobe Camera Raw and found a pretty handy trick that allowed me to double process any image in Adobe Camera Raw. This is a pretty neat way to take your single exposure RAW files to the next level to really exploit that dynamic...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 21, 2012 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have been an avid Photoshopper for about 12 years now and just now realized the power of Adobe Bridge, I know I know, I am a day late and a dollar short right? Let me start this by asking you a couple questions, if you answer yes to any of them, then you need to...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 14, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I have three huge pet peeves with HDR, some may say I hate these three things. I stayed up countless hours for several months thinking about how much I hated these three things in my HDR process and racked my brain thinking about how I could fix them. It is one...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 7, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A newcomer to the blog, Larry, asked me to do a tutorial on HDR Toning in Photoshop. I have never shown this on EverydayHDR before because I don’t really care for it as a Tone Mapping engine. I do, however, use it in another interesting way. There are two ways...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 23, 2012 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
Last week while my Mom was in town, we headed to the Kansas City Zoo. I still cannot figure out who was more excited, my mother with her 50-200 lens, me with my inferior 70-300, or my wife who continually stated. “I can’t wait to go to the zoo!” all...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 20, 2012 | Tutorial |
Do you own a Roku Player? If so, search for the Rate Rix Channel, nestled under Photo and Video, and install it into your channels. Once you have it all installed and are registered up, search for “everydayhdr”. You now have access to all...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 13, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial |
RAW vs JPEG JPEG If you are not shooting in RAW you should really consider it for several reasons. Let me first walk you through the adventurous life that a photograph travels when you shoot in JPEG. Every camera runs an image through several filters prior to...
