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HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING

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In situations where the dynamic range of the scene exceeds the ability of the camera to record it, there are several high dynamic range (HDR) workflow alternatives. All approaches combine multiple exposures of the same scene to capture a larger dynamic range than any single exposure can. In this chapter we’ll explore three HDR methods.

One method is to manually combine different exposures in Photoshop as layers and use any number of techniques to blend them. Guest contributor Christian Waeber presents his own workflow for combining exposures in scenes that have many small highlight areas. Another method of combining ...

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