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Simulate HDR in Lightroom

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Tbatty says:

Not necessarily photoshop, but lightroom is close enough. I think this is a pretty good alternative for someone who doesnt have a program to make hdrs. These 4 photos took me 10 seconds to make, I just slid the recovery and fill light sliders to 100. I then adjusted contrast, blacks, saturation, sharpening, clarity and exposure just a little bit. To me they look like real HDRs/Tonemapped images with a hint of Lucisart even. This is very easy to do if you have Lightroom and I think the results are pretty good. These are all just one RAW image. What do you guys think?

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Originally posted at 12:00AM, 19 September 2007 PDT (permalink)
Tbatty edited this topic 57 months ago.

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Harry Limey is a group administrator Harry Limey  Pro User  says:

I would have thought they were HDR if you had not mentioned it!!
The first one in particular came out well!
In fact they don't look quite as fake as lots of HDR's you see!
I shall give that a try"
Originally posted 57 months ago. (permalink)
Harry Limey (a group admin) edited this topic 57 months ago.

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Craig Zacker says:

nice..good job!
Posted 57 months ago. (permalink)

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mikes_adventures  Pro User  says:

Hi: They look really good. It's similar to what you can do by double-processing RAWs into Photoshop, and combining an "expose for the shadows" with an "expose for the highlights" copy. It's a great way to get more dynamic range, as your very nicely done examples show.

The nice thing about "real" HDR (where you're combining a half dozen or more shots into one, as opposed to getting the most out of one) is that it gives you the same advantage, only more so. You might gain 4 stops instead of 1.

Beautiful work, and much less hassle.
Posted 57 months ago. (permalink)

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johnpnj says:

I REALLY like what you did! I hope I can do this someday...
Posted 57 months ago. (permalink)

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Craig Zacker says:

the first and third are best!
Posted 57 months ago. (permalink)

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johnpnj says:

The second looks really good too. Can this be done with Photoshop Elements 5.0? Is Lightroom compatible?
Posted 57 months ago. (permalink)

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Tennessee_Gator is a group administrator Tennessee_Gator  Pro User  says:

Lightroom is a standalone program and you can download a free trial: www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/
Posted 57 months ago. (permalink)

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gotigersjf says:

Interesting...I wonder if the same thing could be achieved using the RAW conversion sliders (specifically fill light and recovery) in CS3?
Posted 57 months ago. (permalink)

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Craig Zacker says:

it could gotigersif..

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adobe PSCS3 ACR one file, done as stated above by OP but.... I also used the Photomatix tone mapping plug in for PS... the shot (this one) wasnt the right one to try this on, the lighting was horrible... but im happy with it now..lol
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slingload says:

Thanks for sharing this with us Tbatty. I have tried it out on a few of my own photos and it works well.
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profiphotos says:

I'm not seeing any of the sample shots from Tbatty anymore.

I’ve also recently posted an article on doing HDR in Lightroom. I took a slightly different approach as this method but the results worked out well. If you’re interested, you can also download a photo and preset to see exactly how I did mine.

www.profiphotos.com/blog/en/2008/11/hdr-photos-in-lightro...

Cheers, Markus
Posted 43 months ago. (permalink)

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