" Is -- on Flickr that he'd pop with color and contrast ever wonder how they pull it off are they magic photographers. Actually it's kind of a key -- in the digital photography expertise is called high dynamic range imaging. It's actually pretty easy no arcade photo magic just little bit of time it's pretty straightforward and mr. Roger Chang is joining us give us the lowdown on."

" HR. Yes speech DR high dynamic range. Imaging throughout the but what that basically means is that devices like cameras even digital cameras computer screens each CTV's. They have them much. Shorter. Range. That they can display versus the humanize what you can see that's like people talk about it so lifelike it's you know brilliant and it's it's talking about all these things because. These devices. Are are poor in quality to what we can actually see with our own I've also what it looks them Bob look at a sunset. Over Bakersfield. It is as big red orange were but the distance and there's like. Junk yard with a bunch of old trucks and it in particular pictures that the sun's not X overexposed in the top half of the picture. Did all the junk yards lost the -- and fight. Can see the detail the junkyard. That the sun has exploded this giant -- why exactly you're basically compensating for the fact that if you -- some bright all the -- you deal gets lost he she some dark you're gonna start to lose and a lot of the -- right highlights. Typically photographers normally use things like flash flash photography to kind of fill in that way. But for most people. You know you don't -- have that -- it takes its -- guarantees to on the set up or it's you know it's that if it's an actual sort of scene of the building -- or you know sons say it's kind of hard to have a big enough. -- flash -- and end and issuers -- news Sunday came out around the turn of the twentieth century. And essentially the idea is what I can't get everything in one shot so point 98 -- not do multiple shots of the same scene. At different exposures so I -- England had a really bright bright exposure. When and not so bright one of the medium one it is medium dark and wanted to really dark -- the great thing is most digital cameras today with in the past past two years have a functional they call. Auto auto exposure bracket being. And where they basically give you the ability within the camera to set three exposures. In one not one shot -- And and quick assessment quick secession so. Say I set this up and I can brighten up to two stops at two stops down I pressed the button once it takes a normal press it again it takes at a lower than normal. Press -- one more time it takes -- really -- Okay so I've got my three images I've gotten them on to my notebook I've I've got -- stops up two stops down or whatever the bracket range are. How we turn those into our. High dynamic range image so. What we're. Essentially doing is compositing all three of those images on top of each other in order to bring up those qualities that we want from each one. So there are likely -- Yeah asking masking selective masking and and bring up the layers the elements of those players so -- is there is this like a painful afternoon Photoshop or is there a secret shortcuts. And Photoshop there's a secret shortcut you can actually do each DR. Within it an old -- for you. You can try it with game which can only had mimic each dealer because. We need to -- that high dynamic range the key we're being high dynamic thing but keywords. -- is only it. -- so Photoshop 32 bit. And so you're gonna lose you make your -- a lot of color yet because what you're doing is you're taking 32 bit image intriguing and -- Each -- so you know any it's like start with an MP3 encoding it that is the impact. Yet so there's another -- Arthur cuts and a pain. It's based off -- And it's designed for film makers and is the you know until out coloring and adjusting exposure and all that does have 32 bit I have not personally tried it. So what I am actually recommending is using a lot of the third party tools are freely available and -- dedicated it to HCR yet they're dedicated today and it really makes it so much simpler. For a lot of reasons one because you don't need to kind of figure out what. What what you need to do is going to make its so simple -- going to tell you how to do it with Photoshop for your other favorite -- it and tool. You can learn that on the Internet if you have if you get tied to the limited resource and especially because I know a lot of people we can't afford Photoshop the full version of Photoshop not the elements. It's actually a lot quicker in many cases the result will be a lot more pleasing with the third parties so what is like. Is he different -- taxes after the few weeks you are what's your favorite. Fanatics pros that is pay for suffered -- bucks. But it's pretty much what everyone says is the benchmark for each GR. Photo generation. It's it's really easy to use infected. But simple to use -- flavor of -- technical term I literally have it running right here and you can see it's just this little window off to the left."

" And what I want to do I want to generate an -- image. I click -- and now I'm gonna select the images of that I want. Political features is that for automatic supports raw files from the picture he's three. And finish to see at the tops a select differently exposed images just in case you didn't."

" Been well for full -- select in the click okay. It's gonna give me a bunch of functions and -- sources claim it's better than that we've by default. Jerry HDR. The cool thing is -- Mac Pro is free trial where it is not timeout the only copy I've been. Is that when you finish with finished our photo -- and you'll for the Mets --"

" experiment whether -- if you want to. Yes and you know if you really think it's something that you want to -- at 99 dollars that you can -- on it that it's it's great a lot of people like it it is the standard it is pretty much a standard as you can see here it's finisher earning one image. Com now it's."

" It's not completely done just to give you any idea compared comparison. This is essentially the the normal image. That it has been you can see side by side. The loser flat the buildings don't pop we look at these buildings that are back -- every day yeah VCR images much more. It's much more alive yet it seems -- can of cola. And the thing is."

" You know now we can go on to what his tone mapping. Now what each yard does for light tone mapping kind of does for color it's basically replaces one caller for another -- kind of compressing that entire range of of colors into an -- bit. Range that almost sounds like coaster rising anger for including me. It is in me in many ways. Because -- know some people don't like tone mapping because I think during your adultery. The photos. If some people like because they think it's really cool looking -- a lot of life to something that -- so what if it looks artificial but -- and while that's really cool but that's like with a classic religious arguments of photography Richard B 150 films captured -- predict exactly -- in the back of the -- it's what you want it to be right now you can you can stop breakthrough years. So you know -- and the thing is as you noticed tone mapping actually brings it a little back on earth and it does kind of set. It's a little with the greens little more cartooning this guy has a lot dollar. Yeah -- it's you know it's one of those things that they could slow or colorful and it than it is in in reality right because you know -- the specialized. Com. But it looks. It looks really accurate before. Probably sign that I should that it photography for the -- it -- it it is an accurate portrayal -- is being shrunken down into arranged. Unity that display can show accurately -- I mean if there's things are being lost that you can't see because. It can't be good news rule where we're further -- less expensive packages -- with there's actually great program called that you keep -- says do we. And I hope I'm pronouncing that way the picture there's a really cares unity he this Tuesday. Totally freely available Linux OS-X. Windows so that you're not limited. To anyone that -- nasty receiver and in many ways you can actually get the same. Kind of quality. Using this application it does take a little more. Tweaking memorial wilders but not as much as she would say I can Photoshop or an image editing -- So again the same thing and just load the images. This actually supports."

" Raw files as well although I had issues with the windows one crashing when I tried to use raw files for some reason the OS-X version doesn't. Many ways this is actually preferable because it's a little more analytical and actually gives you exposure. Meetings -- you can either on. Yeah like you can say well that's incorrect it's actually this exposure. Instead of what it's saying that I'm gonna go with whatever it is offers us this sort those I don't know that much about for dietary. As you can see you know it has to have my Lou I have my day my in the mine actually this is normal with the exposure measuring. -- that's that's that's but the Cameron gives out in the exit file it's saying this is what it was. So auto line again. And the thing is that's is whether where the tripod comes in handy if you don't have faith and hope that you don't need -- you can just. In. Let it do its magic. The as the court -- Yeah I'm actually quite surprised at how well this application runs in my notebook. Right so it's done now I have an option to tweak around some of the profile settings. If you need it just everything by default works great in my experience. As you become more familiar with it I'm you can -- around with a lot of these settings so what's the -- Linear each -- that's just basically you know. Actors and colored. So basically try them all -- was -- like move forward Daniel a lot of it just has to do with the way the program response to certain you know. Changes in in an instant improvement being movement. But as you can see here it's done it doesn't look that much different from what -- had -- history of and now a lot of people actually preferred QTPFS. Is Dewey beach especially the really hard court because it's true where again the whole -- Whether or not it's lifelike -- not. Now we can tell -- not tone mapping it's -- again welcome to me it is kind of what most people assume is HDR. Because that's what -- just the finals that it's a final stage. I mean tone mapping is a subset of of doing the high dynamic range imaging it's one it's it's another process that you will do. In addition to this standard compositing with a zero algorithm choices for these draw algorithms these -- the wave that. QTPFSU. We will kind of figure out how to map out and -- match but tone mapping colors. I suggest at all another thing is with this application. The algorithm is based on resolution so your final output resolution will kind of determined. How the formula the algorithm actually works so if you can do it in and you do a large size -- be written native size of that image. To a kind of funky. And funky I mean and ugly -- changed this til like 95. In beta and you can just click apply. And it will basically generates image for now if you don't like it you can go back and tweak. In -- these sliders now be aware again that anytime you change the output resolution here's the real size. You -- You'll change it so what it looks like it is moral example the entire yet what it looks like it a smaller image will not look the same ones."

" So larger resolution so somebody what's kind of take the next step really get their geek on with -- into our photography and we're gonna do I suggest you go online enjoying one of the kind of forms that deal with it there's. The Flickr alone is like epic about Flickr has a bunch of them if you are partial to one particular camera manufacturer for example my content and -- you know even the Olympus. They do have sections in the event that talk about that subject because it is so popular. And the great thing is to so many ways to do it there's you. There's no just this is the only way you can do it right there are people have Photoshop techniques people have. Techniques using multitude of different applications and get that best. Quality it's amazing -- people will peoples but a lot of time playing with different ways yes and actually it's look at the final image so right now we have this final image."

" Ranger wing -- still in 1940s. 1920s postcard. Yeah and you know this is the great thing because -- assuming again so many ways to do this must -- what supplements and the sides. Now what you can also do is you can do like injury ago. In this would give me -- very dull version of this image. And then you can take those two when they're done receive them out as you combine -- exactly that's what I was gonna say I know it seems kind of odd. And -- in and kind of counterproductive but. I assure you it's not now I have those two images and they brought him again in Photoshop so we can muster against together again. And services this is what it looks like you for word draconian -- all the way when it was. And I can tweak it down now so Leo capacities of up to the bottom. Because things there and you can CA can just because of the little -- yes so I can -- select how punch you don't want it without it being too surreal right just surreal enough so I'd like I."

" And -- details on the right. We're talking Mascoll about a -- and -- people dead and it's and that you know it's such it's one of those things that it's up to the person's particular preference there is no right there's no wrong if you like it to a one lane that's fine. Project people nurturing your inner artist."

" Yeah."

" Is -- on Flickr that he'd pop with color and contrast ever wonder how they pull it off are they magic photographers. Actually it's kind of a key -- in the digital photography expertise is called high dynamic range imaging. It's actually pretty easy no arcade photo magic just little bit of time it's pretty straightforward and mr. Roger Chang is joining us give us the lowdown on."

" HR. Yes speech DR high dynamic range. Imaging throughout the but what that basically means is that devices like cameras even digital cameras computer screens each CTV's. They have them much. Shorter. Range. That they can display versus the humanize what you can see that's like people talk about it so lifelike it's you know brilliant and it's it's talking about all these things because. These devices. Are are poor in quality to what we can actually see with our own I've also what it looks them Bob look at a sunset. Over Bakersfield. It is as big red orange were but the distance and there's like. Junk yard with a bunch of old trucks and it in particular pictures that the sun's not X overexposed in the top half of the picture. Did all the junk yards lost the -- and fight. Can see the detail the junkyard. That the sun has exploded this giant -- why exactly you're basically compensating for the fact that if you -- some bright all the -- you deal gets lost he she some dark you're gonna start to lose and a lot of the -- right highlights. Typically photographers normally use things like flash flash photography to kind of fill in that way. But for most people. You know you don't -- have that -- it takes its -- guarantees to on the set up or it's you know it's that if it's an actual sort of scene of the building -- or you know sons say it's kind of hard to have a big enough. -- flash -- and end and issuers -- news Sunday came out around the turn of the twentieth century. And essentially the idea is what I can't get everything in one shot so point 98 -- not do multiple shots of the same scene. At different exposures so I -- England had a really bright bright exposure. When and not so bright one of the medium one it is medium dark and wanted to really dark -- the great thing is most digital cameras today with in the past past two years have a functional they call. Auto auto exposure bracket being. And where they basically give you the ability within the camera to set three exposures. In one not one shot -- And and quick assessment quick secession so. Say I set this up and I can brighten up to two stops at two stops down I pressed the button once it takes a normal press it again it takes at a lower than normal. Press -- one more time it takes -- really -- Okay so I've got my three images I've gotten them on to my notebook I've I've got -- stops up two stops down or whatever the bracket range are. How we turn those into our. High dynamic range image so. What we're. Essentially doing is compositing all three of those images on top of each other in order to bring up those qualities that we want from each one. So there are likely -- Yeah asking masking selective masking and and bring up the layers the elements of those players so -- is there is this like a painful afternoon Photoshop or is there a secret shortcuts. And Photoshop there's a secret shortcut you can actually do each DR. Within it an old -- for you. You can try it with game which can only had mimic each dealer because. We need to -- that high dynamic range the key we're being high dynamic thing but keywords. -- is only it. -- so Photoshop 32 bit. And so you're gonna lose you make your -- a lot of color yet because what you're doing is you're taking 32 bit image intriguing and -- Each -- so you know any it's like start with an MP3 encoding it that is the impact. Yet so there's another -- Arthur cuts and a pain. It's based off -- And it's designed for film makers and is the you know until out coloring and adjusting exposure and all that does have 32 bit I have not personally tried it. So what I am actually recommending is using a lot of the third party tools are freely available and -- dedicated it to HCR yet they're dedicated today and it really makes it so much simpler. For a lot of reasons one because you don't need to kind of figure out what. What what you need to do is going to make its so simple -- going to tell you how to do it with Photoshop for your other favorite -- it and tool. You can learn that on the Internet if you have if you get tied to the limited resource and especially because I know a lot of people we can't afford Photoshop the full version of Photoshop not the elements. It's actually a lot quicker in many cases the result will be a lot more pleasing with the third parties so what is like. Is he different -- taxes after the few weeks you are what's your favorite. Fanatics pros that is pay for suffered -- bucks. But it's pretty much what everyone says is the benchmark for each GR. Photo generation. It's it's really easy to use infected. But simple to use -- flavor of -- technical term I literally have it running right here and you can see it's just this little window off to the left."

" And what I want to do I want to generate an -- image. I click -- and now I'm gonna select the images of that I want. Political features is that for automatic supports raw files from the picture he's three. And finish to see at the tops a select differently exposed images just in case you didn't."

" Been well for full -- select in the click okay. It's gonna give me a bunch of functions and -- sources claim it's better than that we've by default. Jerry HDR. The cool thing is -- Mac Pro is free trial where it is not timeout the only copy I've been. Is that when you finish with finished our photo -- and you'll for the Mets --"

" experiment whether -- if you want to. Yes and you know if you really think it's something that you want to -- at 99 dollars that you can -- on it that it's it's great a lot of people like it it is the standard it is pretty much a standard as you can see here it's finisher earning one image. Com now it's."

" It's not completely done just to give you any idea compared comparison. This is essentially the the normal image. That it has been you can see side by side. The loser flat the buildings don't pop we look at these buildings that are back -- every day yeah VCR images much more. It's much more alive yet it seems -- can of cola. And the thing is."

" You know now we can go on to what his tone mapping. Now what each yard does for light tone mapping kind of does for color it's basically replaces one caller for another -- kind of compressing that entire range of of colors into an -- bit. Range that almost sounds like coaster rising anger for including me. It is in me in many ways. Because -- know some people don't like tone mapping because I think during your adultery. The photos. If some people like because they think it's really cool looking -- a lot of life to something that -- so what if it looks artificial but -- and while that's really cool but that's like with a classic religious arguments of photography Richard B 150 films captured -- predict exactly -- in the back of the -- it's what you want it to be right now you can you can stop breakthrough years. So you know -- and the thing is as you noticed tone mapping actually brings it a little back on earth and it does kind of set. It's a little with the greens little more cartooning this guy has a lot dollar. Yeah -- it's you know it's one of those things that they could slow or colorful and it than it is in in reality right because you know -- the specialized. Com. But it looks. It looks really accurate before. Probably sign that I should that it photography for the -- it -- it it is an accurate portrayal -- is being shrunken down into arranged. Unity that display can show accurately -- I mean if there's things are being lost that you can't see because. It can't be good news rule where we're further -- less expensive packages -- with there's actually great program called that you keep -- says do we. And I hope I'm pronouncing that way the picture there's a really cares unity he this Tuesday. Totally freely available Linux OS-X. Windows so that you're not limited. To anyone that -- nasty receiver and in many ways you can actually get the same. Kind of quality. Using this application it does take a little more. Tweaking memorial wilders but not as much as she would say I can Photoshop or an image editing -- So again the same thing and just load the images. This actually supports."

" Raw files as well although I had issues with the windows one crashing when I tried to use raw files for some reason the OS-X version doesn't. Many ways this is actually preferable because it's a little more analytical and actually gives you exposure. Meetings -- you can either on. Yeah like you can say well that's incorrect it's actually this exposure. Instead of what it's saying that I'm gonna go with whatever it is offers us this sort those I don't know that much about for dietary. As you can see you know it has to have my Lou I have my day my in the mine actually this is normal with the exposure measuring. -- that's that's that's but the Cameron gives out in the exit file it's saying this is what it was. So auto line again. And the thing is that's is whether where the tripod comes in handy if you don't have faith and hope that you don't need -- you can just. In. Let it do its magic. The as the court -- Yeah I'm actually quite surprised at how well this application runs in my notebook. Right so it's done now I have an option to tweak around some of the profile settings. If you need it just everything by default works great in my experience. As you become more familiar with it I'm you can -- around with a lot of these settings so what's the -- Linear each -- that's just basically you know. Actors and colored. So basically try them all -- was -- like move forward Daniel a lot of it just has to do with the way the program response to certain you know. Changes in in an instant improvement being movement. But as you can see here it's done it doesn't look that much different from what -- had -- history of and now a lot of people actually preferred QTPFS. Is Dewey beach especially the really hard court because it's true where again the whole -- Whether or not it's lifelike -- not. Now we can tell -- not tone mapping it's -- again welcome to me it is kind of what most people assume is HDR. Because that's what -- just the finals that it's a final stage. I mean tone mapping is a subset of of doing the high dynamic range imaging it's one it's it's another process that you will do. In addition to this standard compositing with a zero algorithm choices for these draw algorithms these -- the wave that. QTPFSU. We will kind of figure out how to map out and -- match but tone mapping colors. I suggest at all another thing is with this application. The algorithm is based on resolution so your final output resolution will kind of determined. How the formula the algorithm actually works so if you can do it in and you do a large size -- be written native size of that image. To a kind of funky. And funky I mean and ugly -- changed this til like 95. In beta and you can just click apply. And it will basically generates image for now if you don't like it you can go back and tweak. In -- these sliders now be aware again that anytime you change the output resolution here's the real size. You -- You'll change it so what it looks like it is moral example the entire yet what it looks like it a smaller image will not look the same ones."

" So larger resolution so somebody what's kind of take the next step really get their geek on with -- into our photography and we're gonna do I suggest you go online enjoying one of the kind of forms that deal with it there's. The Flickr alone is like epic about Flickr has a bunch of them if you are partial to one particular camera manufacturer for example my content and -- you know even the Olympus. They do have sections in the event that talk about that subject because it is so popular. And the great thing is to so many ways to do it there's you. There's no just this is the only way you can do it right there are people have Photoshop techniques people have. Techniques using multitude of different applications and get that best. Quality it's amazing -- people will peoples but a lot of time playing with different ways yes and actually it's look at the final image so right now we have this final image."

" Ranger wing -- still in 1940s. 1920s postcard. Yeah and you know this is the great thing because -- assuming again so many ways to do this must -- what supplements and the sides. Now what you can also do is you can do like injury ago. In this would give me -- very dull version of this image. And then you can take those two when they're done receive them out as you combine -- exactly that's what I was gonna say I know it seems kind of odd. And -- in and kind of counterproductive but. I assure you it's not now I have those two images and they brought him again in Photoshop so we can muster against together again. And services this is what it looks like you for word draconian -- all the way when it was. And I can tweak it down now so Leo capacities of up to the bottom. Because things there and you can CA can just because of the little -- yes so I can -- select how punch you don't want it without it being too surreal right just surreal enough so I'd like I."

" And -- details on the right. We're talking Mascoll about a -- and -- people dead and it's and that you know it's such it's one of those things that it's up to the person's particular preference there is no right there's no wrong if you like it to a one lane that's fine. Project people nurturing your inner artist."

" Yeah."