2015
Lynda
Richard Harrington
3:32
English

While HDR photography has its fans and its detractors, just about every photographer loves having some control over dynamic range. Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC offer an entirely new approach to HDR imaging with the ability to merge multiple exposures into an all-new Digital Negative (DNG) file. This file gives you even more precise control over shadows, highlights, clarity, and contrast—with minimal changes to your shooting and post-production workflow.
In this course, Rich Harrington shows how to get the most of Lightroom's Photomerge command and its image development and enhancement features to get more control over the dynamic range of your images. Along the way, he provides tips for shooting HDR photos, creating black-and-white versions of images, and combining Lightroom with Photoshop and Photomatix Pro.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. What You Need to Create HDR Photos
Shooting strategies for HDR photos
How many brackets do you need?
Additional HDR photography equipment
Breaking the rules and fixing it in post
2. Organizing HDR Photos
Manually sorting HDR images after import
Automatically stacking HDR images based on shoot time
Organizing HDR images with collections and stacks
Develop and merge or merge and develop?
3. An Introduction to HDR Photomerge
How Lightroom is different from Photoshop's Merge to HDR Pro
Required metadata and properties for merging HDR photos
Speeding up the HDR Photomerge process
Analyzing the preview image
Correcting lens issues with lens profiles
Developing the new HDR DNG file
4. Advanced Controls for HDR Merging
Organization and naming strategies for merged files
When to skip auto-aligning
When to skip Auto Tone
Choosing a deghost amount
Modifying the crop after the merge
5. Refining the Image after the Merge
Additional ghosting strategies
Choosing a custom white balance
Using the HSL controls to remove color cast
Using split toning to refine color balance
Invoking upright and manual adjustments
Manually toning the HDR image
Reducing noise in the HDR file
Sharpening the HDR file
6. Saving Time Creating HDR Photos with Automation
Running in Headless mode
Viewing progress in the Activity Center
Modifying the image and reusing the settings
7. Creating Compelling Black and Whites with HDR
Shooting strategies for black and white images
Merging for black and white
Refining contrast in the black-and-white image
Creating a custom black-and-white mix
8. When to Combine Lightroom with Photoshop
The Creative Cloud connection
Preparing the HDR file for Photoshop
Exchanging the HDR file with Photoshop
Advanced strategies to correct color cast
Advanced healing and cloning in Photoshop
Additional lens correction
Invoking Camera Raw as a filter
Sending the image back to your Lightroom catalog
9. When to Combine Lightroom and Photomatix Pro
What is Photomatix Pro?
Exchanging raw files to Photomatix Pro
Advanced deghosting in Photomatix Pro
Exchanging a merged file to Photomatix Pro and Tone Mapping
Conclusion
Next steps

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