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06/25/2007 08:02:56 PM · #1

After combining an image I am trying to save it and open it in Photoshop. However, no matter which format I use (hdr, tiff compressed or uncompressed) when I open it in photoshop it looks normal, not like what I am seein in photomatix. Photoshop takes its time reading whatever format it is but the image comes out like just out form the RAW processor.

What do you think I am doing wrong?

Thank you very much.

BTW it was the first time I used photomatix and for the challenge what I had to do was to take a capture of my screen and then working it in PS :(

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

06/25/2007 08:43:33 PM · #2

This doesn't sound right. Are you using Photomatix "combine" function? If so, you need to be using several different exposures of the same scene, which is only allowed in Expert Editing. Of course, we have an expert editing challenge right now, so that's possible I guess.

Bottom line: if you are shooting in JPG then you need to use "combine", and it needs to be several differently exposed JPG files, which you then save the combined version as a TIFF file and open that in Photoshop. If you are using RAW, then you can either generate several different RAW exposures off a single capture or work from several distinct exposures. You use the "Merge to HDR" function and then the "Tone Map" function to generate and save a TIFF, which you then open in Photoshop.

You can also Tone Map directly off a single TIFF or RAW in Photomatix.

If this doesn't help, tell us more about what's happening.

R.

oOWonderBreadOo

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

06/25/2007 08:51:45 PM · #3

this really helped me when I was trying out HDR :0)

tutorial type article :D

06/25/2007 09:10:03 PM · #4

Thank you Robert,

I am using photomatix basic and this is what I am doing: from a raw image saved three tiff documents -1,0,+1 exposures; opened these and combined in photomatix, image looks weird but ok after tonemapping; saved that combined image (image was named something_plus names of all three images).

Everything seems normal, but when open that file in photoshop it looks normal not tonemapped.

Later I will try to post screen shots of what I am doing if that helps.

Thanks again,

Ivan

06/25/2007 09:10:34 PM · #5

Originally posted by oOWonderBreadOo:

this really helped me when I was trying out HDR :0)

tutorial type article :D

Tnx Laura I will go through that explanation.