Apr 26 2013
I was recently asked to do a tutorial on how I fix Halos in Photoshop. I could very easily have started there, however, I feel it is important to understand the culprits of the halos in Photomatix. Your best defense against a halo in post processing is to avoid them altogether. Episode 1 of Halos …
Apr 19 2013
I recently shot a picture of a barn at sunset. I brought it into Photomatix and tone mapped it and all was going well, but I had one distinct problem. The sky was very blue and the barn was very red. Talk about two completely opposite ends of the White Balance and Color Temperature spectrum! I …
Feb 18 2013
When picking a seat on an airplane I will always take the window! Not only is it the most comfortable spot to sleep, but you can get some awesome shots out that little porthole window. One time I was flying from California to Delaware and I saw lightning off in the distance. I really didn’t …
Jan 18 2013
The Shadows/Highlights Adjustment Tool in Photoshop CS 5 & 6 is a very powerful asset. It is tucked away pretty deep in the menus and not found in the normal adjustment layer section. It is very similar to that of the shadow and highlight adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom, however, it gives you …
Dec 07 2012
Over the past couple of weeks I have been hitting my workflow pretty hard with the 32 bit workflows from Photoshop and Photomatix to the bitter diatribe about saturation and HDR images. Today I want to share with you my love for Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and how well it post processes HDR tone mapped …
Nov 02 2012
Last week I discussed my 32 bit workflow with Photoshop’s Merge to HDR Pro. This week I wanted to show one could process a 32 bit file in Photomatix Pro 4.2 and Adobe Camera Raw. Many people know the 32 bit HDR to Lightroom gig pretty well, but it is just as easy to do …
