Tutorials

Scroll through the list of tutorials at your leisure.  Here on Everyday HDR I try to create helpful tutorials for all of your photography needs from beginner tips to HDR post processing techniques.  Visit frequently as this list is ever changing, constantly evolving to fulfill the needs of the Everyday HDR photographer!  My tutorials are extremely important to me, if you have any constructive criticism, please leave me a comment and I will do everything in my power to ensure you get the essential training you need!

If You Have No Idea What HDR Is… Start Here:

  1. How To HDR!

  2. A Few HDR Shooting Tips

Beginner Tutorials

  1. The Clone Stamp Tool !NEW!

  2. RAW versus JPEG…. The Importance of RAW

  3. Halos and HDR Episode 1: Avoiding Them Altogether! !NEW!

  4. Halos and HDR Episode 2: Fixing them in Photoshop !NEW!

  5. Black and White Conversions in Photoshop

  6. Beginner’s Guide: F/stops, EV’s and ISO’s 

  7. Beginner’s Guide: Composition

  8. Beginner’s Photomatix Tutorial

  9. Beginner’s Post Processing Methods

  10. Camera Raw 7.0 HDR Effect

  11. HDR Shooting and the Exposure Compensation Button

  12. Creating Multiple Exposures From a Single File (Photoshop CS 5)

  13. Speed Light Macro Photography

  14. Effective Cataloging of HDR Exposures

  15. Barebones Compositing Tutorial

HDR Post Processing

  1. Camera Raw: The Adjustment Brush 

  2. Grayscale Dodge and Burn Technique

  3. How to Make Vignettes In Photoshop CS 6 

  4. Better Snow HDR Images

  5. Camera RAW HDR Post Processing

  6. Controlling Saturation in Your HDR images 

  7. Fixing Chromatic Aberrations with the Saturation Adjustment Layer

  8. 32 Bit HDR Workflow Using Photoshop’s Merge To HDR Pro

  9. 32 Bit HDR Workflow Using Photomatix Pro and Adobe Camera Raw

  10. 3 HDR Pet Peeves of Mine and How to Fix Them!

  11. HDR Noise Reduction With DeNoise 5 and CS5′s Blur Tool

  12. Topaz Adjust 5 High Pass Sharpen Technique 

  13. HDR Post Processing Tutorial

  14.  The Curves Adjustment Layer

  15. Chromatic Abberation and Color Noise Reduction

  16. Black and White and HDR

  17. Fixing Shadow Noise and Highlight Blowouts

  18. Dual Processing HDR Image

  19. Dodging and Burning

  20. Fixing HDR Night Skies Using Photoshop CS 5

  21. HDR Noise Reduction

  22. More Dynamic HDR

Creative Effects

  1. Cross Processing Using Topaz Adjust 5 !NEW!

  2. Make A Window 

  3. Cyanotypes 

  4. Creative Camera Raw Episode 1: Cross Processing

  5. Creative Camera Raw Episode 2: Black and White

  6. Creative Camera Raw Episode 3: Faking Neutral Density !NEW!

  7. Double Processing In Adobe Camera Raw 

  8. HDR Tone Map High Pass Layer

  9. PS CS5:Selective Focusing

  10. Selective Color Using Layer Masks

  11. Adding Borders in Photoshop CS 5

  12. Adding Texture To Photographs

  13. High Pass Texturing

  14. Old Photograph Effect

  15. Cross Processed Photoshop Effect

  16. Extreme Soft Light Effect

  17. Dreamscape Effect

  18. Graphic Novel Effect

  19. The Old Polaroid Effect

  20. Making of a Polaroid EverydayHDR Style!

Cool Photoshop Tricks

  1. How to Fix Extreme Wide Angle Shots in Photoshop

  2. How To Straighten Images With Photoshop CS 6

  3. Dynamic Brushes In Photoshop

  4. Adjustments Window Presets

  5. Adding Images To Text

  6. High Pass Sharpening

  7. Painting With Adjustment Layers

  8. Panoramic Stitching In Photoshop

  9. Cool Tips, Crazy Tricks Volume One

  10. Actions In Photoshop, Automated Editing?

  11. Non-Destructive Editing

  12. Making Your Own Brushes

  13. Auto Aligning Layers

  14. Fixing Dust Blemishes With Photoshop CS 5

  15. The History Brush

  16. Batch Processing

  17. High Pass Sandwhiching

  18. Combination of: Saturation, Texturing, Vignetting

Software Tutorials

  1. Topaz Labs, Black and White Eefects 2 Walkthrough 

  2. Topaz Detail 3 Tutorial

  3. photoFXlab Tutorial (by Topaz Labs)

  4. Photoshop CS 6 Beta: Iris Blur and Oil Paint

  5. Photoshop CS 6: Lens Distortion Correction & More

  6. Photomatix Tutorial: Good HDR and Fixing Clouds

  7. Topaz Adjust 5 Tutorial

  8.  Tiffen DFX Preview

  9. Pseudo HDR With Camera Raw and Topaz Adjust

  10. Oloneo PhotoEngine Tutorial

  11. Windows Movie Maker for Photographer’s

  12. Using the Gamma Slider In Photomatix

  13. Photomatix Tutorial: Selective De-Ghosting

Quick Tips

Miscellaneous

  1. D.I.Y Macro Extension Tube

  2. Protecting Your Camera in the Rain

 

 

 

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  1. Lila McClellan

    April 4, 2012 at 18:32 (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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    Very informative website about HDR. I downloaded the action for plus and minus stops of exposure for pusedo braketing on raw images, but I receved a message that it couldn’t work with photoshop elelments. Would you create an action for all of us photoshop elelments users? The last versions (9 and 10) have pretty good action players.
    thanks.

    1. Blake Rudis

      April 4, 2012 at 20:59 (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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      Unfortunately I know nothing about PS Elements. I will have to remedy that.

  2. Nick Rolfe

    February 10, 2013 at 15:41 (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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    Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for this site – I’m a happy Nikonovice, started with a D3000 3 years ago & now loving my D5100. I always wanted to get into HDR but NO-ONE out there explains not only the processing but the post-processing in such a straightforward, easy to pick up & replicate manner. This is no small achievement. I’m just waiting to buy a sigma 10-20 to really get going with my tests, but I’ll be back, and often!

    1. Blake Rudis

      February 11, 2013 at 09:55 (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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      No problem Nick. I know starting out in this HDR thing can be tough. I try to make it as easy as possible for anyone interested. I appreciate your positive feedback.

  3. Mike Rogers

    March 11, 2013 at 19:28 (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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    Blake – I caught your webinar today for Topaz Labs, Improving Your Workflow Using Actions. Great presentation – should really help cut my repetative action times when processing similar images! I also checked out several of your tutorials on your website that relate to some of the common HDR processing nightmares shadows, hightlights, noise control, etc. Very helpful – thanks for taking the time to create and share these.

    Have you ever tackled the issue with odd results when using Photomatix Pro 4.1 on images with very saturated colors? I primarily do automotive photography where highly saturated colors are a major porting of the image. Many times images with lots of reds or yellow will end up with highly contrasting tones in an area that is all one color / tone in the original file. Its almost as if there is a heavy gray layer laid over portions of the colors. This typically occurs when I’m trying to push the tone mapping to pick up more detail contrast. The only fix in Photomatix that I’ve found is to soften up my tone mapping settings and smooth out the processing until the colors blend properly. I can send some before and after images to show what I’m struggling with if needed.

    1. Blake Rudis

      March 11, 2013 at 22:25 (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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      Awesome Mike, I am glad you could attend the Webinar. They put out some great programs, Topaz does.

      I can see your frustration, but what you are doing is really pushing the tone mapping limitations. IT can only do so much before the tones are overly compressed. I would suggest tone mapping the image twice. Once for the colors and once for the details. You can take them into Photoshop later and overlay them with masks. Keep the best of both worlds. I hope that helps.

      Take care, Mike!

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