Zoner Photo Studio 12 Tutorial: HDR Photos

Do you have trouble with intricate light conditions? Take your photos in RAW file format, open them in ZPS 12 and apply HDR (High Dynamic Range).
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the new in if your camera enables that
you can turn a single photograph into an
HDR image
you can do this when you start from
a RAW format picture as these contain
and unusually large exposure range
to do so select the rock picture in
question
and switch into its owner photo studios
Ron module
the button for this is at the top right
%uh the program window
the main purpose the Ron module is to
convert
RAW format pictures into pictures in
ordinary formats
before actually performing the
conversion
you can adjust the conversion parameters
including those for HDR
in the right side of the window switch
to the FX tap
the first two sections of this tab sir
for work with HDR although you can do
HDR with just
middle plus lights or middle-class
shadows
the most typical route is to use both
lights
and shadows the settings group for each
are activated separately using the check
box atop
each group the preview window updates
while you work
to show the effects your latest changes
to HDR settings
even though the settings for lights and
shadows are separate
they work the same way the threshold
setting
defines how bright a partner the picture
must be
before it starts being copied into the
middle exposure picture
it is best if the transition from not
being copied
to being copied is not completely
shocked
in other words its best if what's being
copied ian is partly transparent
if it's only just passed the threshold
to set up this kind of gradual blending
use the blend smoothness setting smooth
blending on its own still doesn't fully
hide the HTR transition
thats and uncharted mask as it's called
is also used to blur changes out into
pixels
surrounding the changed areas the end
sharpness
this mask is controlled by the mask
blurring setting
the last setting here is intensity this
sets the visibility
the opacity the picture copied in
compared
to that %uh the middle exposure picture
in our example here
the dark areas are sorely lacking in
detail
set the intensity in the HDR shadows
group to the full 100 percent
the brake parts of this lower on the
other hand do not need their details and
hence very much
so set the intensity under HDR lights to
just
20 percent you can now safely go on and
it just
other rock conversion settings and
develop the photograph
into a file or send it into the editor
for finalizing the No
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