{"id":634,"date":"2010-02-21T21:58:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T21:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wordpress\/?p=634"},"modified":"2013-05-16T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T17:38:29","slug":"photomatix-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/photomatix-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Photomatix Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter Four<\/h3>\n

of Captain Kimo’s HDR How-to Guide<\/h5>\n

\"PhotomatixIt’s time to create our HDR photo using the exposures taken from Chapter 3<\/strong><\/a>. We create our HDR photo by combining the exposures\u00a0together\u00a0and to do this we’ll need HDR software. The software I use is called Photomatix<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/a>Click here to learn more about Photomatix Pro<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photomatix Video and Step-by-Step Instructions<\/h4>\n

Using Photomatix to create\u00a0your\u00a0HDR image is quite simple. Below is video that will guide you through it.<\/p>\n

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Step 1 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

Once you’ve download and installed Photomatix launch the program. Click the Generate HDR image<\/strong> button on the left menu window.<\/p>\n

\"Photomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 2 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

A new window will appear. Click the Browse<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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Step 3 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

Another window will open allowing you to select the exposures you want to merge. Select your exposures and click Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Photomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 4 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

After you’ve selected your exposures. Click the OK<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

\"Photomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 5 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

Generate HDR – Options <\/strong>window will appear. Don’t worry about any options and click the OK<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

\"Photomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 6 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

Your not done yet. You still need to tone map this photo to properly display your HDR image. Click on the Tone Mapping <\/strong>button to begin tone mapping your image.<\/p>\n

\"Photomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 7 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

Don’t let all the sliders fool you into thinking this is complicated. You won’t even use most of them. Every photo is different so you will need to play around with the settings to get the result you want.<\/p>\n

\"PhotPhotomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 8 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

Once you’re done adjusting your settings click the Process <\/strong>button.<\/p>\n

\"Photomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 9 – Photomatix Guide<\/h4>\n

Your done… see how easy that was! Don’t forget to save your photo. Go to File<\/strong> menu and click Save As…<\/strong> and save it somewhere on your computer. Congratulations! You just created your first HDR photo.<\/p>\n

\"Photomatix<\/a><\/p>\n

Final HDR Photograph<\/h4>\n

Below is the final HDR result from Photomatix. I also included the original exposure for reference. So tell me… do you prefer the original or the HDR image?<\/p>\n

HDR Photograph
\n\"Final<\/a><\/p>\n

Original Photograph
\n\"Original<\/a><\/p>\n

Enhancing Your HDR Photograph<\/h4>\n

My HDR technique involves one more step. I take it into Photoshop and enhance it using Topaz Adjust. Proceed to the last chapter to make your HDR image even more amazing!<\/p>\n

Continue to Chapter 5 – HDR Enhancement<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is Chapter 4 of my HDR How-to Guide and in this chapter we will merge our HDR exposures using Photomatix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,53],"tags":[37,35,40,140,42,44,38,139],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}