{"id":9040,"date":"2011-03-06T06:20:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T11:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/?p=9040"},"modified":"2011-03-06T06:20:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T11:20:15","slug":"luminance-hdr-software-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/luminance-hdr-software-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Luminance HDR Software Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Posted March 6, 2011 – Luminance<\/strong>, a free open source HDR software, will be the ninth HDR program to be tested and reviewed by Captain Kimo. I was looking forward to re-testing this particular HDR program since there was a lot of talk about it on the comment section of my original HDR software round up. I was hoping the developers updated the user interface to make it more convenient. They did to some degree, but the tone mapping process was still the same… it’s just not practical.<\/p>\n Operating System<\/strong> – Linux, MAC & Windows Looks like the new version of Luminance made it easier to install. I remember the version that I tested before required multiple installs before I was able to use the program, but the installation with this version was simple. Unfortunately there are still a number of bugs with this version… at least for Windows users.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Loading the exposure for creating a new HDR image in Luminance is done by simply clicking the new HDR image button. This will bring up the HDR Creation Wizard, click next to begin the process of loading your image. In the next window you’ll be able to load your exposure, it can be a single RAW file or multiple images. I didn’t have any luck with multiple RAW files, Luminance kept locking up on me. However I was able to load one RAW for creating a single exposure HDR photo.<\/p>\n Once I’ve loaded my image(s) I’m given the option to align my photos. The auto align option doesn’t seem to work but the Hugin’s align_image_stack works pretty well, this is the manual align options. Click next to begin manually aligning your exposures.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In the next window I have a few options to select. I believe this window allows me to set the merging method, not exactly sure. I left it at default assuming that will give me the best result. I click finish to have Luminance process and merge my images together.<\/p>\n I can begin tone mapping my HDR image once Luminance finsishes mergeing my exposure. I click the Tonemap HDR image button to begin tone mapping.<\/p>\n
\nPrice<\/strong> – Free
\nStandalone\/Plugin\/Both<\/strong> – Standalone
\n Processing RAW files <\/strong>– Sort of
\n HDR from Single RAW<\/strong> \u2013 Yes
\n Overall Speed<\/strong> – Slow to Average
\n <\/strong> Visit Official Website<\/strong> – http:\/\/qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net<\/a>
\n<\/a>Go to Luminance Download Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n