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Aurora HDR 2018 review

September 17, 2017 by Rod Lawton 3 Comments

Aurora HDR 2018 review

This Aurora HDR 2018 review covers the latest version of MacPhun’s innovative and popular high dynamic range tool, and the big news with this release is not just the software improvements, which are substantial, but the fact that it’s now available in both Mac and PC versions. MacPhun Aurora HDR 2018 downloads and deals page HDR photography … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aurora HDR, Featured, Reviews Tagged With: HDR

Transform tricky shots with tone mapping

August 9, 2017 by Rod Lawton 1 Comment

Transform tricky shots with tone mapping

Sometimes you get scenes where the brightness range is so great you just can't bring out all the different tones in the picture. This is lighting problem, not a dynamic range problem. Even if your camera has the dynamic range to capture all the tones in the scene, there's no way of showing them all. You can make the brighter parts of the picture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Affinity Photo, Ideas Tagged With: HDR, Tonemapping

Aurora HDR 2017 getting started guide

June 27, 2017 by Rod Lawton Leave a Comment

Aurora HDR 2017 getting started guide

I was recently lucky enough to travel to Norway with Nikon to try out the new D7500 DSLR, and saw this amazing view of the town of Ålesund from the hill of Aksla alongside the town. The sun was low, the sky was bright, so this looked like the ideal candidate for HDR treatment – it was probably the only way I was going to be able to capture the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aurora HDR, Featured, MacPhun, Software, Tutorials Tagged With: HDR

Top 12 HDR tips

December 6, 2016 by Rod Lawton Leave a Comment

Top 12 HDR tips

HDR photography can produce spectacular images. It can also produce a supersaturated, overcooked look that we've probably all seen too much of. Getting that balance right is an art in itself. For now, though, here some HDR tips for shooting and then editing your images. HDR tip 01: In-camera HDR In-camera HDR is becoming more common and it can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aurora HDR, MacPhun, Nik Collection, Tips Tagged With: HDR

Get better Lightroom HDR with the help of HDR Efex Pro

November 30, 2016 by Rod Lawton 3 Comments

Get better Lightroom HDR with the help of HDR Efex Pro

Wednesday Workshops are all about solving tricky little image-editing issues, and here's one to get us started. The Lightroom HDR tools built in are good in their way, but will only get you so far. Yes, you can boost the shadows, reduce the highlights, add some Clarity and Dehaze and maybe a graduated filter for the sky, but you can end up doing a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adobe, Featured, Google, HDR Efex Pro, Lightroom, Nik Collection, Software, Tutorials Tagged With: HDR

MacPhun Intensify 1.0.1: give your photos some punch!

March 9, 2014 by Rod Lawton 2 Comments

MacPhun Intensify 1.0.1: give your photos some punch!

I had an interesting chat with the folks on the MacPhun stand at The Photography Show at the Birmingham NEC at the beginning of March. They were showing off two new plug-ins called Intensify and SnapHeal. Both come in standard and Pro versions, and both work as standalone apps or plug-ins for Aperture, Lightroom, Photoshop and Elements. They're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creative Kit, Featured, MacPhun, Software, Tutorials Tagged With: Clarity, HDR

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