Garbz
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Hey all,
I've made the occasional HDR for several years now, but one thing that bugs me is that I can not successfully tonemap a large panorama (60mpx) in Photomatix if there's lots of detail involved, say skyscrapers with lights on.
The result always seems very glowy clobbering a lot of fine contrast. I also can't control this on larger panoramas. The previews often look fine till I hit the process button then the result looks like crap. In the end I usually give up, save as an iradiance file and then tonemap it in Photoshop. Lots of suggestions seem to be to use exposure fusion, but that's not always possible and doesn't always look right.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to handle really large pictures? This is an example of the type of detail and dynamic range I'm talking about: http://www.garbz.com/ref-sunset-p.jpg, done in Photoshop, and completely unable to be replicated by Photomatix.
I've made the occasional HDR for several years now, but one thing that bugs me is that I can not successfully tonemap a large panorama (60mpx) in Photomatix if there's lots of detail involved, say skyscrapers with lights on.
The result always seems very glowy clobbering a lot of fine contrast. I also can't control this on larger panoramas. The previews often look fine till I hit the process button then the result looks like crap. In the end I usually give up, save as an iradiance file and then tonemap it in Photoshop. Lots of suggestions seem to be to use exposure fusion, but that's not always possible and doesn't always look right.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to handle really large pictures? This is an example of the type of detail and dynamic range I'm talking about: http://www.garbz.com/ref-sunset-p.jpg, done in Photoshop, and completely unable to be replicated by Photomatix.