JayhawkCWE
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Obviously, there are two different ways to do HDR. Bracket the photograph with the camera when you're shooting, or adjust the photo once you have taken it.
I have always used Aperture with the Photomatix plugin, so it's always kinda been done for me (I don't really understand how Aperture does it, I just make duplicate versions and adjust the exposure high on one and low on the other, I'm not sure how it actually works or what type of file it uses, very confusing). Recently, however, I've been trying some other methods and I'm getting somewhat confused.
I know it is not possible to change a RAW photograph and save it as a RAW photograph again. I've had some people tell me to save it as a DNG, but I'm having some problems with that as well.
I open the NEF up in Adobe camera raw, change the exposure, and then save it as a DNG. Thing is, the exposure changes do not take effect when I save it. Just like a RAW. And then I don't have the option to save it as a DNG when I open it in Photoshop. When I do it with a 16-bit TIFF, I can see the exposure changes, it just shows up as black once the CS5 HDR processor is done with it... Again, what's really confusing is how the Photomatix Plugin in Aperture takes the photograph and actually applies the adjustments to the original RAW when it's run. Photoshop seems to not be capable of that and that doesn't make sense to me.
What is the correct way to do it in Photoshop CS5? I know that's kindof a subjective question, but this is driving me nuts. There has to be a way to do it like I do it in Aperture but using Photoshop instead.
Thanks in Advance.
I have always used Aperture with the Photomatix plugin, so it's always kinda been done for me (I don't really understand how Aperture does it, I just make duplicate versions and adjust the exposure high on one and low on the other, I'm not sure how it actually works or what type of file it uses, very confusing). Recently, however, I've been trying some other methods and I'm getting somewhat confused.
I know it is not possible to change a RAW photograph and save it as a RAW photograph again. I've had some people tell me to save it as a DNG, but I'm having some problems with that as well.
I open the NEF up in Adobe camera raw, change the exposure, and then save it as a DNG. Thing is, the exposure changes do not take effect when I save it. Just like a RAW. And then I don't have the option to save it as a DNG when I open it in Photoshop. When I do it with a 16-bit TIFF, I can see the exposure changes, it just shows up as black once the CS5 HDR processor is done with it... Again, what's really confusing is how the Photomatix Plugin in Aperture takes the photograph and actually applies the adjustments to the original RAW when it's run. Photoshop seems to not be capable of that and that doesn't make sense to me.
What is the correct way to do it in Photoshop CS5? I know that's kindof a subjective question, but this is driving me nuts. There has to be a way to do it like I do it in Aperture but using Photoshop instead.
Thanks in Advance.
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