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HDR Pro in Adobe Photoshop CS5 a short Preview.

April 30th, 2010
by Krishna Mohan

Today (30th April) Adobe released Photoshop CS5 Trial. I grabbed copy early and wanted to try the new features. here is a quick take on HDR Pro feature of Photoshop CS5.

Among all the new features CS5 boasts HDR Pro is one of the most hyped. Till now we needed to go to 3rd party soft wares like Photomatix Pro to get that HDR look we want. This feature is revamped-from-the-ground-up and called HDR Pro. Like the Merge to HDR feature in Photoshop CS4 and earlier, HDR Pro lets you combine two or more exposures of a single scene into an impossibly rendered composite, complete with wide-open shadows and richly detailed highlights. The big difference: Unlike Merge to HDR, which is about as easy to control. HDR Pro offers superb controls and delivers quite a reliable result.

I quickly compared my Photomatix pro rendered HDR which features in my last blog Nir-Laksha Dweepa-Day2-Kalpeni. I used the same set of files and here is the result with HDR Pro. I think there is definite improvement from the CS4 version. But if you want superior control over your HDR then photomatix is still the king. Let us see the results. First is rendered with Photomatix pro and the second using HDR pro. Judge yourself which one you prefer. As you can manipulate any HDR to your hearts content, there is definitely scope for improvement in both the shots. This is what I liked.

Photomatix Pro Rendered HDR

Photomatix Pro Rendered HDR

HDRPro Rendered HDR

HDRPro Rendered HDR

Remove Ghosts option is new in HDR Pro. This will eliminate movements when you are shooting multiple images in a busy environment. I had a photograph of Tilakkam island from that trip which I had taken as HDR but was unable to publish as there was ghosting artifact I thought that would be perfect candidate for checking ghosting option and predictably it came out picture perfect with HDR Pro. Here are the results. First one is with Photomatix Pro which produced nice output but with lot of ghosting artifact which is minute but visible on large photo.

Photomatix unable to resolve Ghosting

Photomatix unable to resolve Ghosting

Here the same set of photos by HDR Pro which ghost elimination has made it crisper. Even though I like the output Photomatix produces HDR pro is winner here.

HDR pro which removed Ghosting artifact efficiently

HDR pro which removed Ghosting artifact efficiently

Remember that this is not a definitive review or a shootout between this two HDR softwares. It is just a short comparison I did within the short time I had to express my views. I welcome your view on that.

EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: n.a.
Exposure Mode: n.a.
Exposure Time: 1/2000 sec.
Exposure Bias: n.a.
Aperture (F Stop): f/6.3
ISO Used: 200
Flash Used: n.a.
White Balance: Custom
Focal Length: 16.0 mm
Metering Mode: n.a.
Date Time: 2010:04:18 06:44:17
GPS Location in Google Map:
10° 4' 27.2" N, 73° 39' 12.3" E, 3 m.a.s.l.
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EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Exposure Mode: Auto bracket
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.
Exposure Bias: 0.0
Aperture (F Stop): f/6.3
ISO Used: 200
Flash Used: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance: Custom
Focal Length: 16.0 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
Date Time: 2010:04:18 06:44:17
GPS Location in Google Map:
unknown (no GPS data)
Copyright © Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved. This Image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or trasmitted in any forms or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying & recording without my written permission. If you’d like to make usage request, just ask: drkrishi@drkrishi.com
EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: n.a.
Exposure Mode: n.a.
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.
Exposure Bias: n.a.
Aperture (F Stop): f/8.0
ISO Used: 200
Flash Used: n.a.
White Balance: Custom
Focal Length: 35.0 mm
Metering Mode: n.a.
Date Time: 2010:04:18 08:57:12
GPS Location in Google Map:
10° 4' 17.5" N, 73° 38' 7.3" E, 2 m.a.s.l.
Copyright © Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved. This Image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or trasmitted in any forms or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying & recording without my written permission. If you’d like to make usage request, just ask: drkrishi@drkrishi.com
EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Exposure Mode: Auto bracket
Exposure Time: 1/50 sec.
Exposure Bias: +2.0
Aperture (F Stop): f/8.0
ISO Used: 200
Flash Used: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance: Custom
Focal Length: 35.0 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
Date Time: 2010:04:18 08:57:12
GPS Location in Google Map:
10° 4' 17.5" N, 73° 38' 7.3" E, 2 m.a.s.l.
Copyright © Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved. This Image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or trasmitted in any forms or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying & recording without my written permission. If you’d like to make usage request, just ask: drkrishi@drkrishi.com

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers

November 5th, 2008
by Krishna Mohan

It has been hectic week, I upgraded to Vista 64bit version. Upped my RAM from 3GB to 6GB to take advantage of 64 bit (or was it otherway round  ;) ) Now my adobe photoshop CS4 64 bit version Rocks, I can use nearly 4GB for the Photoshop. Lightroom 2.1 is also 64bit, I found the experience is quite pleasnt with no hitches at all. My NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB Video card is chugging along quietly . GPU accelerationin Photoshop feels great, most of the zoom and rotation has buttery feel of smoothness.

here is great link for all the photographers on using Photoshop CS4. John Nack on his blog written a single, consolidated list of all the enhancements in Photoshop CS4 & Bridge CS4 that can help improve their productivity.  Bryan O’Neil Hughes has written this guest blog entry, below.  It’s a very comprehensive list of new features.  Read on.

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