When I open an HDR image to work on, I’ll quickly scan through the presets I have set up to see if something jumps out at me. Despite my love of Nik Software, I still process using other pieces of software, and always try different techniques. Don’t Limit YourselfĪs cliché as it may sound, I think it’s important to remember to not limit yourself to a specific software. This gives you a quick jump start to a look and can even help you take an image to a level you may not have considered. All three software choices I cover in this chapter give you the option of saving presets and calling them up whenever you want. So, I think it’s a great idea for you to save all of that work that you do as a preset. No, wait, how about this,” than you will referring to some technical settings for working with files. You’ll spend more time dragging sliders around thinking to yourself, “Yeah, I think this looks good. You’ll find that creating tone-mapped files is largely an experimental process. Not to mention all of the finishing tools they include in it that make it a one-stop shop. Add to that the fact that HDR Efex Pro has a bunch of algorithms that you can use in one place and it’s like multiple HDR programs in one. Coming to it as a user of their other plug-ins, the software looked clean and easy to use. Lately, when working with HDR files, I have become a pretty big fan of HDR Efex Pro from Nik Software.
Photomatix files have a specific look-much in the same way Metallica has a very specific sound-and if you like that look, then that’s the software you’re going to use. Obviously, these algorithms are their “secret sauce” to creating a file, and they have their own interpretations of how to make it, making the results you see different from software to software. Photomatix has its own algorithm Photoshop does, as well. When software grabs a series of images and makes a tone mapped file, it uses a specific algorithm to make this happen. They essentially do the same thing, but are designed differently. While these two instruments are both guitars, they can sound completely different. James Hetfield (the lead singer) is also playing a guitar, but that sound is very different. Now, listen to Metallica covering “Whiskey in the Jar” from their Garage, Inc. is considered “The King of the Blues.” Listen to “Every Day I Have the Blues” or “The Thrill Is Gone” and you’ll hear a very distinct sound, and that sound is made by his guitar, Lucille-a custom-built Gibson ES-355. The fact of the matter is that it’s a lot like listening to someone playing the guitar. One of the most common questions I’m asked is, “Which is the best software to use for making HDR images?” Many people are surprised when I say “All of them,” as if I were trying to be cagey about sharing what my true favorite is.
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