Correct Ways to Use HDR Pro in Photoshop with Ease

HDR Pro is available for Photoshop 5 and above versions. You can use HDR Pro of Photoshop to merge tonal values from multiple exposures of the same scene. Just make sure the series of photos are in the same folder before you merge to HDR Pro of Photoshop, and then you can easily upload all the files to Photoshop with ease.

To start with, here are some parameters you can set for 16-bit image with HDR Pro.

Preset: Batch adjustments for a series of similar images, you can save and load presets.

Remove Ghosts: In order to remove the ghosts caused by moving stuff or outdoor images, you can minimize these moving stuff with the optimal result.

Edge Glow: Use the Radius and Strength sliders in combination to increase the perceived sharpness of the image.

Tone and Detail: It should be the most important feature of HDR Pro to adjust the contrast between highlights and shadows. The exposure slider controls the overall lightness or darkness of the image.

Color: Vibrance adjusts the intensity of the subtle colors and minimize clipping of highly saturated colors.

Tone Curve: Add an anchor point or enter numeric value to adjust the tonality of the image.

1. Launch Merge to HDR Pro

Photoshop

Choose File> Automate> Merge to HDR Pro.

Bridge

Select the images and choose Tools> Photoshop> Merge to HDR Pro.

It takes a few seconds or minutes to process an HDR photograph. But it is just the beginning of the HDR procedure. You have to combine the best parts of different exposures to merge everything into an awesome HDR with HDR Pro.

2. Load Images to HDR Pro

Click Browse to select a specific image, click App Open Files or choose Use> Folder. And you can also remove a particular image by click Remove from the files list.

In the Merge to HDR Pro dialog, you can find the detail information about images with different exposure and the parameters to adjust tonal range of the HDR photographs with HDR Pro.

You can get the complete tutorial to use HDR Pro in Photoshop to create enhanced HDR images here.

If you find using HDR Pro on Photoshop is a litter complicated, you can consider the WidsMob HDR that is focus on dealing with HDR photographs with easy operation. It is a great HDR maker to merge a set of bracketed images into HDR photographs with advanced tone mapping algorithm, auto alignment and ghost suppression to create stunning high dynamic range photographs.

1. Launch WidsMob HDR on your computer and click File> Import to add a set of 3 bracketed images into the program.
2. You can adjust tone length, tone saturation, ghost suppression, brightness, saturation, contrast and effect on your HDR image according to your need.
3. After adjustment, save you HDR photograph to your computer.

Obviously, the latter HDR merger is more friendly to users. You can get the similar effects with an intuitive interface. Thus, if you have no decided whether to purchase Adobe Photoshop full version, WidsMob HDR software can be your better choice. Why not free download the photo HDR software and have a try right now!

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