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msurdin
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 16:02
When on the Photomatix Pro tone mapping screen, having generated an HDR image, there are two basic choices - one is the Detail Enhance and the other is called Tone Compressor. Those experienced with the software, do you have any thoughts, suggestions, etc. about using one or the other?

Thank you, Mel
canonloader
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 16:38
I use Detail Enhancer. Just never got any decent results from the other.
msurdin
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 18:30
Thank you for your response. When I tried detail enhancer the photo did have a greater range of tones ... it did look somewhat over sharpened however.
Tareq
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 18:31
Detail Enhancer all my HDR, never use Tone Compressor [it could be fine if how to use but really i don't like to try].
msurdin
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 18:33
Do you then follow-up with a noise reduction software?
Tareq
26th of June 2009 (Fri), 18:53
Do you then follow-up with a noise reduction software?


Yes, i do sometimes if needed.
canonloader
27th of June 2009 (Sat), 03:44
I almost always use a noise removal action I got for CS3. It works very well, less heavy handed than programs like Neat Image.
sboyer
29th of June 2009 (Mon), 11:49
tone compressor doesn't really create an HDR style image, I use detail enhancer --> lightroom 2 (color adjustments, sharpening, etc) --> CS4 for image touch ups and noise removal

this process is recommended by Scott Kelby and he has a great video tutorial about how to do HDR start-to-finish on his website, definitely worth checking out. http://www.kelbytraining.com/product/adobe-photoshop-cs4-real-world-hdr.html
ClickClick
9th of July 2009 (Thu), 10:57
I almost always use a noise removal action I got for CS3. It works very well, less heavy handed than programs like Neat Image.


Which noise removal action is that?
canonloader
9th of July 2009 (Thu), 11:10
I bought it from Fred Miranda Software a couple years ago when I used CS2 and had a 1D Classic. It's great stuff and does an excellent job. Called 1D ISOR BR PRO.atn, it's no longer sold by them. A major failure in their thinking processes. It still works fine and I use it virtually every day, sometimes on every image, cause it just does such a good job. Here's their software page now (http://www.fredmiranda.com/software/).