Batch Processing HDR/Pano with HDR Efex Pro?

I shot several HDR Panos this evening. I would like to process them with HDR Efex Pro in batch mode. I cannot see how to tell HDR Efex Pro batch that they are seven images each and should use a particular preset. The panos have about eleven slices each with seven HDR exposures. I believe that Photomatix supports this kind of multiple image sets. Does HDR Efex Pro not do this in batch mode? I would like to get the HDR slices and merge them in PS CS5.

Far as I know batch is NOT supported in Efex Pro...and is not the preferred SW for heavy pano users. It is still Photomatix/Photoshop from what I see.
I assume you have heard of PTGui Pro....great product....and Autopano.

I have Photomatix and CS5 and HDR Efex Pro. It is bizarre that HDR Efex Pro doesn't support automatically dealing with multi-image multi-exposure batches! Oh, well, I guess Photomatix Pro then, sigh.

So, does PTGui do HDR Panos?

You might want to search this section of the forum for PTGui - afew people have used it well.
Careful....the PRO version does, not vanilla PTGui. From their home page:
http://www.ptgui.com/h​drtutorial.html

PTGui Pro supports full HDR workflow - while it may not be the most efficient way, or give you the most control over your final image, you can literally drop a series of pano segments with multiple raw exposures per segment into PTGui and it will sort it all out, convert the raws and merge and stitch the images into a single, HDR pano. You can choose the blending method to be either true HDR (i.e., it will output a HDR, EXR, etc.) or Exposure Fusion (a la enfuse) LDR output.

Some people prefer to work this way, others prefer to use a batch processing HDR app, like Photomatix, to process their HDR segments first. A helpful workflow in this regard would be to use Photomatix to batch process each segment, outputting both a smallish JPEG with some default tonemapping, as well as a full res HDR file. You can then take the small JPEGs into PTGui, use them to perform the stitching to get good alignment without bogging down your system, and then create a template of the stitch. Then you create a new project, import the full res HDR segments and apply the template, taking advantage of all of the warping and alignment that was done using the small JPEGs.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy. HDREfex is coming along but needs some tweaking to be a true power tool. HDR Expose will perform this type of batch processing as well, automatically sorting out the relationship amongst a batch of images. Here is a tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com …M&feature=playe​r_embedded

HDR Expose requires that all image sequences have the same number of exposures per sequence. Photomatix's sorting engine is more robust in this regard.

Kirk

Thank you, Kirk. I have and have used Photomatix's batch processing which is why I expected that HDR Efex Pro would do this ... it's not a big deal programming wise, particularly with the EXIF data in hand. I certainly hope they are planning to enhance this feature into it as it has many other features that I really like.

I fired up Photomatix Pro 64-bit this morning and passed it my image folder, just as a learning experience. It walked through the whole folder and although the images aren't quite what I want because I didn't manually do one and get the "right" settings, it certainly makes the process efficient. Tonight I will use PS CS5 to stitch a couple together and see how they look.

I processed the slices by hand in HDR Efex Pro and then Pano'd them in PS CS5 ... took about 90 minutes but turned out well.

To Dwight, I am also using Photomatix. Quick question, if you quickly identify and pick up HDR shots from other non-bracketing a memory card if you have a combination of everything in a memory card(single shots, 2 bracketing shots, 3 bracketing shots) before you batch process them in Photomatix? For example, the file name only shows IMG_2696.CR2, IMG_2697.CR2, IMG 2698.CR2. It doesn't read at the fashion of IMG_2696_1, IMG 2696_2, IMG 2696_3. It takes a long time just to pick the 3 bracketing shots out from the rest. I am using Adobe Bridge and Canon software.

desert_rose wrote in post #15548904
To Dwight, I am also using Photomatix. Quick question, if you quickly identify and pick up HDR shots from other non-bracketing a memory card if you have a combination of everything in a memory card(single shots, 2 bracketing shots, 3 bracketing shots) before you batch process them in Photomatix? For example, the file name only shows IMG_2696.CR2, IMG_2697.CR2, IMG 2698.CR2. It doesn't read at the fashion of IMG_2696_1, IMG 2696_2, IMG 2696_3. It takes a long time just to pick the 3 bracketing shots out from the rest. I am using Adobe Bridge and Canon software.

I don't know.

desert_rose wrote in post #15548904
Quick question,

You posted the same question in at least three other people threads. Please don't do this.
1. It derails their thread distracting people from answering the original poster's question.
2. It can cause confusion as people get confused over which question a post is answering.
3. It is unnecessary - (assuming they know the answer) people will answer your question if you post it once.
4. It becomes more difficult for you to keep track of replies if they are split across multiple different threads.

Please just select the correct forum and start your own thread (press the New Topic button).

Thanks

PS I answered your above question in the thread you started at https://photography-on-the.net …p?p=15549420#po​st15549420

As I replied in the other post regarding this topic, some HDR applications that do batch processing have a filter to sort by time between shots. AEB shots presumably have very short intervals between successive shots.

Because you use Photomatix, you are in luck. See screentshots. Choose "Batch Bracketed Photos" from the Automate menu (CMD-B on the Mac, Probably CTRL-B on a PC) and select according to the screenshots.

Consider reading the documentation for the software you use - It is under the "Help" menu > User Manual, in section 4 on batch processing.

kirk

I process each HDR photo, then out them together in a panoramic with PS or PTGui. Works well for me.

Dan, thanks for saying that ... a lot of guys don't to go to the effort to start their own threads but just start popping their own questions into someone else's thread where they don't go with the flow which is kinda' rude.

Dan Marchant wrote in post #15549913
You posted the same question in at least three other people threads. Please don't do this.
1. It derails their thread distracting people from answering the original poster's question.
2. It can cause confusion as people get confused over which question a post is answering.
3. It is unnecessary - (assuming they know the answer) people will answer your question if you post it once.
4. It becomes more difficult for you to keep track of replies if they are split across multiple different threads.

Please just select the correct forum and start your own thread (press the New Topic button).

Thanks

PS I answered your above question in the thread you started at https://photography-on-the.net …p?p=15549420#po​st15549420