Guest Yachtsman1 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Posted December 31, 2011 This project started with me playing around with my new Elements 10 software, & like topsy developed into a full blown show. I've had a copy of Photomatix for some time now, but it's always a fag setting the camera to auto bracket that I haven't used it much. So after reading about creating an HDR picture from one exposure I tried it with some of my archive shots. The procedure I use is to take a raw NEF (Nikon) shot, open it in Elements 10 Raw, tweak it then take it into Elements 10 direct. Make any more tweaks such as cropping, then save it as a tiff file on my desktop. I then reduce the brightness of the shot by a factor of around 125 & save that, I then remove the previous action & lighten by the same amount & save as before.I then open Photomatix, press the create an HDR buttonn & bring in the 3 shots from my desktop. Press the OK button & the software automatically blends the images. Then when the image has been created, Photomatix tonemaps it, & you can twiddle it to your hearts content. Then press the create button & arrive at your final image which is now a JPEG. Then I open the shot in NX2, make final adjustments & size it for my show & copy it into the show picture folder. On this show I have also converted the new image to mono, added some grain for effect & copied that into the show. I've explained all this in case someone out there hasn't heard of or hates HDR.Mechanics, 32mb, 4.5 minutes, 78 slides, music track & sound effects. Slide size fixed, 5-4 aspect ratio. Mediafire download http://www.mediafire.com/?ip4lqsvqlscp1ycHappy New Year to all.Yachtsman1. Quote
Lin Evans Posted December 31, 2011 Report Posted December 31, 2011 Hi Erik,Great tribute and I love the feel of the black and white to color transitions - it brings the past to the present with surprising realism! I made a little file for you to check out.... It may be something to consider for future "tinkering"....http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/erik/erik.zipBest regards,Lin Quote
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Posted December 31, 2011 Thanks Lin, if only!!!Regards EricYachtsman1.PS just watched your eagle fly across the snowbound cabin again, I assume the eagle is an animated gif file? Quote
Lin Evans Posted December 31, 2011 Report Posted December 31, 2011 Hi Erik,Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could, just for a day?Yes, the eagle is an animated gif made from a video. There are several ways that animated gif's can be created and one of the ways is from an actual video. By doing it that way, you get much more realism in the motion, etc. It takes much more time, because you must extract only the few frames you need for the motion and you have to carefully choose the appropriate ones. Then you must paste the jpg extractions to a transparent layer and carefully "cut out" the images leaving the transparency where background used to be. Once you have done that, you can use a number of programs (including newer versions of Photoshop) which allow you to take the independent frames and convert them to animated gifs. The results are, I think, usable in slideshows to sometimes give more of a hint of realism than by stills alone. Of course they should be used with great discretion to avoid a "video" appearance, but when done with care I believe they can sometimes add a bit to the presentation.Best regards,LinThanks Lin, if only!!!Regards EricYachtsman1.PS just watched your eagle fly across the snowbound cabin again, I assume the eagle is an animated gif file? Quote
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