Friday, February 04, 2011

Alignment with Handheld HDR

OldCar1f

Ever had difficulty aligning images from a handheld HDR set? Well I have! But the built in alignment routines in most HDR software are fairly rudimentary. They particularly have a hard time with complex motion or when a wide angle lens. Below is a magnified image showing poor alignment with Photomatix Pro 4.0...

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And this one used Nik HDR Efex Pro...

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But this is what can be achieved with Photoshop CS5...

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Watch this video to see how...

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