stadh wrote:Hi Destny,
Thanks for replying.
Sorry, it seems I wasn't clear enough in my first post. Converting. Yes, that is exactly what I want to do but cannot.
Before stitching, I convert 3 brackets to 1 32bit hdr. Then I stitch the hdrs to one big hdr. Then I want to convert the hdr to a tone-mapped PSB or 16bit TIFF for further editing in Photoshop and later inclusion into a tour.
That conversion is the step that fails on me.
I know I could convert the single images before stitching and stitch the TIFFs. However, with 33 to 150 single images per room I prefer to convert the whole image, as I don't really know how the whole picture will look like when converting the single pictures. And IMO it is important to see the whole picture when doing a HDR conversion... Maybe I am too inexperienced with this yet. But when converting the single images I lack the ability to imagine how the whole picture will look like...
marzipano wrote:I thought Photomatix had this facility to convert 1 single big hdr (as well as the ability to merge brackets)
Destiny wrote:So I take it you are using RAW, then add your 3 RAW images into Photomatix, and merge into a single 32 bit HDR image.. Then you take your HDR images and drop them into APG where you stitch the HDR images into one full image.. Is this right..??
If so, after stitching, you can save as a PSB or 16bit TIF from APG... Then do your editing as an entire pano image using Photoshop or Lightroom.. Just be careful when editing the ends of the pano, you might have to use OffSet to ensure there is no difference otherwise you can end up with a kind of line in the image if used as a Pano Tour.....
Did you know, you can export the single fully stitched images layers, with their EV values as panos
Then add those images into PhotoMatix and merge as a full pano.. Photomatix does have some editing options such as sharpening and contrast etc.. Better to use XML code to avoid double imaging.. I have done it but it's better to use single merged images rather than full panos due to the file size.. But I have heard other doing it this way as their workflow.... Each to their own I guess..
Have I understood your needs yet.. Or is it still lost in translation..
Destiny...
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