HDR Tutorials Roundup

March 1, 2007 by · 26 Comments 

HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography is a technique that is becoming very popular at the moment, an HDR photo is created using software such as Photoshop or Photomatix and produces images with more detail in the highlights and shadows. Here we dug out the best tutorials and resources to help you get to grips with it.

First off, lets have a look at the sort of images you can produce with this technique :

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Stunning aren’t they ? You can view more examples here.

Now lets find out how to achieve the effect…

Vanilla Days – HDR Tutorial, this is probably the best place to start – a great indepth tutorial tells you everything you need to know.

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HDR Tutorial – Featuring HDR 2.0 – Another good tutorial from the creator of stunning images such as these :

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Merge to HDR in Photoshop CS2 – Landscape photography HDR tutorial

High Dynamic Range – Workshop, another indepth tutorial for beginners.

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How to Create Professional HDR Images – Tutorial using Photoshop

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HDR from 1 jpg – Tutorial to create HDR images if you dont have a camera capable of shooting in the RAW format.

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Realistic High Dynamic Range Images – Guide to creating more realistic HDR images

How to Create High Dynamic Range Images – A tutorial and comparison between using Photoshop or Photomatix to process your images – Photoshop wins in this case.

Modern HDR photography – huge guide to creating HDR photos

HDR Landscape – Huge photography Tutorial

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HDR – Tutorial from Cambridge in colour

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HDR 101 – Beginners tutorial using Photomatix and 7 different shots

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HDR – An introduction

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HDR – The wikipedia entry for HDR photography

After reading through those tutorials you should have the technical skill to create a HDR photo – you still need the abilities to take great photos to start with though! We will be covering some photography tutorials in future posts.

Next you will need the software to create the images :

Adobe Photoshop CS2

Photomatix

And finally a camera capable of shooting in Raw mode :


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26 Responses to “HDR Tutorials Roundup”
  1. Mark says:

    One note: it’s a myth that you need a camera capable of shooting in RAW mode to make HDR photographs. Photomatix software accepts .jpg and .tiff images, and I’ve made many an HDR image without RAW files. :)

  2. Amit K says:

    Nice round up,
    I liked the cambrideincolor Tutorial. Very indepth and accurate and they have other nice articles on the site

    Thanks

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  4. ilker says:

    Well done research.. I couldn’t do better!

  5. matt says:

    i just got photomatix, it rocks!

  6. John Arnold says:

    Here’s another 2 part video tutorial on how to create an HDR image using Photoshop:

    http://www.photowalkthrough.com/tutorial_5/index.html

  7. marly says:

    here’s another one: http://www.thinsite.net/tutorials/?p=6

  8. Carlton Wade says:

    HDR is the future of photography. I shoot golf mostly. Tiger Woods is the future of golf. Tiger Woods hired me today.

  9. Bob says:

    I guess that makes you a futuristic golf photographer.

  10. John Zuki says:

    Thanks for the list. HDR is great and if used properly can produce amazing photos. However, I’ve seen photos with too much details and it’s just abusive and distraction to the eyes.

  11. Please add http://www.johninjapan.com/from-the-desk/myblog/creating-hdr-images.html#jc_allComments

    To the list. It’s a tutorial that takes your through the entire process from start to finish.

  12. Okinawa says:

    Wonderful list.

  13. Photographer says:

    This is a good article. Here’s a related one: http://www.worldonpaper.com/jmain/photo-technique/hdr-and-capturing-photos-for-hdr-processing-2.html

  14. Hello

    Really good! Nice Tutorial!

    If you need a tutorial in german, visit my homepage:
    http://cedricsuetterlin.jimdo.com/hdr_fotos.php
    Really easy to use!

  15. suzie says:

    nice work…

  16. HDR says:

    Correction, HDR photo tutorial located at http://www.johninjapan.com/blog/show,creating-hdr-images.html/

  17. Andly says:

    It’s a very interesting tutorial list about hdr.
    Bookmarked!!!

  18. HDR says:

    I am putting a gallery of my HDR work up at http://www.japan-images.com please let me know what you think.

  19. Okinawa says:

    At http://www.hdrjapan.com I have lots of HDR images and some photography tutorials. Can you add my site to the list?

  20. shaz says:

    Great technique maybe a tutorial is in order

  21. Cet says:

    Hi. I have lots of HDR images and some photography tutorials. Can you add my site to the list.?

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  23. sohbet says:

    Yea Here’s another 2 part video tutorial on how to create an HDR image using Photoshop:

    http://www.photowalkthrough.com/tutorial_2/index.html

  24. HDR Tutorials Roundup

  25. hdr says:

    Nice, I shoot HDR photos in Japan.

  26. gbenz says:

    I’ve got some HDR material and tutorials on my blog…
    http://viewfromthetundra.com/category/tutorial-hdr/