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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Dynamic Photo HDR
Vendor: Mediachance
Purpose: HDR-style image creation, with pin-warping, anti-ghosting, and color-matching
features
Figure 21.1
Dynamic Photo HDR can give your photos the HDR “look” without using multiple images.
Description
Dynamic Photo HDR (DPHDR) is a relatively new package for creating HDR-style
images, offering an easy-to-use interface, but with plenty of features to create expressive
work. One of its key features is pin warping, which corrects most types of misalignment,
including camera roll, pitch, and yaw. Its anti-ghosting mask eliminates ghosting of
moving objects. In addition it has various tone-mapping procedures for creating a whole
range of images, from smooth photographic tone mapping to more extreme images that
go well beyond natural appearances.
DPHDR works with most RAW camera formats; supports 360-degree panoramic
images; has batch processing facilities that allow you to queue images and process them
in one go; and has a live HDR preview that lets you see a tone-mapped preview before
you create the master HDR file.
DPHDR gives you plenty of control over the effects of dramatic lighting, enabling precise
adjustment by means of the Light Tuner feature that comes with its own real-time
Light Tuner window. When accessed, it displays a light orb that shows the distribution