Advanced pixel blending
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2. Advanced pixel blending. Tutorial. The image, rendered for midtones from Camera Raw. The Camera Raw settings and the Curve tab with the …
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Advanced pixel blending
Blending pixel layers in Adobe?Photoshop?CS2 lets
you do things that you simply can’t do by adjusting a
single image. One situation where we blend pixel layers
is when we want to extend the apparent dynamic range
of digital captures. Of course, the best way to do this is
to take several bracketed exposures and merge them to
a 32-bit floating point HDR (High Dynamic Range)
image. But that requires planning, a hefty tripod, and a
subject that moves little if at all.
It may seem that it’s pointless to blend different
renderings of a single digital capture. After all, all the
data is in the capture, so why not simply edit it to get the
results you want? We feel that there are two reasons:
?It’s extremely difficult to get everything right from a
single rendering of the image.
?Most cameras capture 12 bits of data. By blending
multiple renderings of the 12-bit capture, you can
populate more levels in 16-bit space than you can by
stretching and squeezing the original 12 bits.
The image below shows an “impossible”…
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