The HDRI Handbook 2.0
High Dynamic Range Imaging for Photographers and CG Artists
Over 23700 Copies Sold
(Total across all English editions, translations not included)
Filled with dozens of step-by-step workflow tutorials
The tutorials in this book are designed as 100 percent repeatable training exercises. Some of them were field-tested on actual photographers. They all survived. And they all reported a great sense of achievement. Check out this shortlist of my favorite techniques:
Monumental Landscapes with Photomatix and Photoshop [chapter 4.4.1.]
Compositing in 32-bit: Day for Night [chapter 5.1.1.]
Double Dipping Technique for Controlled Tonemapping [chapter 4.4.4]
Hard and Soft Exposure Masks [chapter 4.4.5.]
Color Grading with Levels [chapter 5.1.4.]
Hybrid Pano Stitching Workflow [chapter 6.4.9.]
Painterly and Stylized Looks [chapter 4.4.6.]
Rear Window of Room 822 with PhotoEngine [chapter 4.4.2.]
HDR Editing in After Effects [chapter 5.2.3.]
Tonemapping for Toon Looks [chapter 4.4.6]
Direct HDR Panorama Stitching with PTGui Pro [chapter 6.4.7.]
Mixed Tonemapping Workflow at the Yamashiro [chapter 4.4.4.]
Magic Tricks with Luminance Masks in Photoshop [chapter 4.4.5.]
Grunge Looks and Texture Blending [4.4.3.]
Fully Controlled Toning in 32-bit with Photoshop [chapter 4.4.5.]
Explore Image-Based Lighting [chapter 7.2]
Virtual Set Reconstruction from a Panorama [chapter 7.4.3.]
Animate Virtual Camera Pans in After Effects [chapter 6.7.3.]
Film Looks with Magic Bullet PhotoLooks [chapter 5.2.4.]
Companion DVD
Learning by doing – that's the only way.
So you can follow the tutorials step-by-step, all the original source images are included in full resolution, along with bracketed exposures and fully functional demo versions of the software used.
Technically, the Companion DVD is an exclusive feature of the print edition (which I still recommend getting). But if you're stuck with the ebook, here are the files as freebee.
