Xara Extreme 3 and HDR

[Meia]

Can Xara Extreme 3 do HDR for photos?


Thanks,
Meia

[Egg Bramhill]

Hello Meia,

What's HDR?

[steve.ledger]

Hello Meia,

What's HDR?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
quote from Wiki:
With the rising popularity of digital cameras and easy to use desktop software, the term "HDR" is now popularly used to refer to the process of tone mapping together with bracketed exposures of normal digital images, giving the end result a high, often exaggerated dynamic range. This composite technique is different from, and generally of lower quality than, the production of an image from a single exposure of a sensor that has a native high dynamic range. Tone mapping is also used to display HDR images on devices with a low native dynamic range, such as a computer screen.

Can Xara Extreme 3 do HDR for photos?


Thanks,
Meia

My answer might be that Xara is a Vector illustration program that can work with bitmaps.
Xara does not (even try to) compete with the likes of PhotoShop, Lightroom or other high-end photo and raster (Bitmapped) applications.
Xara can however 'link' with such apps if so set to be the editor in Options.

Tone mapping would not be something I'd expect Xara to handle in any way.

[Meia]

Ahhh... ok.

I wonder if anyone has done or tried any tone mapping using a photo?

Interesting...

Thanks again!

Meia

[Egg Bramhill]

Sledger,

I'm glad you enlightened me Having read the wiki explanation I'm non the wiser, in fact even more confused. gobbledygook springs to mind.

Thank's for the link anyway

[joel]

Hello Meia,

You might want to look at Photomatix at http://www.hdrsoft.com/

Their software works very nicely and there is a lot of information about high dynamic range photography (HDR) on their website.

Regards, Joel

In the image below if you exposed for the sky the sand would be underexposed and if you exposed for the sand the sky would be over exposed. This was done in photomatix with three differently exposed images. Using transparency in Xara you might be able to get satisfactory results...

[Egg Bramhill]

Joel,

I'll leave it to you photographers. But having visited your Photoblog I must say I think your A-Rod image is great.

[joel]

Thanks Egg...

Joel

[steve.ledger]

Hello Meia,

You might want to look at Photomatix at http://www.hdrsoft.com/

Thanks for the link Joel, I gave it a whirl - wow good results!
Worth adding this to the tool kit perhaps?
Their FREEWARE Version is here: http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/1...ixBasic121.exe

Looks like I have some sensor dust do sort out

[molucca]

Blending a lighter and darker image in XXP. I made the lighter image self transparent. The lighter areas become more transparent. I tried a little profile adjustment as well.

Rich