![]() ![]() ![]() The above image used the Deep 2 preset to start. If you find a combination you, just create a preset by pressing the (+) sign in the Custom section on the left. All the other sliders can create some nice effects. Method Strength slider goes from very weak to very crunchy looking. Tone Compression is the amount of HDR effect seen – set all the way left there is no HDR effect. Experiment with the sliders on the right. Now the fun is going through all the presets and see which one(s) look best on the image. The Default preset is automatically applied to the image.Now just presss Create HDR – a tiff file is created.Always check Remove Chromatic Aberration. Same with Ghost Reduction – move slider at bottom to show image that shows image with movement that looks best as in clouds or trees. Check Alignment if images not shot on a tripod.(Can apply plug-in from LR by going to File -> Export with Preset -> Merge to HDR Efex Pro2.) You can click the check box for Create Smart Object so you can go back in and adjust effect. Next the plug-in was opened in Photoshop by going to File -> Automate -> Merge to HDR Efex Pro2 – press the “Add open file” and then the Merge Dialog button.From Lightroom, all the images were selected and opened in Photoshop as individual files.So here were the quick steps that got this effect: I had done a previous review years ago (see my Digital Lady Syd Reviews Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 blog) and still love the plug-in as much as before. If you like to shoot HDR, I would definitely check out this software – it is different from both Lightroom’s and Photomatix Pro’s HDR results. ![]() I do not do much HDR shooting anymore, but here is an image taken a few years ago that used 5 bracketed shots. This week I thought I would just show a quick image that used Nik HDR Efex Pro 2, one of the 7 plug-ins in the now free Google (Nik) Collection. ![]()
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