Dynamic Photo HDR

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4.3 FITYMI mapping

Why not to have fun with the software? After all that serious capturing, aligning and tone-mapping here

is a fun, single image solution that can be apllied on almost any file. Of course the results will vary...

but it takes only fraction of the full HDR processing time.

If you use only single source file in the Adding Images and you choose the FITYMI process, your tone

mapping dialog will appear as below with only two available methods.

It is important to remember that FITYMI process does not tone-map a real HDR file, it simulate the

look of a tone-mapped image on a single 8-bit source. The result can be sometimes very good, other

time it may create a very noisy image... it all depends on how well exposed is the single source image.

Note: Due to the nature of this 8-bit process, the preview will look more contrasty (and more rough)

than the full-size processed 8-bit image. The full-size usually looks better. You can use Fine Preview

which is in this case faster than when working with full HDR file.

It is usually better to use slightly underexposed image, especially if a sky takes a large part on our

image. However too much under-exposure will intensify noise.

Portraits are usually pretty bad source for HDR image and even worst if we take just one shot and use

FITYIM.

The full processed image may, in some cases look as if really processed from multiple images,

especially if you use higher Dramatic Light settings. However because we are working with limited

dynamic range expect to have over-exposed and/or under-exposed areas on your picture and

increased noise.