Use photoshop filters to create HDR photo effects – Effect Tutorial-1024programmer

[b][What is HDR? 】[/b]HDR can be interpreted as high dynamic range.
Generally, when taking photos, you will often capture high-contrast scenery, such as the bright blue sky and white clouds in Beijing, with less bright shadows in the foreground – such as houses and woods. At this time, we encounter a difficulty. If we expose against the background, the blue sky and white clouds will be very clear and layered, but the woods will be dark; if we expose against the woods, the woods will be layered and clear, but the background will be pale.
In order to deal with this situation (or the limitations of photography), people have developed HDR technology, which can combine two images with different exposures into one. It can also show the details and layers of the woods and background, making the picture full and full. It’s impactful, and sometimes even has a dreamy feel, and many HDR images tend to have very saturated, gorgeous, and eye-catching colors.
Therefore, HDR is becoming more and more popular, and more and more people are starting to study it.

You must read the renderings before reading: PS uses version CS3 or above, and some of the step operations use the w & b function; in addition, there are two versions of the lucis filter, one is LUCIS ART 3.0 and the other is LUCIS PRO 6.0 with a software dog , the version currently circulating on the Internet seems to be only 5.03. This filter is mainly used to create engraving effects and enhance exposure in the effect area!
Here is a long-winded description of the source of LUCIS and the high version of the software that will be applied to the MAC environment.
[b]Part 1: Apply HDR effects to photos of people. [/b]
In this three-part tutorial, we will reuse the lucisart filter and apply the HDR effect on different types of images. In the first part, we focus on photos of people.
Part One: Completed Picture Display:

Part One Completed Picture

Step 1
Open a photo of a portrait, don’t ask me where to open it! What software do you use to open it?

Part One Figure 1 Step 2
First, you need to copy the layer CTRL+J, and then use filter-lucis-lucisart. Select the sculpture option and set parameter 30. (I feel like I am doing sharpening.)

Part One Figure 2 Step 3
Create a layer mask for this layer and fill it with black. It will hide all effects. Then, set the foreground color of the brush to white and draw the people and crops without touching the leaves behind.

Part One Figure 3 Step 4
Next I’ll add an adjustment layer, select Curves and pull the center point down slightly. (Pay attention to the changes in the depth of the image)

Part One Figure 4 Step 5
Now use a black brush to modify the Curves layer mask and modify the shadows around the eyes. Be careful not to let the brush cover the eyes.

Part One Figure 5

Step 6
Next, press CTRL+A to select all (commnd+a on Apple), then click Edit-Merge Copy and then Edit-Paste (English version is operated according to the original text). Then Filter-LUCIS-LUCISART, this time select exposure (timed exposure) and set the parameter to 60. Then set the opacity to 50%.

Part One Figure 6 Step 7
Press CTRL+A to select all, and merge copy & paste again.

Part One Figure 7 Step 8
Now that you have a COPY that merges all the layers, go to Image-Adjustments-BLACK AND WHITE and adjust the settings accordingly. (Here, the grayscale effect of the image is mixed through each channel, reducing the red and blue, slightly increasing the green, and greatly increasing the brightness of the three CMY channels to make the brightness difference more obvious. This is the essence of HDR to improve the entire image. ).

Part One Figure 8 Step 9
Set the layer style to Multiply and change the transparency to 40%. (Wish to write down this parameter, it will be useful for adjusting such photos in the future.)

Part One Figure 9 Step 10
Now make a layer mask for this layer, see step 5 for the method.

Part One Figure 10

Step 11
Then CTRL+A to select all, then edit-merge copy-paste, and then execute filter-LUCIS-LUCISART this time using engraving parameter 20.

Part 1 Figure 11 Step 12
Continue to mask this layer and add black, use a white brush, lower the brush opacity and try not to brush on the old man’s skin.

Part One Figure 12 Step 13
Next, I want to make the image more delicate. Select the Levels adjustment and set the slider to 192. (This step is to brighten the picture)

Part One Figure 13 Step 14
Fill the mask of the Levels adjustment layer with black, and then use a small (lower transparency) white brush to paint on some parts of the beard, clothes, and wood to brighten them.

Part One Figure 14 [b]Conclusion of Part One[/b]
You may be able to use some other skin-smoothing filters to help. But I still like it.

Part One Figure 15

[b]Part 2: Applying HDR effects to close-up pictures[/b]

Next we are going to do another type of personal photography, and I really like this image. This is a close-up photography. Because I took the picture very quickly, the picture is not perfect. The ladybug feels like it is flying.

Preview completed picture:

Part 2 Complete the picture Step 1
Open the picture.

Part 2 Figure 1 Step 2
We use the same method as in the first part, but the setup is slightly different and we place the light in different places. Duplicate the bottom layer, execute Filter-LUCIS-LUCISART, select Engraving and set the parameters to 25.

Part 2 Figure 2 Step 3
Create a Curves adjustment layer, just a small point on the lower right.

Part 2 Figure 3 Step 4
(Based on the curve layer mask operation) Now we use the Gradient Tool to set the foreground color to black and cover the part of the ladybug in order to make the part of the ladybug brighter because it is the focus part.

Part 2 Figure 4 Step 5
Each time, CTRL+A, then Edit-Merge Copy, then Edit-Paste. (I have translated this sentence no less than 5 times, embarrassing) Then go to Image-Adjustment-B&W, look at the image and adjust it and it’s OK! (Mainly reducing cyan and magenta, or improving the contrast of light perception.)

Part 2 Figure 5

Step 6
Next step: Picture-Adjustment-Levels. Enter the color levels and adjust them to 46, 1.79, 225, and then confirm. (The purpose of this step of color adjustment is to improve the black, and then brighten the neutral gray color. Did you notice the bright area? The position of 255 is beyond the color level range. I guess the author also adjusted it to show the highlights. position. In the final analysis, it is to adjust the overall brightness of the channel. I hope you can understand the intention.)

Part 2 Figure 6 Step 7
Set the layer mode to Multiply.

Part 2 Figure 7 Step 8
Set a layer mask for this layer, then use the Gradient Tool (Radial Gradient) with the foreground color set to black to highlight the ladybug’s parts just like you did.

Part 2 Figure 8 Step 9
Next, continue CTRL+A to select all layers, Edit-Merge Copy, Edit-Paste, Filter-LUCIS-LUCISART and set the exposure to 80.

Part 2 Figure 9 Step 10
Mask this layer & fill it with black, use a white brush to paint the ladybug part to make it brighter.

Part 2 Figure 10

Step 11
Then CTRL+A again to select all, edit-merge copies, then edit-paste. Filter-LUCIS-LUCISART select Engraving (parameter 10).

Part 2 Figure 11 Step 12
Mask this layer using a black brush to cover the background area behind the hand. (This step is for the background�Modified)

Part 2 Figure 12 Step 13
The final step is to create a Levels adjustment layer with the following parameters: 0 1.00 197 and then OK. (Pull the bright part of the color scale to the normal position and increase the brightness a little bit, which is the purpose of this step!)

Part 2 Figure 13 Step 14
Mask this layer and fill it with black, then use a small white brush (with low transparency) to simply brush the little ladybug to make it more delicate. Don’t paint it completely, just a little bit to highlight it. (If you pay closer attention, you will find that the light on the ladybug wings is weakened a little. Very delicate local adjustment!)

Part 2 Figure 14 [b]Summary of Part 2[/b], you can use filters to experiment with other different effects, click HERE to see a larger picture. (According to the LUCIS official website, LUCIS is quite powerful in adjusting light! There are very few tutorials on LUCIS in China. I hope experts can use this filter to achieve perfect HDR effects)

Part 2 Figure 15

[b]Part 3: Apply HDR effect to natural scenery pictures[/b]

This line of text will not be translated. If you feel that the article is too long and you are tired of reading it, please bear with it. In the three parts of the tutorial, the author combines pictures from three different shooting techniques to show you the HDR adjustment of a single high-quality picture in an all-round way. I hope you understand the author’s good intentions. You must know that the articles on adjusting HDR images are all adjusted using professional software before PS. There are not many articles like this.

Part 3 Complete the picture Step 1
Open a picture of natural scenery.

Part Three Figure 1 Step 2
Duplicate the bottom layer, then filter-lucis-lucisart, then select SCULPTURE (parameter 30).

Part Three Figure 2 Step 3
Now mask this layer & fill it with black, then paint the clouds with a white brush. You may be able to see bad pixels through this step. Use the Stamp Tool to cover them up.

Part 3 Figure 3 Step 4
Next you need to create a new fill layer and select the Curves tool. I want to pull it down a little bit, OK, this step is to make the picture darker.