Course Overview
This is my full HDR shooting and retouching workflow updated with the latest methods for 2017. I will show you how to use the Amazing Aurora HDR and HDR Efex Pro to get amazing HDR results! I show you my detailed workflow to retouch HDR using Lightroom, and Photoshop (including digital blending). These 25 lessons cover 12 full photoshoots!
Lessons
26
Length
2 Hours 49 Minutes
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Required
Aurora HDR, Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, HDR Efex Pro
Lessons: Part 1
HDR intro Camera Settings
HDR Camera Settings and Intro
Aurora HDR intro
In this video I will show how in a couple of clicks we can retouch the photo that was just shot in downtown Los Angeles
HDR Efex Pro Windows
For Windows user I'm going to process the same sunset downtown Los Angeles Photo this time using the free software from Google HDR Efex Pro
Aurora HDR Downtown Sunset
This time we are going to dive down more in the menus retouching another photo from our live shoot of Downtown Los Angeles
HDR Efex Pro Blue hour downtown
For Windows user I'm going to process the same blue hour downtown Los Angeles Photo this time using the free software from Google HDR Efex Pro
Grand Canyon sunrise Aurora HDR
Let's do a classic sunrise retouch with doing a bit of work in Lightroom to get the colors right before jumping into Aurora
Grand Canyon sunrise Efex
Let’s retouch the same series with Efex Pro and see what we get
Antelope Canyon Aurora
A series of brackets from the famous canyon. You will see the importance of layers to create contrast of glow vs detailed
Antelope Canyon Efex
Same series with Efex pro. This time we don’t retouch before going into the plugin
Lessons: Part 2
Mont Saint Michel HDR
In this video we will make this a little tougher with retouching the sky before going into the software and erasing tourist in the final result with the help of Photoshop
Mont Saint Michel EFex Pro
In this video I’m going to try to do the same thing with Efex Pro, but this time I’m not very happy about the result
Digital Blending
Sometime when you want to select what photo is going to give what element, the way to do is good old digital blending in Photoshop
Corsica Aurora
In this video I want to show you on you can bring back a warm sunset using a special preset in Aurora
Corsica Efex Pro
In this video I show you the same photo then video 12 but this time in HDR Efex pro !
Aurora Ghost Reduction New Zealand
In this video I will show you the ghost reduction features and how important it is when you have moving objects
Efex Pro New Zealand
As usual let’s process this series and you will see very fast the limitation of HDR Efex Pro
Aurora Paris
A classic high dynamic scene handled greatly by Aurora HDR
Efex pro failure
In this video you will see that I will not be able to HDR the same photo because the Fstop are too far apart and the result is not nice
Lessons: Part 3
Aurora New York Long exposure
Playing around with a ND filter can give you some funny experience, we are going to use this amazing feature in Aurora to get one of the exposure partially painted back in !
Efex New York Long Exposure
This series are very well handled by Efex pro and give a cool HDR result
Single HDR - Part 1
You can also use Aurora and other HDR programs to retouch one photo instead of 3 and use it’s power to give it a look
Single HDR - Part 2
You can also use Efex PRO to retouch one photo instead of 3 and use it’s power to give it a look, we have less options then in Aurora but it still cool !
Aurora Black and White HDR
You can also use an HDR software to create super dramatic Black and white
Efex Black and white
Let’s explore the workflow of Black and White using HDR Efex pro
Aurora Irish Bar
Walls and old city with great textures do well with HDR
HDR and Sky replacement
In this final workflow we are going to retouch first in Lightroom, then HDR, then replace the sky and so some final touches a revision of the most complex workflow !