The HDRI Handbook

High Dynamic Range Imaging for Photographers and CG Artists

Christian Bloch

344 pages, parution le 01/11/2007

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The HDRI Handbook reveals the secrets behind High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI). This cutting-edge imaging technology is a method to digitally capture and edit all light in a scene. It represents a quantum leap in imaging technology, as revolutionary as the leap from Black & White to Color imaging. If you are serious about photography, you will find that HDRI is the final step that places digital ahead of analog. The old problem of over- and underexposure in analog photography, which was never fully solved, is elegantly bypassed here. A huge variety of subjects can now be photographed for the first time ever.

HDRI emerged from the movie industry, and was once Hollywood's best kept secret. It is now a mature technology available to everyone. The only problem was that it was poorly documented?until now. The HDRI Handbook is the manual that was missing.

Many questions remain open even for the computer graphics gurus that have been using HDRI for years. This is where The HDRI Handbook comes in. Included here is everything you need to build a comprehensive knowledge base that will enable you to become really creative with HDRI. This book is packed with practical hints and tips, software evaluations, workshops, and hands-on tutorials. Whether you are a photographer, CG artist, compositor, or cinematographer, this book is sure to enlighten you.

Topics include:

Understanding the foundation of HDRI
Tools for a High Dynamic Range Workflow
How to capture HDR images: now and tomorrow
Tone mapping for creating superior prints
Image processing and compositing
All 4œ ways to shoot panoramic HDRIs
Image based lighting and CG rendering
World premiere of the Smart Dynamic Range toolkit
Creative uses and unconventional applications

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The HDRI Handbook reveals the secrets behind High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI). This cutting-edge imaging technology is a method to digitally capture and edit all light in a scene. It represents a quantum leap in imaging technology, as revolutionary as the leap from black & white to color imaging. Serious photographers will find that HDRI is the final step that places digital ahead of analog.

HDRI emerged from the movie industry, and was once Hollywood's best kept secret. Now a mature technology, HDRI is available to everyone. The only problem was that it was poorly documented until now.

The HDRI Handbook is the manual that was missing. In it is everything you need to build a comprehensive knowledge base that will enable you to become really creative with HDRI. This book is packed with practical hints and tips, software tests, workshops, and hands-on tutorials. Whether you are a photographer, 3D artist, compositor, or cinematographer, this book is sure to enlighten you.

Sommaire

The background story
New tools
Capturing HDR Images
Tone mapping
HDR Image processing
Shooting panoraic HDR Images
Application in CGI

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Rocky Nook
Auteur(s)	Christian Bloch
Parution	01/11/2007
Nb. de pages	344
Format	20 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1010g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9781933952055
ISBN13	978-1-9-3395205-5