VFXhack

The most common question I’ve been getting around the VFX world lately is “How the hell do I shot and HDR?”. For those of you still doing visual effects on a Commodore 64, that stands for High Dynamic Range, the process of combining multiple camera exposures into a single image. Well, harass me no more VFX brethren! Professor Kirt Witte from SCAD (pictured above) has a great site called HDRI Tips and Tricks FAQ. Here’s a taste…

4 Rules of shooting HDRs

• Lock f-stop (aperture – which controls your depth of field)
• Lock focus
• Lock white balance
• Turn off any in camera “automatic” image enhancing (i.e.: auto-contrast or auto-saturation, including sharpening)
  

There all kinds meaty info here so enjoy, and stop bothering me.

LINK to the HDRLabs FAQ

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