How to Blend Three Bracketed Exposures for Interiors

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Hunter Lomayesva

5 жыл бұрын

In this video, I walk you through the process of blending bracketed exposures in Photoshop by using luminosity masks.

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@HillaryCampbell 4 жыл бұрын

You did two things here in the first five minutes that changed my life forever: match the exposures of the brightest and darkest photos, and then bring down the highlights. Yeah, that's the sound of my mind being completely blown. I just edited one photo in 30 seconds when it properly would have taken me 20 minutes to properly cut around a stinking window frame.

@skyhound4373 5 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a basic/faster version of this? I would like to incorporate blending exposures in my photos but time is always of the essence. I learned a lot here though so great job!

@joshmcdzz6925 Жыл бұрын

get a panel like lumenzia, nick or something related.

@jswalk4 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing. It’s a very interesting way to fine tune luminosity mask. I’ll use this technique. I know you were rushing through the video but I would cut a few paths and rather than use a brush I would use the gradient tool. This may avoid the “smoke damaged” look that one viewer described. Really appreciate you taking the time to share.

@realboone 5 жыл бұрын

Some great tips in here, thanks for putting this up. Will definitely return to this when I’m working on a straight natural light shot. Typically use flash and blend several shots, but could integrate some of this workflow.

@360-media 5 жыл бұрын

What an informative tutorial. Thanks for sharing your skills. I know it is time consuming, but the quality is what keeps the clients ringing the phone. I sub out all of my post and still end up spending an incredible amount of time in post trying to improve what my editing team has done. We're not yet perfect but are average revenue per customer trend shows that the extra time is definitely worth taking in the long run.

@MTNPANTS 5 жыл бұрын

I love this tutorial because it’s full of tricks that could be handy as part of any edit. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a step by step workflow. Hunter- you’re a flipping PS black belt. Thanks keep it up!

@marcomark8 4 жыл бұрын

Too much unnecessary work. The same could be accomplished by using more than 3 shots of bracketing. The window frames have dark blotches from over painting. Scripting or outlining your thoughts would be a good idea for less confusion for you and the viewer.

@daveste99 5 жыл бұрын

An interesting technique but it seems excessively complicated. In real time processing, how long would it take you to complete all these steps?

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm. If I wasn't using actions I'd say roughly 3-5 minutes. I do agree with you, it is quite a complicated and not completely necessary workflow.

@thothheartmaat2833 5 жыл бұрын

Aaaalll night... 😘

@alexanderhendrickson4627 4 жыл бұрын

Good effort but four minutes in I'm asking myself the same question. Would recommend condensing this video, removing unnecessary stuff, setting out some clear steps, and repackaging into a 5-8 minute video.

@isaiahmacadam 4 жыл бұрын

@@HunterLomayesva Even needs to learn how to use KZfaq's playback speed feature. Found the video great just the way it is, thanks for sharing man, keep it up!

@marcshelby 4 жыл бұрын

@@HunterLomayesva do u have the actions :D

@matthewdavis1950 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid. An interesting way of working with luminosity masks. The main issue for me is that there's the 'smoke damage' look in the whites, particularly around the windows, that you get with HDR.

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

True true. I definitely could've worked with these images a lot better.

@tonynicolaci3244 4 жыл бұрын

You obviously know what you're doing. As far as your teaching technique I found it long winded and difficult to follow even though I have watched many tutorials regarding masking and correction. I will persist with trying to follow along and trying a few examples of my own. Your knowledge is worth persisting and watching over a few times to fully understand what you are trying to explain. I still appreciate your sharing of your knowledge for free. Thank you.

@RohanGillett 3 жыл бұрын

I'm of a similar opinion. Out of all the videos I've watched on this topic this one is the best, but he is very long-winded and difficult to follow at times (very sorry Hunter!). Even after replaying I really didn't understand why he put certain steps in the video (e.g. black and white layer could have been skipped as it wasn't connected with the video title. Is that right?). But overall, it was a good effort and I am going to persist with it too as I think it is pushing people in the right direction. Personally I wish I could afford a tutor to show me this stuff, but after months of coronavirus and limited work opportunities my bank account is looking pretty grim :( Once again, definitely one of the better videos on KZfaq for this subject (even though it was made way back in 2018!!). It gets a thumbs up from me.

@Jacquienh 5 жыл бұрын

Wow you sure know your stuff thank you so much for sharing!

@fatmirh394 5 жыл бұрын

I love this tutorial. Absolutely Gorgeous!

@ALSAHAFI13 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the thorough tutorial. There's a more accurate/easier way to correct the perspective. Filter > Camera Raw Filter > Transform Tool. There are multiple options on the right side. You can correct the perspective horizontally, vertically, both, or manually.

@southernstreamlive4770 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It helped me every step of the way.

@pedrorivera1892 3 жыл бұрын

excellent video. Thank you!

@vomillicious 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks this was so helpful!

@Henckelen 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, this inspired me a lot in editing real estate photography's!! Thank you.

@spadaacca 5 жыл бұрын

Ok obvious question, but have you tried just blending the exposures in Lightroom and upping the shadows and lowering the highlights, then bringing in the whites and blacks? Seems like it'd be a much faster way to get very similar results?

@belizemytravels 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing Technique will apply it! thank you very meuch your amazing

@karunnaidu5060 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and. Amazing 👏👏 thanks for sharing 👍

@jugodenaranja2010 4 жыл бұрын

I got a little lost when you apply that curves layer so then you make a selection in the RGB layer, didn't get a "why". And also, I think some one already commented this, but about the time, I feel it is a little too long if you have to give the client 20 photos, for an average of 300/400 dollars the whole job. Would it work using actions? or it's hard to use same actions for different photos?? It's always useful to watch this tutorials, even if it is not the most conveniente workflow, it's always good to learn new things!! so, thanks!

@rodrigocortez6099 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Tutorial! Whats the function of applying a black and white layer?

@user-su7cv9mr7j 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful. Thank you

@stephaneMichaux 5 жыл бұрын

bravo very helpfull!! But I don't have right now the level to play like you with the tools but this is my goal!

@janplexy 5 жыл бұрын

As always, great tutorial mate! Keep them coming! There's only one little mistake, you forgot to invert sharpening mask, so it sharped everything but the edges, instead only edges.

@bioptimization 5 жыл бұрын

'These things called trees...'

@gregallen1 3 жыл бұрын

And what are these little things around the trees called?…..leaves??? Lmfao 🤣

@RohanGillett 3 жыл бұрын

Would it be possible for to (some day) remake this video? This is by far the best instruction on how to blend photos but there is (sorry to be blunt here) but far too much superfluous and other editing techniques here. At this point in time we need to speed a lot of time replaying parts to get the true gold nuggets (of which there are a lot). If you concentrated just on the blending part only, I'm sure this would be a killer video that beginners like me are searching far.

@jakewidgeon7473 5 жыл бұрын

This is a great video! Having a little trouble, though. When I get to the part where you "paint" the highlights, nothing is happening for me. I'm sure I'm missing something small.

@Andyboim 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Gorgeous! If u dont mind, Can I have those raws for exercise?

@treffermedia9202 4 жыл бұрын

could someone explain to me the sharpen mask, and the unsharpen effect on it to sharpen the image? I though the unsharpen on the mast was increasing the radius..?

@GeorgeMadrid 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial. How do get the levels to come up in your curves layer?

@johnnormanrivera1671 5 жыл бұрын

he did click the command L

@eichlerphoto 3 жыл бұрын

There are some dirty looking tones in the interior, especially around the windows. This could be fixed in this image with brush work and selections, but it is more complex retouching than what has been done so far. Although not present in this example, there are cases where the lighter exposures exhibit noticeable flare or exposure overload around the windows and other very bright areas, which sometimes is not susceptible to retouching. Being able to incorporate some supplementary lighting will solve these problems and make retouching easier in general. However, it does mean some more work on site.

@JoshuaCushing 5 жыл бұрын

So assuming you can get this down to 5 minutes... if you have to deliver 30 photos for a single property you’re looking at 2 hours just in editing one property?

@JarrettHolmes 5 жыл бұрын

That's the least it takes me as well for 35-40 shots. Very time consuming to edit. I'd love to speed that up.

@medicdavid1 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so tempted to try and make this into a step by step action... I just need to learn actions a little better.

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

I've already made it into a set of actions. 😊

@medicdavid1 5 жыл бұрын

Is that the "essential actions 1.0"?

@tobylarone3831 5 жыл бұрын

Hunter Lomayesva hey Hunter. Do you have the actions available somewhere?

@seanziggysonter 4 жыл бұрын

Hunter you are a legend! Great videos! and great communication skills.

@vanchinh8779 4 жыл бұрын

you can use Photomatix Pro for PTS ? it is easy and atomatic

@birbalsharma1020 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@avnerbenzvi8757 3 жыл бұрын

use the Aurora HDR it's simple and great tool

@jimibillingsley6934 5 жыл бұрын

Hunter , When you "intensify"" the effect when you are doing the yellow correction at about 20:00, where are you bringing up that levels window from? I'm needing to intensify also, but don't see the adjustment. I'm taking it its not a straight Levels adjust on a mask, but on the color range selection?

@jsuazzphotography1084 4 жыл бұрын

It took me a minute to get that one too... Click on the mask, then hit CTL/CMD L. The keystroke is actually "subtitled" right there, I missed it several times.

@dawgtags2 3 жыл бұрын

how do you "intensify" the curves layer when desaturating the yellows? Adding a level layer to a curve layer?Timestamp 20:08. Thanks

@mirko2481 3 жыл бұрын

Why not use the hdr blend in lightroom ? It does a pretty good job and saves a lot of time

@humbertomoreno8561 Жыл бұрын

Theres a few little things that are ight but overall the real estate game is at a point were it's so oversaturated u need speed & affordablabilty so a work Flow like this is not good for anyone knocking out real full time #s. 30 images per home & most big shots are offering 24 turn arounds for serious shooters I say keep searching vids. But thanks for the effort.

@nightdonutstudio 3 жыл бұрын

This is cool for high end work. For MLS, this is too much work. Use flash blend with ambient shot is a better way I think.

@RalfTenbrink 5 жыл бұрын

I would be bankrupt if I spent that much time on a single image. You must get paid a hell of a lot to justify that.

@waawaaweewaa2045 5 жыл бұрын

Photographers sometimes spend hours adjusting an image in post and can spend hours shooting the interior, this is standard practice. He's also using 3 bracketed images which is the absolute minimum to get a good result. Real finicky photographers will have 15 images with different light painting and exposures to play with.

@nomadicsoulart 4 жыл бұрын

I also do architectural photography I too blend more than 15 exposure with light painting for some images . Do check my Instagram @arpitrajtandon

@BenoSaradzic 4 жыл бұрын

what he did here is pretty basic luminosity masking - nothing too crazy. You should see what happens once you start messing around with light painting, scene re-lighting, complete cosmetic makeover of an image, etc. You can easily spend half a day on any given image. Having said that, I do recognize that architectural photography isn't for everyone. There are however many clients out there who require this level of photographer's skill and dedication.

@realBorisLegasov 3 жыл бұрын

"You may be wondering why..." Yes I am because you didn't explain what you were doing or why as you went along.

@Forixmd 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Hunter i think this is the best and faster technique you have on your chanel, but can you update it ? becouse i see in you newst video you use lumenzia wich can speed up editing !, thanks !

@Image-i-nationCoUk 5 жыл бұрын

Fab

@aljames7345 3 жыл бұрын

Your window frames are now darker where you brushed in the outside?

@vanodyssey1659 Жыл бұрын

Yeah crazy complex, interesting techniques and tricks to pick up along the way tho. This would scare any beginner out the room!

@texaspadsrealestate3297 4 жыл бұрын

at the 20 min mark you are pressing a button to bring up the levels. What are you pressing? You didn't show it with the blues either..... Amazing tutorial. Thanks

@urbexmooch 5 жыл бұрын

Quite an in-depth vídeo - plus you didn't show us how to finalizase the bracketing technique?

@Roma-or3jf 5 жыл бұрын

The content is amazing! Thank you very mcuh for share it with us. Just a little advise if you let me: This video is like gold for me. Why didn´t you create an audience uploading some more of this content and then you create an online school in this subject? Would be great! I would pay! Anways... in the minute 8:20 what is your intention? Which criteria do you follow for go darker of brighter in each colour? and why? Appreciate your response and keep uploading this great kind of stuff!

@constantinamarinou9641 5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know as well

@frida5331 4 жыл бұрын

adds contrast between colours in black and white mode so it can be used as a mask. For a bracket with dark out of the window exposure he wants them to be white, and for bracket with foreground exposed, he wants the out of the window to be black. Once you have this differentiation, you turn it into mask and paint in for softness

@magictracks Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial but when you have 40 images per property to shoot , 3 properties per day and in contract to hand over all work the following moring not sure if the work flow will work . good video though

@NOLKSAM 5 жыл бұрын

Hunter, How do you ultimately decide which technique you are going to use on every independent shoot... is it based off the amount of window lighting / proper room exposure or just personal choice?

@NOLKSAM 5 жыл бұрын

I mean bracket vs your flash method

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

I'll use flash for just about all of my shoots but I'll bracket off three exposures just in case I want to make videos like this. 🙂

@codylerephoto 5 жыл бұрын

Flash is superior for 90% of things but I feel like it's good to have backup techniques in the event you show up and lights are broke, batteries are dead, etc.

@mehemmedbaxis8767 3 жыл бұрын

Would you please share raw photos?

@davideastham 5 жыл бұрын

I thought this was going to be using Photo Merge HDR @ 5:53? Interesting way of editing the long way.

@joshuathomas7505 4 жыл бұрын

What did you mean by "Creaky Chair?"

@thothheartmaat2833 5 жыл бұрын

I hope they just make Photoshop a panel in Lightroom but drastically change it.. I honestly hate working in Photoshop ever since I started using light room.. or like each layer in Photoshop should have its own Lightroom.. going up to the menu to pick out individual style changes is old school..

@vaibhavmistry4682 3 жыл бұрын

How to use in GIMP ?

@trustedguide285 5 жыл бұрын

what do you press to get that up at 18:00?

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

Ctrl + L / Command + L It's the Levels dialog box.

@ngtrongtri 3 жыл бұрын

Thank pro but too complicated, is there a simpler way?

@Starioshka 4 жыл бұрын

I don't get what's the purpose of the curves layer in this video at all?

@piba35 5 жыл бұрын

very confusing

@ForrestWest 3 жыл бұрын

Count how many times you say ... "We're going to go ahead and " hopefully you have replaced that with something much shorter. Like... "Let's..." open the panel and move the slider.

@superdynamite7800 5 жыл бұрын

Same as photoshop.

@treffermedia9202 4 жыл бұрын

I think you could have done a better job explaining the steps, and their effects. All in all still good info in there, could have been just a lot better with a tiny info more.

@hudonedem8517 5 ай бұрын

I’m -41 in the blues 🥺

@HunterLomayesva Ай бұрын

Felt that

@timlevy1857 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you Lightroom? Photo > Merge > HDR?

@HunterLomayesva 3 жыл бұрын

Because I’m idiot man

@IanPriven 5 жыл бұрын

dude please cut out all of the excess talking. This is a good technique but I am dying listening to you ramble on and then say "never mind"

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

I hate this tutorial so I completely understand where you're coming from.

@intagphotovideo 4 жыл бұрын

agree

@hotwireman49 5 жыл бұрын

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@nicolauswinkelmann9229 3 жыл бұрын

Can i book an learning session on skype with you? :) Awesome work man!

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

This video is bad and you should feel bad!

@meljenkins1016 4 жыл бұрын

I'm familiar with this technique but he's making it way too complicated for beginners.

@Agent_Wizzy 3 жыл бұрын

normally a tutorial teaches you something but he is super confused or no idea what the hell is he doing better don't waste your time! Best option is just photomerge and make selection to the sky area and place the middle exposure image!

@HunterLomayesva 3 жыл бұрын

Sufphy I agree. Hunter’s such a twat.

@FinalCutMultimedia 4 жыл бұрын

Too much fluff

@HunterLomayesva 4 жыл бұрын

Final Cut Multimedia I agree

@1215mymy 3 жыл бұрын

Too complicated...agh.

@LawpickingLocksmith 3 жыл бұрын

fell asleep

@javierescalante83 4 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine doing this for 10 real estate images... it's waaaaay complicated!

@HunterLomayesva 4 жыл бұрын

I know it’s complicated and I honestly wouldn’t use this method for real estate either but there’s some nuggets of neat info in here in case you were having a hard time trying to blend a particular image.

@souvenirshutterphotography4037 Жыл бұрын

you are making it too complex it is a simple process,

@brianmccloud618 3 жыл бұрын

Constructive comment. Too much chatter.. I think this is belabored

@fluffydice0 Жыл бұрын

Far too slow

@likeris2 2 ай бұрын

what a joke :D

@HunterLomayesva Ай бұрын

I know right? And it’s not even a good one

@michaelfrymus 5 жыл бұрын

That looks insanely fake, just saying... Not a good technique

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

@michaelfrymus 5 жыл бұрын

@@HunterLomayesva not trying to be mean. I have a lot of experience shooting real estate and a bunch of other things, and I was just browsing around some videos to see if there are any better techniques out there. Not sure what you did, or why, I saw you do something and it really threw me off, skipped to the end and it didn't look right.

@HunterLomayesva 5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelfrymus Yeah. I'm not very proud of the end result here. I made a video pretty recently that is slightly better. I'd check it out on my channel. Lots of neat tricks in that video. 🙂

@AaronStoneVLOGS 4 жыл бұрын

Agree. Skipped to the end and saw what any other software would do in one click. 😬😬