Hey guys! Many thanks for subscribing to the channel, I have an amazing video coming up :) *What do you think of this video?*

I use Aurora all the time. The trick is not to get carried away with how much you blend in, filter wise and adjustment wise. I often re balance highlights and shadows back in Lightroom. I don’t see the point in using the old fashioned three pic hdr method anymore. Aurora does as well with a single pic. Probably best to under expose to get the best from the software. Interesting vid though! 👏👏👏

Love your videos, thanks for sharing your knowledge

A bit too much coffee tonight, Serge.

Liked the video but need to think more about the results. Thanks Serge 👍

I love Aurora. I use it for my real estate photography whether I shoot bracketed or one image.

Yay! Serge is back with the Magenta. Glad you came back to the roots sir

I wondered if HDR was still necessary, so I looked it up. Then I saw your name and in my head I immediately heard “BONJOUR MADAME ET MONSIEUR!” Glad you’re still at it.

how to install plugin aurora and luminar in LR?Because I don t have option in export manu luminar and aurora

I prefer Lightroom as i think it produces the most neutral HDR. (I had Aurora HDR 2019 and I always felt it overcooked images and maybe this was fixed in later versions). Haven't tried Luminar's Neo's HDR function but probably should (as I own the program, but my guess it is may be similar to what you get with Aurora but not quite like ADobe), but I do like the fact that Adobe is relatively neutral, and doesn't try to oversaturate things to a point where you can tell it was obviously an HDR job. Plus I believe the Adobe (LR's) HDR is the only one that allows you to create a 32-bit HDR image. I think the others are still 16-bit.

I grin every time I hear you say "magenta." If magenta isn't your signature, I don't know what is. Nice, useful video, Serge. Each result had its strengths, but all could benefit from the yellow in the clouds being pulled back a bit.

Needed at times for my 3.4 megapixel camera.

Thars why I prefer to use luminosity masks... no automatic merging but only taking parts of each image I want to. also creates better image uality.

Perhaps a better comparison would have been with Luminar, Adobe and DXO Nik Collection (HDR Efex or at least that's what it was called when Google had NIk collection). But as I mentioned in my earlier post, I don't think Aurora HDR is updated or even offered anymore as a standalone app and is now part of Luminar. Although maybe your objective was to compare HDR Software from 5 years ago to modern day HDR software. Then that's different I guess and this is then a decent comparison.

I use Capture One exclusively. I think it's better overall, but I'm also shooting with Fujifilm, so it's not like I have a choice anyways.

Well not sure aurora and luminar hdr are different as together made by Skylum… I used to have aurora and when I got Neo they show me how to make them communicate.

Great video!

I like the Aurora, natural version best

Have some more coffee Pal

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Hi Serge, you prefer RAW OR JPEG?????????

Use Lightroom/Photoshop with NIK Collection and TK Actions and you are done for 99% of your photo editing jobs. I don’t get the point of software like Luminar Neo and others…

Votre pub est apparue sur mon feed. C’est quoi cette promo en gueulant? c’est agressif et désagréable. This is barking, ease it. On écoute davantage les gens qui parlent calmement.

Aurora has been discontinued :-(