PhotoSerge – HDR Master Class 2017

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: 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 !

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