[HDR-photo] jpeg exposure adjustment

[D. Bethke - fotofreaks.de]

Otto,

I wonder why you want to create an HDR this way? Regarding HDRI it will 
not make sense to do this with JPG files. You won't gain additional 
luminance information by "pushing" the JPG. It's better to shoot real 
exposure brackets. But I guess you want to do this in order to apply 
Tone Mapping, right?

Anyway, though I do not recommend it and I don't know if you will like 
what you get, within Photomatix Pro you are able to apply the Tone 
Mapping to 16-Bit images. Just convert your JPG to 16-Bit TIF and open 
it in Photomatix Pro, then apply Tone Mapping.

Regards,
Dieter


Otto Feiler wrote:
> Is there a photo editor that will allow an adjustment in exposure for
> jpeg's? For example; in Raw Shooter Essentials I can adjust the
> exposure by +1, +2, -1, -2, etc. and save the changes to use in
> Photomatix for HDR conversion. I don't always shoot in RAW, or shoot
> a bracket series, and would like to be able to "create" those
> exposure differences from a single jpeg.
>
> PS. I have PSE2, PSE3 and PSE4 besides RSE. I don't want to have to
> buy another editor if I don't have to.
>
> I hope I've made sense of what I'm looking for in my question.
>
> Thanks,
> Otto...
>
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