[HDR-photo] glow around objects

[Uwe Steinmueller]

>It seems I get this slightly glowing outline of
tonality around anything sticking up into the sky
(flag pole, tall building)...any object primarily
surrounded by 
relatively continuous tone sky.

Yes, this can be annoying. Try to back off in strength
and use some micro-smoothing.

I hope the Tonemapping will help to avoid these halos
in future version.

Uwe
--- Sam Kittner <sam at kittner.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I use photomatix to make hdr tifs I later use to
> make panos (ptgui,  
> or sometimes  cs3).
> It seems I get this slightly glowing outline of
> tonality around  
> anything sticking up into the sky (flag pole, tall
> building)...any  
> object primarily surrounded by
> relatively continuous tone sky.
> Is this a function of hdr blending settings, or
> ptgui blending  
> settings, or just the nature of hdr with
> photomatix???
> Honestly, in most cases it looks kind of cool...like
> an out of view  
> spotlight is shining on it from all
> directions...it's relatively soft  
> and subtle...but it's not exactly right.
> The issue is the breakup of the continuous tone of
> the sky by the  
> ojbject sticking up in the sky (the continuous 
> mid-tone)
> Many Thanks,
> Sam
> 
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