[HDR-photo] glow around objects

[L.Yimm]

Hi Geraldine,

Currently (at least for this project) my specific end result is a 
tone mapped spherical image, taken from a spherical HDR created by 
stitching 32-bit images.   And using 16-bit tiffs to make the HDRs 
gives us a better HDR to stitch with.

When would it be advantageous to use the RAW images to create HDRs? 
It would certainly be less time-consuming to go directly from NEF to 
EXR.

Thanks,
Lisa


>  > Lisa,
>>  Yes, I get better results making the hdrs from tiffs than raw files.
>When your are primarily interested in the tone mapped image rather than the
>32-bit HDR image file, then merging the tiffs -i.e. the already converted raw
>files- is recommended and likely to indeed give you better results.
>
>Geraldine Joffre

Lisa E Yimm
Founder & Digital Artist, HDR-VFX, LLC
http://www.hdrvfx.com