Raya pro 3.0
This collection of images can later be processed using HDR or other ways to produce a final image that better shows the entire dynamic range of the subject.
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This is when you may want to capture multiple images to make sure you capture the full dynamic range of the scene. The dynamic range of a landscape image can even exceed the dynamic range the camera is able to capture in a single RAW image. Luminosity Masking is a way of dividing the image up by luminosity ranges to make doing tone mapping on individual luminosity ranges easy. This is how you can make both highlight details and shadow details visible when the original conversion into an image failed to show both.
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In order to bring a larger dynamic range into images you tone map them differently than the camera's software or your image viewing/processing software. Since this is the format that the web, most smart devices, and many printers are limited to this can be a problem. Landscape images can easily have a luminosity dynamic range that exceeds that of an 8-bit sRGB image.
To produce a "natural" looking image all digital images are tone mapped at some point before you view the image, either by the camera or by your post processing software.
In truth although it has been just a few months since I last used Raya Pro I think I would have to go back and rewatch all the videos and practice to get back to where I was, and I took notes.Ī direct reproduction of the data a digital images would not look right since the response of digital sensors is very different that that of the human eye. I was impressed by the results compared to running the same images through other HDR processors. I invested a considerable amount of time and got middling proficient at using Raya Pro but certainly not a master. It takes a lot of practice and consistent use for proficiency, no different than just about any advanced Photoshop technique. The rules for use are a bit rigid so slight deviations from the correct flow can yield frustrating error messages. Mastering even the basics is not as easy as the instructional videos would have you believe. Once mastered the tools can be put to other uses as can the generated luminance masks. You can have more control over the blending of HDR images than by other methods. Once even the basics are learned the tools work very well, better in my not unlimited experience than many of the other plug-ins and all available for making HDR images. OnOne offers luminance blending for the filters in its Effects module but while far less ambitious than what is in Raya Pro you still have to understand the basics of luminance masks to use it effectively. There are other options for luminance blending if that is something in which you are interested. If you do not understand what that means or reading that makes your eyes glaze over or if you do not make significant volumes of HDR images perhaps it is not for you. Raya Pro is a tool aimed at simplifying the process of creating and using luminance masks to blend HDR images from raw data.
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I did download the free easy panel with all the luminosity masks, which is very helpful indeed.īut you might be different and might really appreciate the convenience of the Raya Pro panel from the get go. Then, maybe after a while, revisit and reassess the option and benefits of a shortcut panel such as this. My personal view on it, when I was first starting out with PS (I am still in the process of starting out btw), was that I would rather work with and properly learn the native controls first. present a panel with buttons that you can press to do various things that might otherwise take a couple of clicks. I'm sure it's just fine for what it does - i.e. (My PS skills are limited so at the moment I'm in no position to properly evaluate it myself) According to Raya Pro's website the best thing since sliced bread but I value a less biased opinion as well.Īny ideas how good/bad it is? Downsides, limitations?