CreateHDR – Free online HDR photo software
Posted on December 22, 2008 at 5:35 am
Ever heard of a High Dynamic Range photo? It’s basically a special effect that can be added to photos so that a greater range of tonal detail is visible than can be captured by your digital camera.
For the most part, HDR photos are only created by professional photographers because you needed to have a program Adobe Photoshop in order to apply the effect. However, there is now a free online service that you can use which will apply the HDR effect and thereby increase the quality and look of your pictures.
CreateHDR is a free online service that allows you to create HDR images for free. Here are some examples of how the HDR photo effect improves the look of a picture:
Pretty cool eh? Actually the HDR image effect is used to create a lot of the images you see in magazines and ads. It gives the image a very professional high quality look that is impossible to get from a digital camera.
To apply the effect to your photos, either type in the URL of the photo if it is stored online or click Get photo to upload a file from your computer.
After a few minutes (yes you have to wait for a little while), you’ll see the newly converted HDR image. You can then put it in the gallery, download it, or adjust the settings, such as saturation, fidelity, micro contrast, and amount. You can also choose a mode: normal or hardcore. Not really sure what the latter does.
There is no limit to the number of HDR images you can generate. The maximum size of the image is 6MB and it only supports the JPG image format right now. Eventually they are planning to integrate with Flickr, so you’ll be able to add HDR effects to your Flickr photos easily. Enjoy! Source: MakeUseOf
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This appears to be “simulated” HDR. Most HDR combines several images of the same scene, each photo is taken with a different exposure, combining the details of the shadows and the highlights that wouldn’t normally be visible with a standard exposure.
This site gives a good approximation of the final result, but isn’t really adding any more dynamic range than was present in the original photo.