John wrote: >I agree that what most people criticize in HDR images is the tone mapping >rather >than the HDR itself, but they are two parts of the whole.
Exactly. HDR software takes multiple images in 8-bit color (that is, 8 bits per color) and then combines them into an image in 32-bit color. Since our software and monitors can't display anywhere near that kind of color depth, the HDR software then maps the 32-bit color into 8-bit (or 16-bit) space before rendering the final image. This is tone mapping and it's an integral part of what HDR software does. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
