By Glenn Randall
On May 29 this year,
Adobe released Lightroom 4.1. I dutifully upgraded from 4.0, expecting
no more than the usual bug fixes and support for new cameras. It was,
after all, merely a "decimal point" release. I was quite surprised to
learn several months later that Lightroom 4.1 had actually introduced a
new feature not found in 4.0: the ability to tone-map 32-bit HDR images.
To me, this is huge: you can now process 32-bit images using all of
Lightroom's powerful, sophisticated, and familiar controls, with full
access to all the information in the 32-bit file, in a completely
non-destructive manner. Thirty-two-bit HDR files can cover a much
broader range of brightness values than 16-bit raw files. If you shoot
in high-contrast light but hate the surreal "HDR" look, Adobe's gift is a
breakthrough.
The finished photo after tone-mapping in Lightroom.
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