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Solution: Help a subject stand out from the background

Solution: Help a subject stand out from the background - Aurora HDR Tutorial

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Solution: Help a subject stand out from the background

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- How'd you do? I hope you were able to really bring that subject out, he's very cute, and I love the intensity of the scene. Let's see how I did it. To start, I brought that single file, Aurora file, into Aurora HDR, and I took advantage of the "Tone Mapping" option to really get the most out of the file. Additionally, I chose to "Remove Color" and Chromatic Abberation. This strong back light really would make it prone. Remember, with a long zoom lens and strong back light, chromatic aberration is almost a given. I'll click "Create HDR" to build the file. And if I compare that to the original, we're already off to a great start. There's much better separation there on the subject. But let's go ahead and maximize this a bit. We'll go with some HDR Enhance, not overdoing it, 'cause I don't want too strong a texture, and a little bit of Smart Toning, to help bring that out. Let's recover the Highlights for the background, but again, I can't go too far, or the Boca starts to look…

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