From the course: Learning HDR Efex Pro 2.0
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Modifying settings via a Smart Object - HDR Efex Pro Tutorial
From the course: Learning HDR Efex Pro 2.0
Modifying settings via a Smart Object
At the beginning of the process of assembling individual exposures into an HDR result using HDR Effects Pro, you have the option to create a Smart Object within Photoshop as part of that process. If you take advantage of this Option then HDR Effects Pro will be applied as a Smart Filter. That means that at any time we can go back into the tone mapping settings for HDR Effects Pro, to slightly modify or completely change the interpretation of our photo using HDR Effects Pro. Let's take a look at that basic process. Here I've assembled an HDR image and I selected the Option to create the result as a Smart Object. So you can see what would otherwise be my background image layer on the Layers panel in Photoshop is now a Smart Object, as indicated by the icon at the bottom right of the thumbnail. And because HDR Effects Pro was then applied as a Smart Filter, we see a Smart Filter attached to our Image layer and HDR Effects Pro to indicated down below. At any time, I can double-click on…
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