LR/Enfuse For Blending Multiple Exposures
Submitted by Howard Grill Blog
Maybe everyone out there already knows about Timothy Ames’ LR/Enfuse, but I sure didn’t. For that reason, I thought I would post some information in case anyone else out there is as in the dark as I am. I found out about the Lightroom plug-in when I happen to run across a positive review of it in Photoshop User.
So what does LR/Enfuse do? It is a plug-in for Adobe Lightroom that allows one to blend multiple exposures that were taken of the same image in order to get a final image that preserves both highlight and shadow detail (for when the dynamic range of the scene exceeds that of the camera’s sensor). There are various non-HDR techniques to blend images, usually involving one exposure taken for the highlights and another one taken for the shadows. However, LR/Enfuse allows you to blend multiple shots easily.
I downloaded and installed the plug-in yesterday and am very much looking forward to giving it a try. I am not very fond of the “HDR look” myself and so am looking forward to seeing what type of results I might get from the plug-in. As I said, it has gotten great reviews.
Want to give it a try yourself? It can be downloaded here. There is a trial version available for free (limited only in the maximum file export size), but I went for the unrestricted version, which only requires that you make a donation of any size to Mr. Ames to support developing the program.
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