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### 7.7.35 Digital Camera/Create HDR-Image

Some digital cameras are able to create a series of images every time a photo is taken. The photos differ by the exposure time. The created images are varying from under-exposed, which show the lights well, to normal-exposed to over-exposed, which shows the shadows well.

Create HDR-Image is used to create a detail-rich image from two or three source images out of such a series of images. First you have to load the source images by using Add Image. Additionally you can use the context menu of the Browse-window to open Create HDR-Image with the selected pictures.

Sometimes the images you want to combine are not perfectly aligned. In this case you can use the alignment mode by clicking on under the preview. If the alignment mode is on, the preview will only show the image selected in the image list at the left. Additionally there are a red and a green marker which you have to drag to the same location in every image. After leaving the alignment mode, PhotoLine will ensure, that the locations of the markers will lie above each other in the resulting image.

By leaving the dialog with OK, you will get an image with 16 bits per channel as a result. This picture can now be enhanced by using Light/Shadows (see chapter 7.7.31). Often it is useful to increase the contrast of the image afterwards with Curves (see chapter 7.6.39) or to increase the color saturation by using Hue/Saturation (see chapter 7.6.4), too.