HDR Merge for real estate

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HDR Merge combines a bracket of photos, usually three or five photos with different exposures, into one new photo with a high dynamic range. Real estate photography often uses this technique to perfectly expose all parts of the room and the outside as well. For example, the closet, main room, and window all have the correct exposure.

If you’re using a Flambient flash, HDR Merge isn't supported.

Keep in mind

  • Imagen needs high-resolution photos for HDR Merge. Since the photos are larger, it takes longer to upload them.
     
  • HDR Merge only merges bracketed photos (RAW and JPEG). 
     
  • The camera configuration for the photos in the set must be different (ISO or Exposure Time).
     
  • To recognize the bracketed photos as a set, shoot them less than 90 seconds apart. It's best to shoot the photos auto-bracketed on a tripod. HDR Merge automatically detects the brackets that need to be merged. They must be in groups of 3-9 photos. It also leaves any single image as is.

Create an editing project

When creating an editing project, choose Real Estate as a photography type, and then choose the HDR Merge AI tool and any other tools you want.

Download and review edited photos

When you use the HDR Merge AI tool, Imagen creates one new photo that merges each set of bracketed photos.

  • If your original photos are RAW, the format of the new photo is DNG.
  • If your original photos are JPEG, the format of the new photo is JPEG.

When you review your edits, you review the new photos in Lightroom Classic or another Adobe editing software. These photos have the same name as the original ones with the suffix -HDR and are in a sub-folder of the folder you uploaded to Imagen.  

You can edit again with a different profile, if needed.



Downloading again from the same catalog or folder creates another sub-folder with the new merged photos.

What are the charges for the HDR Merge AI tool?

  • Your charge for the HDR Merge AI tool is for each HDR photo, not each photo in the brackets before the merge. We also charge you one AI edit for each HDR photo.

  • If you have single photos in the project, we charge you one AI edit for each photo.

  • If you have another AI tool in the project, we charge you for this AI tool according to the number of HDR photos plus the number of single photos in the project.

See our pricing page for details.

 

 

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