Comments on: Creating 32-bit (HDR) images in Lightroom 4.1

By: halboye

halboye — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:22:09 +0000

when i go through the steps to create the HDR and try to save the 32 bit image, it doesn’t show up in LR. Instead there’s a grey box and note saying the image is in a format that is not supported.
Using LR4.1 and CS5

If i make the HDR image 16 bit, it works

What to do?

By: Rick L.

Rick L. — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:14:32 +0000

Thanks for the e-mailed guidance, John! Changing the LR “Edit in Photoshop” preference from .psd to .tif fixed my issue.

I really appreciate that you took the time to personally reach out… We use Adobe products at work, and I use them at home – the unexpected personal touch / customer service is very cool :).

[Cool, my pleasure; it's a chance for me to learn things, too. --J.]

By: Rick L.

Rick L. — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:40:40 +0000

I’m using the trial versions of LR 4.1 and PS CS6E (I’m a CS4 / LR 3 user, about to pull the trigger on Creative Cloud). Loved Julieanne’s explanation of creating the 32 bit image in PS, but when I went to give it a try, LR is telling me “The file uses an unsupported bit depth” when it comes back in.

I checked my version – LR 4.1 running on 10.6.8.

In any event, thanks for your blog, John – I always learn something!

By: Mike McFarlane

Mike McFarlane — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:20:03 +0000

Julieanne is just brilliant at explaining things really clearly. And I really like this new functionaility too.

By: Pedro Estarque

Pedro Estarque — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:32:02 +0000

You can, of course, do the same in Photoshop’s ACR.
Just choose Camera Raw as the file format when you are opening the TIF.

I often get better results with ACR’s new Shadow/Highlight/Clarity than with Photoshop’s HDR Toning.