The Ultimate Guide to Tonemapping

The Ultimate Guide to Tonemapping

A comprehensive tutorial showing all of the best options currently available for tonemapping your renders in post. All of the best programs are covered in detail, from Photoshop to Fusion and Nuke, as well as some specialised options such as Photomatix and Picturenaut.

The advent of Nuke non-commercial and the free version of Fusion means that compositing packages can offer some very powerful options for tonemapping high dynamic range renders while still being accessible to all.

Whatever render engine you use, you can make a substantial difference to your renders, whether stills or footage, by tonemapping in post. To find out how, watch the trailer here.


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