In this episode I'll show you how to use Lightroom to manage your images and then seamlessly take your images from Lightroom to Photoshop CS5 to process using the NEW HDR Pro feature. Then we'll return back to Lightroom for some final (non-destructive) tweaking

In this episode of The Complete Picture, Julieanne Kost covers the new Merge to HDR Pro and Tone Mapping Adjustment features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 which allow you to get a much higher dynamic range in your images.

Achieve an HDR (high dynamic range) look with regular images. Apply sharpening and increase vibrancy and saturation in an image with a single adjustment.

Create a composite image by using the HDR (high dynamic range) features in Photoshop CS5. Automatically merge tonal values from multiple exposures of the same scene.

Achieve a photo-realistic or surrealistic look with Merge To HDR Pro controls and presets. Remove "ghosts" created by moving objects in source images.

The vast majority of video professionals use Adobe Photoshop software to help them create and enhance visual effects and motion graphics, or to prepare still images and text for inclusion in video projects. With new Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can leverage cross‐platform 64‐bit support, the unrivaled Photoshop image‐editing toolset, and Adobe 3D Forge—the powerful Photoshop 3D engine that enables you to create and enhance 3D and motion‐based content. Plus, you can enjoy tighter integration with Adobe tools you use every day, including Adobe After Effects CS5, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5. Realistically blend colors on canvas with the new Mixer Brush, and paint on 2D and 3D artwork more naturally using lifelike Bristle Tips. Remove an image element, and let Content‐Aware Fill intelligently replace the missing pixels.Use new Exposure Merge technology to create photorealistic or wildly surreal 32-bit HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Take advantage of new Adobe Repoussé technology to easily create 3D artwork from any text layer, selection, or layer mask. And so much more.

With Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can easily enhance the realism of your 3D designs by generating shadows with simple steps to invoke the shadow catcher. Browse different looks for your 3D models and extruded designs by picking realistic materials like chrome and cork from the rich new materials library. Explore with different focus points in your 3D scene by previewing and adjusting the range for depth of field. Even use stunning HDR images or panoramas to light your 3D scene.

Adobe Photoshop software is the tool of choice for designers and web professionals. Now with Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can continue to push the boundaries of traditional digital imaging. Realistically blend colors on canvas with the new Mixer Brush. Create superior composites for print or web layouts with new technology that makes it easy to select even the trickiest image elements, like hair. Remove an image element, and let Content‐Aware Fill intelligently replace the missing pixels. Easily create 3D logos and artwork from any text layer, selection, or layer mask using new Adobe Repoussé technology. Use new Exposure Merge technology to create photo realistic or wildly surreal 32-bit HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. And import animated GIFs. Plus so much more.

With Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, you can use new HDR Pro technology to create photorealistic or wildly surreal 32-Bit HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Exposure Merge offers automatic ghost removal and greater control with tone mapping and adjustments so you can retain complete clarity and see the full tonal range.

Whether you're helping corporate clients communicate through images, expressing your vision in fine art, or capturing life's moments at weddings, in portraits, or for news media, you're driven by the art of your craft. That's why professional photographers have long relied on Adobe Photoshop software for the ultimate in creative control and image quality. New Photoshop CS5 helps you achieve the visual and emotional effects you’re after with re-engineered features for reducing and adding grain, performing post-crop vignetting, and sharpening. CS5 reinvents HDR imaging with Exposure Merge, which makes it easy to preserve the full tonal range of a scene—or go from photorealistic to wildly surrealistic—and automatically remove ghost artifacts. It delivers new black-and-white conversion features and a GPU-enabled crop experience. It accelerates your workflow with powerful new selection technology, integrated Adobe Mini Bridge for faster file browsing, and cross-platform 64-bit support for faster performance.

View the top 5 Photoshop CS5 photo editing software features. Russell Brown, Photoshop senior creative director, presents his favorites from over 100 new features, including Content-Aware Fill, Puppet Warp, HDR Pro, realistic paint brushes, and new selections tools for the trickiest elements like hair.

In this episode, Deke investigates how to simulate an extreme-detail HDR portrait -- which would otherwise require you to shoot multiple exposures of a person locked down in a body brace. These are the depths of scariness we go to.

Deke makes the startling claim that Illustrator is better than a Spirograph. Using nothing but half an ellipse and a few live, editable effects, Deke shows you how to construct something truly amazing.

Have you ever wanted to stretch a photo's background but leave the foreground unchanged? Deke shows you how in a way that'll make you so happy, you'll think you're on drugs.

Color models like RGB and CMYK are frightening enough on their own. But Deke says not to worry. RGB and CMYK are for machines. The Lab mode is for you.

Dr. Brown demonstrates scripts for working on images within Photoshop CS3. Combine several images into various layers, or even create your own easy HDR Images using his tools!

In this episode, I pass along a technique of such magnitude, it will blow your mind. Because inasmuch as I every so often allude to another anatomical detail, the brain is what this video is all about.

We all know digital photos can be modified. But at least one facet of a digital photo, a variety of metadata called EXIF, is supposed to be secure. Learn how to cook your own EXIF in this episode of dekePod.