Creating 32 bit floating tiff files - BATCH

ade_mcfade

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18 Jul 2012 - 3:40 PM

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Need to work out how I can create 32 bit TIFF files in a batch

In Photomatix, I can create .HDR and .EXF files in batch - then one by one convert them by opening and doing a "save as" in Photomatix

This is a right ball ache and no use/advance on my workflow...

So does anyone know of a batch program that can either

1 - Convert EXR/HDR files to 32 bit tiff
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2 - Blend bracketed TIFF files into a 32 bit floating tiff straight off...


I'll check this when I get back from the pub - early start today

monstersnowman

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18 Jul 2012 - 9:37 PM

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Well I can't help, but primarily because I don't understand the term 'floating' in the context of 'floating tiff'. Could you clarify Ade ..

ade_mcfade

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18 Jul 2012 - 11:52 PM

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umm - i'll try elsewhere and report back then]

ade_mcfade

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19 Jul 2012 - 10:29 AM

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yeah - guess that could work... just wondering if there are HDR programs which can batch-produce the TIFFs really... you can do it manually in Photoshop and Photomatix, but if you've got 1000 shots to get through, as I oten have, that's not really an option...

hmmm.... the search goes on

anyone know of HDR programs which do batch processing other than Photomatix?

ade_mcfade

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21 Jul 2012 - 7:14 PM

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UPDATE

I asked HDR soft about these files - Photomatix supports them but.....


Quote: Unfortunately, 32-bit TIFF files are much larger than other HDR formats (the file size is 12 times the size of the image in pixels; for example, images from a Nikon D800 result in a floating point TIFF that is 430MB). Even with a warning, we consider saving such large files to be too risky an action to allow an automated process that could potentially process thousands of files to do.

They've invited me to beta test some plugin or other for Lightroom 4... so will see what transpires.


looks like the dream of creating a whole folder of 32 bit tiffs whilst I have a brew is just that, a dream....