Support High Dynamic Range (HDR)

[pmlb]

Please support High Dynamic Range image, not pseudo-HDR in SDR.

High Dynamic Range - Explained | Adobe Blog

[mwsilvers (Mark - New Jersey, USA)]

Although sanctioned by DxO, this is primarily a user site. DxO rarely posts here or responds to posts. You can submit a request on:

https://support.dxo.com/hc/en-us

Mark

[Egregius ([Greg] (Micro 4/3 + Win11))]

Mark, you are shooting down a feature request, which DxO does read and is meant to be voted on by users here. Please stop that.

Now, to the OP, what I’d like to know is what is meant by supporting HDR? Do you mean exposure stacking/blending? There are already old feature requests for such things that can be voted for, but I don’t know if they precisely ask for what you want PhotoLab to do. Please provide more details. Thanks!

[mwsilvers (Mark - New Jersey, USA)]

@Egregius

Mark, you are shooting down a feature request, which DxO does read and is meant to be voted on by users here. Please stop that.

I didn’t realize this was a feature request vote until I responded to your comment. When I originally read it quickly I thought it was just a normal post directed to DxO as if they were regular active participants on this site. That is why I responded the way I did. It was a mistake on my part.

However, when I did realize this was a feature request it made me consider the question of how effective feature requests posted on this site have actually been since so few have ever been implemented into PhotoLab. For those that have, it is also likely that they were not a direct result of feature requests voted on here.

Mark

[JoPoV]

Indeed this is a workflow DxO should begin to look at.
More and more screens support “very high” contrasts and relatively light “hdr” image formats are emerging.

[Egregius ([Greg] (Micro 4/3 + Win11))]

To be fair, PL8 has implemented a couple of long requested features, and done so rather well despite taking way too long. True, DxO has largely stopped communicating with us in this forum. However, last week DxO support demonstrated to me that they do indeed monitor the forum.

[Aquina (John)]

I’d love to see that as well!!

[NaturalThought]

Yes! I want to add my vote to this. Please DXO add the ability to unlock the HDR within our RAWs. Not exposure bracketing old school hdr.

The HDR that actually unlocks the increased contrast (nits) in my display. Right now I have to use Photoshop Camera Raw for this. I would love to see such a feature in Photolab because recovering and being able to display that extra highlight detail is chefs kiss.

[Egregius ([Greg] (Micro 4/3 + Win11))]

I believe this topic is a duplicate of the following feature request, which has received many votes as well as responses from DxO developers:

Does PhotoLab 3 support 30 bit colour?

My monitor supports 100% sRGB colour gamut and 10 bits per channel colour, I’ll soon be upgrading my system to have a GPU which is capable of outputting 10 bits per channel colour, so my question is: does PhotoLab support 30 bit colour and if not then will the next version support it? Lightroom does support 30 bit colour and from watching demos, the extra 2 bits of colour depth per channel make a difference.

You should cast your votes and add comments there if it’s the same issue.

Unfortunately for me, I can’t even get Windows 11 to properly utilize either of my HDR display devices over HDMI. It’s been maddening, as they work just fine with 4K HDR home theater video sources.

[NaturalThought]

I don’t think they are the same request. I did a quick search and saw something that mentioned 30-bit color can be in SDR. I want PhotoLab to be able to unlock the three or four extra stops of HDR brightness from my MacBook display. (Which makes a delightful difference even in my black and white images.)

The article from Adobe that the original poster linked does a great job of explaining the feature(s) we want.