p.2 #1 · Multiple Exposure mode - The death of high ND filters
Fred Miranda wrote:
I have tried this technique with my 11-24mm f/4L (Canon Multiple Exposure) but got better results by taking the same number of exposures and combining them in Photoshop.
Here is how:
From Lightroom, Select all your exposures and edit in Photoshop as layers.
In Photoshop:
Edit / Auto-align layers
Convert your layers to Smart Object
Layers/ Smart Object / Stack Mode / Mean
This will mimic an ND filter if you don't want to get a gel filter for the back of the lens.
Fred
Thanks a lot for this post, Fred!
Did you shoot in raw and did this technique giv you the same image quality as you would have had with a filter?
p.2 #10 · Multiple Exposure mode - The death of high ND filters
In Thailand right now and have a gorillapod, will definitely give this a try when I find some good long exposure situations that might otherwise require an ND. Thanks!
p.2 #14 · Multiple Exposure mode - The death of high ND filters
If you want to try the in-camera Multiple Exposure option, here are the settings I use:
Multiple Exposure: On:Func/Ctrl
Multi-expos ctrl: Average
No. of exposure: choose from 2 to 9.
Save source images: Result only
Continue Mult-exp: Continuously
BTW: If your camera goes to sleep mode, the settings for multiple exposure change to "disabled".
Set your camera to Live View and Continuous shooting mode. (Use a cable release, press and hold until all exposures are taken)
Photoshop's Smart object (Mean) gives smoother results though. It also lets you shoot more than 9 images. The downside is longer post-processing and more images on your memory card.
Try and post some samples on this thread.
p.2 #15 · Multiple Exposure mode - The death of high ND filters
Pardon please my ignorance of Photoshop terminology but why do the layers have to be smart objects? PS does other sorts of compositing (stack, pano) without having to make the layers into smart objects. OR ... maybe it does, it just does it behind the scenes.
p.2 #17 · Multiple Exposure mode - The death of high ND filters
Yeah, I found this out as well.
Sigh, 5DMkII does do this in cam, and CS6 doesn't doesn't do this.
Bummer.
ben egbert wrote:
Unless you have the extended addition version of CS6, stack mode is greyed out. When I was researching this it said CC will work however.
p.2 #18 · Multiple Exposure mode - The death of high ND filters
buggz2k wrote:
Yeah, I found this out as well.
Sigh, 5DMkII does do this in cam, and CS6 doesn't doesn't do this.
Bummer.
I just downloaded the trial version of CC and tried out Freds method, it works. But I had to re-download Topaz, which now works but Nik does not, lots of work-arounds on the net but none work so far. Plus when I got Topaz, I got a new version of Detail and now my Detail 2 actions fail because they need to be directed to detail 3. What a pain.
Anyway I suspect I will be fixing actions, preferences and how my Photoshop window is arranged etc for a while. Plus, they want $29.99 a month to sign up, Not sure its worth that. I was thinking I saw lower pricing.
Edit.
Looked around and see its $9.99 for the photography version. Also got Nik working, now I just need to rebuild some of my actions.
p.2 #19 · Multiple Exposure mode - The death of high ND filters
Yeah, I have never considered the perpetual Credit Card option.
And, I could never justify the 5DMkIII.
Both my 5DMkII and CS6 are still working for me...
