Didn't like HDR but now I've been awakened and would like a bit of input please

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HDR was never to my liking as too much AI effect but now I've been awakened by accidentally touching the HDR button in Photoshop on this image... Wow, it fits! And heres my two questions: 1.) a message comes on screen saying I do not have my HDR display settings enabled in preferenes, I do not want to mess with how it already looks so what and where are these 'settings' and should I even touch them if I'm already happy? And 2.) I cannot use generative expand on this image in Photoshop, so I made a screen shot to get the expanded left side of the image I wanted and that worked. Why does generative Expand or Fill not work on this HDR image and how can I 'fix it' so that it works like a normal Photoshop image file?

TIA, Ken

Conrad_C · Accepted Answer

The location of the setting is in the picture below. As you noticed, there are so many Preferences settings that it’s hard to remember where they are. To help with that, keep in mind that Adobe recently added a Search field to the top right corner of the Preferences dialog box. As long as you know at least part of the name of the setting you’re looking for, you can search for it in there.

It’s assumed that your Mac display is already set for HDR. To check, if using any Apple display with XDR in the name, in macOS System Settings (or Control Center) / Displays, make sure the selected reference mode Preset has XDR in the name. (This is not a color profile.) Other presets may not be set up for HDR, but the XDR presets are. For example, on my 14" MacBook Pro, if I want to edit HDR I need to choose the display Preset “Apple XDR Display (P3-1600 nits)”.

I agree with davescm that Greg Benz is one of the best HDR editing experts out there. I highly recommend the articles on his blog and the videos on his YouTube channel.

gregbenz · Answer

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but it sounds like you're trying to find ways to do more in 32-bit Photoshop? Most commands work now, but some things like gen fill do not. My Lumenzia plugin for Photoshop can help work around this (creates a 16-bit version of your HDR where you can do things like generative fill, Liquify, frequency separation, etc that are otherwise disabled in 32-bit mode).

Unless I've missed something, "generative expand" is just a way to "out crop" inside LR / ACR. That will work in HDR mode (Photoshop has limitations in 32-bit mode, but HDR mode in LR / ACR does not). So if you can do what you need in the RAW editing environment, that may be the best solution (depends on the edit / what you're trying to do).

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