Subsections

• Tutorials & function reference
• Help with keyboard/mouse controls
• Other undocumented help - forum

Getting Help

There are 3 main ways users can find help related to HDR Shop v3.0 :

Tutorials & function reference

The function reference for HDR Shop is in Part II of this document (here: II)
This document can be accessed on the Website or directly from within the Help menu in HDR Shop, and is also available for offline download in PDF or single/multiple page HTML formats at:

http://www.HDRShop.com/documentation

Tutorials are available at http://www.hdrshop.com/main-pages/tutorials.php for help with getting to know HDR Shop.

Topics covered:

• Getting started. How to load, view, manipulate, and save an HDR image (link).

• Camera curve calibration. How to figure out your camera's light response curve (link).

• Creating an HDR image from a sequence of images. How to create a high-dynamic range image by combining differently exposed images taken with a standard camera (link).

• Panoramic image transformations. How to convert a high-dynamic range panorama between various layouts (link).

• Creating a light probe image. How to create a Light Probe image (i.e. an HDR panorama) from one or two images of a mirrored ball (link).

• Diffuse and specular convolution. How to convolve your HDR panorama with a diffuse or specular kernel (link).

• HDR image editing. How to use a traditional image editor such as Adobe Photoshop to edit HDR images through HDR Shop (link).

• Using an HDR Shop plugin. How to use a plugin in HDR Shop (link).

• Writing an HDR Shop plugin. How to write your own plugins (link).

• Writing an HDR Shop script. How to write your own scripts (link).

• The Portable Floatmap image format. Image file format documentation by Daniel Léonard (link).

• Color Balancing an image using a Macbeth color chart. Compute and apply the matrix which transforms images into a desired color space (link).

• Importing RAW images. Explanation of how to use the RAW plugin tool (link).

• Offline batch processing of multiple images. Explanation of how to use the 'rawTool.exe' command line tool for batch processing (link).

• Sampling a Light Probe Image to a Light Source List. explains how to sample a lighting environment image (eg light probe) into a chosen number of representative light sources using an area subdivision approach. (link).

Help with keyboard/mouse controls

Access the built-in Quick Help facility (press 'Ctrl+H' or from the menu 'Help$\to$ Quick Help').

Other undocumented help - forum

- via the new HDR Shop forum hosted through our main site, (http://www.hdrshop.com; click the 'forums' tab).

This forum is new and replaces the old overly-spammed PHPBB forum. The new forum is administered by current and past HDR Shop developers who will endeavor to answer any questions which are not already covered in the other help materials. We encourage all users to sign up here for any issues they might encounter related to any aspect of HDR Shop.