In this tutorial video, I’ll teach you how to make stunning HDR time-lapses with LRTimelapse and Lightroom Classic. Then, I’ll show you how to combine them into an HDR movie in DaVinci Resolve. We’ll upload that video to YouTube and it will play in perfect HDR on any device that supports HDR, like phones, TVs and computers.
In my last video, I talked about how the word „HDR“ has been used in various ways over time and showed how to use the modern "Output-HDR" in Lightroom to make your photos appear more brilliant. If you haven’t seen that video, I suggest watching it first because it gives important background information about the whole HDR topic that will help you understand this tutorial better.
I’m order to edit HDR, you need Lightroom Classic. This won’t work with LRTimelapse’s internal „Lightroom-less“ workflow. You also need an LRTimelapse Pro license, available from the LRTimelapse shop: https://lrtimelapse.com/shop/
If you have a Private license, you can level it up to Pro at a reduced price with the Crossgrade-option: https://lrtimelapse.com/product/lrtimelapse-7-pro-crossgrade/
As a prerequisite, you’ll want to process your time-lapse sequence in SDR as usual. This includes going through the full workflow, including deflickering. If you’re unfamiliar with these steps, make sure to watch my basic workflow tutorial first.
Links
- HDR Editing in Lightroom Tutorial: https://lrtimelapse.com/knowhow/hdr-in-photography/
- LRTimelapse Basic Tutorial: https://lrtimelapse.com/tutorial/basic/complete/
- LRTimelapse Expert Tips Tutorials: https://lrtimelapse.com/tutorial/expert/
- LRTimelapse Shop: https://lrtimelapse.com/shop/
- LRTimelapse Crossgrade Private to Pro: https://lrtimelapse.com/product/lrtimelapse-7-pro-crossgrade/
- LRTimelapse Forum: https://forum.LRTimelapse.com
- My newsletter: https://lrtimelapse.com/newsletter
- LRTimelapse on Instagram: https://instagram.com/LRTimelapse
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00:00 - Start
00:25 - Prerequisites
00:58 - Licensing LRTimelapse Pro: https://lrtimelapse.com/buy/
01:12 - Process the Timelapse in SDR
01:50 - Transform the Timelapse to HDR
02:46 - Important: Check your Lightroom Version, minimum 14.1 is required!
04:14 - Check out my HDR Basic video! https://lrtimelapse.com/knowhow/hdr-in-photography/
04:50 - Check out my Expert Tips #5 Video to lern how to prevent Lightroom to messing up your timelapses! https://lrtimelapse.com/tutorial/expert/
06:35 - Synchronize Settings
07:32 - Reedit Keyframes
08:50 - Back in LRTimelapse
10:11 - HDR Export from Lightroom via LRTExport
10:51 - Render HDR in LRTimelapse
11:30 - HDR Indicators in LRTimelapse
11:55 - Play Back the HDR Clip
12:22 - Setting up the Color Management in Davici Resolve
12:54 - Project Settings in Davinci Resolve
14:19 - Exporting from Davinci Resolve (Settings on the Deliver Page)
16:32 - Uploading to Youtube
17:39 - LRTimelapse Expert Tips: https://lrtimelapse.com/tutorial/expert
17:53 - LRTimelapse Forum: https://forum.LRTimelapse.com
18:03 - LRTimelapse on Instagram: https://instagram.com/lrtimelapse