nickzee
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Hope you are all doing well!
I have been using LR Enfuse in my daily workflow for about a year now. It's a great tool that I wouldn't want to live without it.
Since I started using LR Enfuse, I've always had an unsolvable problem that I hope to solve here so I can speed up my workflow.
First, My computer is custom built:
MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
Intel i7 4770 (Logical processor count: 8)
16gb Ram
GTX 660
Windows 8.1 Business Edition
SSD for OS and programs.
Externals for storage.
LR 5.5
Enfuse 4.31
It's very quick, and can handle an 'Enfuse' within seconds. I've also accomplished a 50 image blend once, just to see how many I could process without getting an error.
Here is how it's set up.
In the Configuration Tab:
'Use application hosted by the Photographers Toolbox' is selected.
'Enfuse 4 for newer processors ans Align_Image_Stack' is selected.
My Temporary Files is set to a folder on my SSD.
I am also running Lightroom as an administrator.
Auto Align Tab:
Both options are disabled.
Enfuse Tab:
Exposure Weight: 1.00
Saturation Weight: .20
Contrast: Was 0.00, now 0.02 (see below)
No Extra Command Line Parameters Added.
No. Levels - Automatic
Contrast Window Size: 5
Output Tab:
Destination: Custom Folder
Filename: Use
Format: Tiff
Compression: None
Bit Depth: 16bits
Colour Space: Prophoto
Reimport: Disabled
Open File: Disabled
Copy Meta: Enabled
Except: None checked.
Registration Code is Checked Green.
Check for Updates Says I have the Latest Version. 4.31
Here is the Error and how I get it.
If I load one (3..., 8..., 50... images doesn't matter how many) 'blend' into LREnfuse, it works without a problem. However, if I load a second one, before the first one finishes, I get this error 'An internal error has occurred: ./LRLib_DebugLog.lua:167: attempt to index local 'handle' (a nil value)'. Without rhyme or reason, I'll also get this error while doing the same thing (loading two or more blends simultaneously) 'An internal error has occurred: ./LREnfuse.lua:709: attempt to index local 'handle' (a nil value)'
I have changed the Error reporting options (trying different combos) in the 'Plug-in Manager' dashboard as well as in the 'Configuration Tab' of the blend window. Perhaps the different errors are because of the different options chosen???
This error, is given when I have 'Do not log Debug Info' selected in the Plug-in Mananger.
This error is giving when I have 'Log debug info to a file...' selected.
This is one of those Debug Errors. First two lines are about Contrast Weight.
View attachment LR ENFUSE ERROR.txt
This is the same error, but after I changed 'Contrast Weight' to 0.02 from 0.00. 'Contrast Window Size' as always been set to 5.
View attachment LR ENFUSE ERROR 3.txt
Does anyone have info on Error '167'? Or what the text file says, 'Warning: no TIFFTAG_SAMPLEFORMAT or TIFFTAG_DATATYPE, guessing pixeltype 'UINT16'.'
I searched the 'Warning: no TIFFTAG_SAMPLEFORMAT or TIFFTAG_DATATYPE, guessing pixeltype 'UINT16'.' error and found this from 2006. http://sourceforge.net/p/ufraw/bugs/26/ But it's over my head in terms of how to fix it.
I know Tim is a busy guy; btw, I love the concept of The Touch, perhaps a Windows version will show up soon. I have sent him a few emails with the same details with no response, and even asked Jeffery Friedl what he suggested. Jeffery, kindly responed, 'it'd be better to find out why the Enfuse invocation is dying. Drop the Lr/Enfuse author (Timothy Armes <emailwashere>) a note to ask about running multiple invocations in parallel...'.
Any further help would be so appreciated!
I aslo posted here a while back- http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=88858.0 (no solution yet)
Thank you very much
Hi gang – and howdy from Charlotte, North Carolina (here for my seminar today). So, last week I had Real Estate photographer Thomas Grubba as my guest on “The Grid” (our life weekly talk show for photographers), and he was talking about how he uses a Lightroom plug-in called:
Feb 16, 2021 LR/Enfuse. LR/Enfuse provides a convenient interface onto the open source Enfuse application, which provides excellent blending of multiple exposures of the same scene into one final image. Simply select the images that need blending together and choose Blend Exposures Using LR/Enfuse from the File menu. Jul 18, 2015 LR/Enfuse was mainly made back in the hay day when Lightroom did not have HDR feature. It makes it unnecessary to use this plug-in unless you have an older version of Lightroom (pre-Lightroom CC) or want exposure fusion. Photolemur Lightroom Plugin. This is a great example of cool plugins for Lightroom, which combine simplicity necessary for novice photographers and advanced features so appealing for professional users. Photolemur plugin is designed to facilitate the tiresome photo editing process. Here is his answer: I ran a comparison speed test of a five bracket sequence via LR/Enfuse and Photomatix both via their respective Lightroom plugins. Enfuse took just over one minute and Photomatix was about ten seconds faster! With Photomatix, you have to monitor the process as a secondary menu control panel appears once the bracketed images.
“Enfuse”
It’s from a developer in the UK, and it’s what Thomas uses to take his bracketed real estate photography images and merge them into a single image with a realistic look. He was really raving about it, so I tried it myself and it’s pretty amazing (most of the time). Best of all, it’s “Donationware” (there’s no set price – you give what you want to the developer).
Here’s a few quick results (no toning was done to any of these – just the initial merge, so you can do a lot to these examples. The first one will be Lightroom’s built-in “Merge to HDR” followed by the Enfuse plug-in.
Note: Ignore the ghosting – I didn’t address it in any of these examples.
Above:Lightroom’s Merge to HDR feature
Above:Same images merged using the “Enfuse” plug-in
Above:The same image with Lightroom Merge to HDR but with the AUTO TONE turned on.
Above:The Enfuse image with Auto Tone added.
Above:Lightroom’s Merge to HDR version.
Above:the same images merged in “Enfuse”
Above: Here’s what the plug-in looks like when it opens in Lightroom. 4 tabs along the top with different options for merging.
Most of the time, I seem to like the results from Enfuse better than Lightroom’s built-in (which I’ve been quite fond of, so that’s saying something), but there were a couple of images I merged where I liked the Lightroom native version better, but not many.
Thomas recommended added +20 Clarity and +10 Contrast two your HDR bracketed images before you Enfuse them, and he’s right — I think it produces a better result.
The only downside I’ve experienced thus far is that it’s quite a bit slower than Lightroom’s Merge to HDR, so you wait longer to see your result, especially with larger brackets of 5 or 7 images. Outside of that, it’s a peach.
Here’s a link to download Enfuse from the developer (be generous). 🙂
Hope you found that helpful.
One more thing…
In other news: Registration for the Photoshop World Orlando 2017 Conference officially opens today. You can read more about it on my blog at scottkelby.com or go to photoshopworld.com
I look forward to meeting a bunch of you here today! 🙂
Best,
-Scott