Lightroom’s HDR Editing Explained – SDR Rendition

This is the fourth tutorial in my Lightroom HDR Editing series, and here we’re looking at the SDR Rendition sliders — what they do, and when they actually matter.

These controls come into play when you’ve edited a photo in HDR, but you’re exporting for SDR viewing. In other words, when you don’t enable HDR Output. That’s the key distinction. These sliders don’t affect your HDR image — they help define how Lightroom maps that extended dynamic range down to a standard display at export time.

Learn more about exporting HDR edited images from Lightroom.

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