![]() This entry was posted in Creative, Macro, Technique and tagged #artofmacrophotography, #getolympus, #macro, horndesigns, macro photography on Novemby admin. Photoshop CC offers focus stacking but it is more complicated than Helicon Focus. Use a tripod and shutter release to minimize camera shake.Mark the start of a focus stack by capturing a single image of your hand, or other random subject otherwise if you capture several stacks, it will be hard to identify the start and stop of the stack otherwise.The last image is the final image of 118 focus stacked images. After selecting the images in Lightroom, I export to Helicon and press the render button. Next step was to focus stack the 118 images in Helicon Focus. What I found out after a week of working. Solution: in Zerene Stacker, experiment with different dmap settings - change threshold values or use Pmax. What I wanted access to were the RAWS so I could use either Photoshop CC 2022 or Helicon Focus to assemble the frames. If using photoshop, caused by photoshop selecting big blocky areas instead of tracking closely to the actual structure of the subject. When I reviewed the photos, at image 118, I had the sharpness I needed. Helicon Focus is more prone to this than Zerene Stacker. I tried again, this time with 125 focus bracketing images. After looking at image 50, the farthest part of the fordite was still blurry, so I needed more photos in my stack. The camera then captures 50 raw images changing the focus with small increments from front to back. My Olympus camera has a focus bracketing mode so all I do is focus on the closest part of the fordite and program the camera for 50 images at a small increment of focus bracketing. In order to have sharpness throughout the entire frame, I would need to focus stack.Īt first, I tried a stack of 50 images. ![]() A small sliver of the subject is sharp, but not the whole piece of fordite. ![]() Then, with my macro lens and extension tubes, I captured image B. I used my 12-100mm lens and got as close as I could to capture the image. The first image (image A) is a close-up image of the piece of fordite that measures 2” x 1”. If you aren’t familiar with fordite, just think – layers of paint. I chose a piece of fordite from Cadillac Ranch. In preparing for a camera club presentation, I decided to focus stack a new object. Extreme Macro Focus Stacking - Zerene Stacker vs Photoshop 2021 Which is. Its only about focus stacking, for which Helicon Focus is actually made, whereas for Photoshop its only one of thousands of functionalities it otherwise offers. In this test and brief macro tutorial I compare the overall performance of Zerene Stacker and Adobe Photoshop 2021 for macro photography focus stacking on the new M1 Mac mini. Compare Helicon Focus VS Zerene Stacker and find out whats different. Not all macro subjects are captured sharp in a single image, that makes a great reason to focus stack. Photoshop focus stacking To clear things up beforehand, this is not an exhaustive comparison of the two as it would defeat the purpose. Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, 60mm + 26mm extension tubes, ISO 400, f/4, 1/50 sec.
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