1. Focus Stacking Tutorial
2. Focus Stacking Software For Mac

Focus Stacking After Capture. All of the images captured by Focus Bracketing are stored on the memory card. Each set of images can be used to simply select the single best-focused option. Or, more typically, further processing via 'focus stacking' is required. This process cannot be done in-camera and probably most of us would not want to wait. Helicon is considered one of the best focus stacking software programs because it offers a quick and effective process. The following process is used to merge images: Open the files using the main menu Select the correct files to merge in the right pane. Focus stacking (also known as focal plane merging and z-stacking or focus blending) is a digital image processing technique which combines multiple images taken at different focus distances to give a resulting image with a greater depth of field (DOF) than any of the individual source images.

Helicon Focus is a proprietarycommercial digital image processing tool, first released in 2003, developed and published by Helicon Soft Limited. Like programs such as CombineZ or Zerene Stacker, Helicon Focus is designed to blend the focused areas of several partially focused digital photographs to increase the depth of field (DOF) in an image.

Overview[edit]

Helicon Focus can be used to increase DOF in any situation, though its primary uses are in macro photography, landscape photography and photo-microscopy. In macro photography, the DOF is often very small. To increase it, Helicon Focus is capable of merging several differently focused images together to create one image where the subject is entirely in focus. In landscape photography, where the entire frame is often preferred to be in focus (such as distant clouds and an object of interest in the foreground), Focus can be used to blend photos together to create a desired result.

Features[edit]

• Automatic adjustments during stacking
• 'Dust map' for removing black points from the resulting images
• Supports most common file types, including RAW, TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, and BMP
• Can add text and a scale bar
• 3D stack visualization and Wavefront .obj export
• (In Pro) Retouch brushes to manually brush in any focused (or unfocused) areas that weren't merged properly
• (In Pro) Create panoramas
• Create image stack animations
• Batch processing

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External links[edit]

• Focus stacking Pictures and technic.

Focus Stacking Tutorial

Focus Stacking Software For Mac

• Helicon Focus – Installation (Windows)

  
  

  Learn where to download from, how to install, register and upgrade Helicon Focus software in just a couple of minutes.

  
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• Helicon Focus – Quick Start (Windows)

  
  

  Short introduction to focus stacking with Helicon Focus. Get the overall understanding of the basic focus stacking workflow with Helicon Focus and experiment with macro, landscape photography or photomicrography.

  
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• Helicon Focus – Quick Start (Mac OS X)

  
  

  This short video will demonstrate how Helicon Focus is running on Mac OS - basic focus stacking workflow from opening of the images to saving of the output, useful tips and impressive stacking results.

  
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• Quick Start with Helicon Remote for Android 3.1+

  
  

  This video tutorial shows how to create stacks with the Android version of Helicon Remote; it also gives overview of most of the functions.

  
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• Quick Start with Helicon Remote: Automated Focus (DoF) Bracketing, Exposure Bracketing and Time-lapse

  
  

  This video shows how to create stacks using Helicon Remote; it also gives an overview of other functionality such as exposure bracketing, time lapse shooting, etc.

  
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• 3D Modeling with Helicon Focus

  
  

  Short introduction into creating of 3D models with Helicon Focus 5.

  
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• Helicon Montage Basics

  
  

  This is the simplest explanation of how Helicon Montage works.

  
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• Quick Start with Helicon Montage

  
  

  This video shows how to correct a group photograph using Helicon Montage. It illustrates the head swap technique which allows creating one perfect group portrait from two or more imperfect shots.

  
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• Basic Workflow in Helicon Filter

  
  

  We show how to improve an image in under a minute and a half. We follow the most typical workflow: crop and fix horizon, correct brightness, set white balance, apply a bit of sharpening and add a nice frame.

  
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• Helicon FB Tube for Nikon cameras

  
  

  Helicon FB Tube for Nikon cameras - full workflow video, from mounting of the tube to configuration and shooting of the stack

  
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• Helicon Focus – Photoshop Lightroom integration

  
  

  Learn more about seamless integration between Helicon Focus and Photoshop Lightroom - it's simple, fast and smart with our new plugin.

  
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• Helicon Focus – Retouching with Copy from source brush

  
  

  This video introduces one of the Helicon Focus retouching tools - the Copy from source brush. It's an absolute focus stacking special and you will not be able to do this kind of touchup with usual general-purpose image editors.

  
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• Helicon Focus – Batch processing mode

  
  

  Advanced functionality does not always have to be complicated. Learn how to form queues of stacks in Helicon Focus and how to split images into separate stacks automatically in just few clicks. This powerful functionality can save a lot of your time and effort.

  
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• Helicon Focus – Raw-in-DNG-out mode

  
  

  Helicon Focus now has got a new feature for photography professionals - Raw-in-DNG-out mode. This video shows one of its most common use cases – combining focus stacking in Helicon Focus and further raw development in Photoshop Lightroom.

  
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• Helicon FB Tube – Adding user lens

  
  

  If your lens is not on the list, you can add it to the Lens list and set the optimal step size for ease of use during configuration

  
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