Hi Christine -
I am way behind on reading the list....
I have used CombineZP and it works well. It offers multiple ways of
aligning and stacking images. I did not do in depth tests but did see
different results from the different processes. The interface is very
dated and it only supports 8 bit TIFF (I had some problems getting it to
work consistently with TIFF's but it did fine with JPG's). At the price
it is worth a try....
Mark
On 9/6/2014 11:21 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Mark: Have you used CombineZP? Save to download etc? Cheers, Christine
On Aug 17, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ann -
For what you are doing, I think that the ideal would be to put the camera on a
set of focus rails, focus in on the front edge and then just move the rails a
little closer, shoot again, repeat till you get to the end. If you don't have
the focus rails just turn the focus ring. Given that everything is stationary
you can just turn the ring, shoot, repeat...
For stacking software.... Photoshop can do it - not sure which version it first
showed up in (maybe CS4?) It is done by using bridge to load the separate images into
layers then just running the edit->align layers command followed by the
edit->blend layers command.
CombineZP is a stacking program that is freeware. Here is a video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B36OStuHjs
As you can see - the interface is somewhat dated but the software works well.
I have tried both turning the foucs ring while firing away and also pushing the
camera in on the subject. For me turning the focus ring has worked best - BUT I
am shooting live subjects in the fiel with the camera on a a monopod. The
faster I can capture a bunch of shots the less likely the subject is to move.
By nature, pushing in the camera on a monopod basically means moving it in an
arc, which complicates the aligning of the images. So for me, in the field, it
is K-3 on the fastest shooting mode (whcih is very fast) and a quick turn of
the focus ring.
Good luck!
Mark
On 8/17/2014 2:41 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
what I want to use the technique for is photographing items I'm selling on ebay
that are tiny. so I'm not looking to BLUR the background so much as getting
every tiny detail of an object nice and sharp.
Could this work if I focused on the front, say, set continuing/rapid firing on,
and turn the focusing ring of my 50 macro very slowly (with camera on tripod
of course) to get several frames to stack and then
run them through the stacking software?
Is there stacking software that is free or inexpensive and work
with or outside of photoshop elements 5.0?
stan, I think the one you are using is pricey,yes?
ann
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