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Re: [OM] Focus stacking, was: Focus magic beta now available for the mac

Subject: Re: [OM] Focus stacking, was: Focus magic beta now available for the mac
From: "Johnie Stafford" <jms@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:42:56 -0500
I've been reading about that. Unfortunately, PS is currently out of my
budget range. I've been looking at Helicon Focus and Zerene Stacker. I've
also located a plug-in for LR  (LR/Enfuse) that claims to do focus stacking
as well. 

>From what I've read, the PS stacking is better than either Zerene or
Helicon. 

Johnie Stafford
McKinney, TX
jms@xxxxxxxxx

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 2:37 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [OM] Focus stacking, was: Focus magic beta now available for the
> mac
> 
> I should have mentioned that PhotoShop since CS4 has been capable of
> focus stacking also.  I've never tried it but you can find simple
tutorials on
> YouTube.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 8/24/2013 9:05 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > CombineZ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CombineZ> is available for free.
> >    A new 64 bit version is coming.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> > On 8/23/2013 3:17 PM, Johnie Stafford wrote:
> >> Has anybody used both Focus Magic and Helicon Focus? One of the
> >> things I will be photographing a lot is Model Railroad layouts and
> >> those really need a focus stacker to give better results.
> >>
> >> Johnie Stafford
> >> McKinney, TX
> >> jms@xxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Don Holbrook [mailto:donholbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:01 PM
> >>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> >>> Subject: Re: [OM] Focus magic beta now available for the mac
> >>>
> >>> Brian.....it may work better than you think.  I use XP.  Pick your
> >>> photos carefully.....it won't help if totally OOF.  Try it earlier
> >>> in your
> >> workflow on one,
> >>> and later on another to see if it makes a difference.  Don't always
> >>> accept
> >> FMs'
> >>> numbers.  Move the box to the area you're interested in, then adjust
> >>> the # while watching the preview.  I generally like what it does.
> >>> Just a
> >> suggestion.
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----From: Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To:
> >>> olympus@thomasclausen.netSent: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:13:16 -0000
> >>> (UTC)Subject: Re: [OM] Focus magic beta now available for the mac I
> >>> think you might find that it runs as a stand-alone program Nathan,
> >>> AND you get only 10 images out of the trial version before it stops
> >>> co-operating.I
> >> have the
> >>> windows version from a similar notification some months ago and now
> >>> I have
> >>> 8 uses left before it dies and i will remove it from my computer, in
> >>> all probability.
> >>>
> >>> I remember now; Moose was grumbling at me about something, and
> >>> mentioned Focus Magic as a tool he uses.So I tracked it down and tried
> it.
> >>>
> >>> Not impressed from the first two uses on my machine.. It runs on
> >>> Windows versions from W'95 onwards. I'm using XP on this machine.
> >>>
> >>> Brian Swale--
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