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Does PD8/PD9 have a focus stacking feature?
Trekz [Avatar]
Member Joined: Oct 16, 2016 00:32 Messages: 67 Offline
[Post New] Feb 21, 2018 07:34
I recently got into macro photography and found a focus stacking technique on YouTube. The guy in the video used photoshop to merge 90+ photos of the same object shot with different focus points. The result was an insanely focused picture, so I was wondering if my photo editing program could pull that off. Does anyone know how I can do a similar technique in pd8 or even in pd9?

Here is the YouTube video for reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Dz34MMjQ0&t=187s
PIX
Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline
[Post New] Feb 21, 2018 13:28
Hello again Trekz,

I could post a long, involved answer but it would still mean "No".

PhotoDirector (any version) has no facility to process focus stacking as shown in the PhotoShop tutorial.

PIX PIX YouTube channel
Trekz [Avatar]
Member Joined: Oct 16, 2016 00:32 Messages: 67 Offline
[Post New] Feb 21, 2018 14:15
Quote Hello again Trekz,

I could post a long, involved answer but it would still mean "No".

PhotoDirector (any version) has no facility to process focus stacking as shown in the PhotoShop tutorial.

PIX



Thanks for the straight answer. Maybe that's something to look forward to in pd10?
Hatti
Contributor Location: Bonn, Germany Joined: Feb 21, 2017 15:54 Messages: 576 Offline
[Post New] Feb 21, 2018 14:23
Don't wait. Try 'CombineZP'. It is stoneold and I don't know, if it is still available.

Hatti Win 10 64, i7-4790k, 32GB Ram, 256 GB SSD, SATA 2TB, SATA 4TB, NVidia GTX1080 8GB, LG 34" 4K Wide, AOC 24" 1080
Hatti
Contributor Location: Bonn, Germany Joined: Feb 21, 2017 15:54 Messages: 576 Offline
[Post New] Feb 21, 2018 14:23
Ahh, CombineZP is OpenSource

Hatti

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Win 10 64, i7-4790k, 32GB Ram, 256 GB SSD, SATA 2TB, SATA 4TB, NVidia GTX1080 8GB, LG 34" 4K Wide, AOC 24" 1080
Trekz [Avatar]
Member Joined: Oct 16, 2016 00:32 Messages: 67 Offline
[Post New] Feb 21, 2018 19:41
Quote Ahh, CombineZP is OpenSource

Hatti



downloading it right now thank you!
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