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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: Isaac on March 09, 2016, 02:16:02 pm

Title: Focus stacking comparison - Natural history, small specimens
Post by: Isaac on March 09, 2016, 02:16:02 pm

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In this manuscript we present a focus stacking system, composed of commercial photographic equipment. The system is inexpensive compared to high-end commercial focus stacking solutions. We tested this system and compared the results with several different software packages (CombineZP, Auto-Montage, Helicon Focus and Zerene Stacker) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284632/). We tested our final stacked picture with a picture obtained from two high-end focus stacking solutions: a Leica MZ16A with DFC500 and a Leica Z6APO with DFC290. Zerene Stacker and Helicon Focus both provided satisfactory results.

Title: Re: Focus stacking comparison - Natural history, small specimens
Post by: E.J. Peiker on March 25, 2016, 11:02:10 am

Highly informative and detailed.  Thank you!!!
It would be interesting to add Photoshop's built in stacking capability to the study.

Title: Re: Focus stacking comparison - Natural history, small specimens
Post by: kirkt on March 28, 2016, 01:04:46 pm

... or align_image_stack + enfuse, which are free.

kirk

Title: Re: Focus stacking comparison - Natural history, small specimens
Post by: wmchauncey on April 06, 2016, 12:44:08 pm

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It would be interesting to add Photoshop's built in stacking capability to the study.

I use PS 2015 a lot for stacking, simply because I use it for everything else...
I've tried others and have found that they all require some occasional fixing of artifacts.