I read somewhere that the Helicon Plug in for C1 (12.02) doesn't work that well - can anyone confirm or suggest an alternative way to focus stack about 15-18 IQ4 16bit images without bogging down /crashing my main workstation? That's a lot of Mb to handle.
Happy to use an external FS program, or Photoshop itself, if that is better.
Hi,
The Helicon Plug-in for C1 is merely a link to the paid HeliconFocus application.
Helicon Focus is one of the most used applications for dedicated focus-stacking operations.
HeliconFocus, together with a different stacking application called
Zerene Stacker are real workhorses, capable of stacking huge (100+) numbers of images.
Applications like Photoshop require enormous amounts of memory, because they are not optimized for Focus Stacking. Probably good enough for occasional use, but usually with lower quality output.
Cheers,
Bart