Ahh, but for a better memory. I only remember the trials and
tribulations and not the triumph at the end. :-)
Dr. Focus
usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Perhaps overly harsh assessment from Dr. Focus on the freebee software.
> CombineZM generally does OK (formerly CombineZ5) and is often mentioned
> on the CHDK site as the way to go using the hack for focus bracketing.
> I recall Dr. focus initially had trouble with it with his crabapple
> blossom ? But the problem was one of the images was out of order---it
> is very sensitive to that and the images need to be front to back or
> vice versa. I recall his final result was nice.
> Most of the focus stacking softwares have trouble with backgrounds with
> specular highlights as they create bokeh that resembles CAT lenses. I
> suspect all would be subject to that. It would be nice to see an A-B
> comparison with CS4 with results/ease of use etc. I am not sold on CS4
> yet, at least for this feature.
> Mike
>
>
> http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_72/essay.html
>
>
> Excellent. You may have just convinced me to upgrade. I've tried focus
> stacking with "CombineZ" but not always had very good luck.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> WayneS wrote:
>> Over the summer I took some shots with multiple focus points
>> thinking I would eventually try to combine them for extended DOF.
>> Well Photoshop CS4 now has that feature. Here I combined two
>> images (first images I came across in my files). One was
>> focused on the back petals, the other on the stamina, shot at F13.
>> There is no way I could get this kind of DOF with just F stops.
>>
>> http://www.zuik.net/5D/flower_focus_blend.jpg
>>
>> I did not spend any time adjusting colors, etc. I'll have to explore
>> this some more.
>>
>> WayneS
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