LordV will probably be able to explain it better.ģ50D, 30D, Tamron 90mm, MP-E 65, 2 x 18-55, 50 1.8 II, 430EX Speedlite, MT24ex and Kenko Extension Tubes.

It is accomplished by taking multiple images of a single subject, each taken at different focal distances. Basically you open up all the images from the stack, select one and using the healing brush tool, clone the in focus parts from the other images in the stack onto the one you selected. Focus stacking is a process that combines technique (shooting) and processing (software) to dramatically increase the Depth of Field (DOF) in photographic images. The camera, bellows, macro lens unit is mounted on a focusing rail. It can even overcome the otherwise unavoidable sharpness loss from diffraction. It's perhaps most useful in close-up and macro photography, since the camera lens's highest f-stop is often insufficient to render everything in focus. I havent done it many times so i probbaly wouldnt explain it very well. Another stacking software is CombineZM, and a tutorial on how to use this software. Focus stacking is a powerful technique for extending a photo's apparent depth of field. Soooooooooo, I was wondering if anybody knew if there was a way to do focus stacking on Mac OS X, any free software that I don't know about? Or even better, does anybody know how to do it in photoshop (I have CS3)?ĭont know about any software for the Mac, but it can be done manually in CS3 using the healing brush tool. Use the free CombineZM image editing tool to eliminate blur in your photos with a technique called 'focus stacking. Windows has CombineZM, which is free focus stacking software, but the two solutions I found out there for the Mac are not free, and I don't wanna pay for software that I won't use that often yet. Focus Stacking Software is really part of Image Editing, not really shooting Technique, so I am moving this thread to Finishing School as I feel it is more appropriate there. CombineZ processes a stack of images (or Frames) and is most frequently used to blend the focused areas of several partially focused digital photographs in.

Combinezm focus stack