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Focus Stacking With My Brand New Sony A7RV

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philzucker
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Re: Focus Stacking With My Brand New Sony A7RV
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Montanawildlives wrote:

Manual repairs are also very easy in PS but more complicated in the other programs (maybe just because I am well-versed in PS's masking).

My experiences here are different. If you have a stack with something like 60 exposures (if you go into very large magnifications that's quite normal) I find repairs in PS almost impossible to do with complex subjects - to find the masks to retouch is really no fun. OTOH the retouching function of Zerene is very intuitive and fast - even for complex projects.

Note that by "retouching" I mean finding and cloning regions from layers not used by the stacking algorithm. I do final retouching in the classical meaning (minor repairs, removing blemishes or "stacking worms") in Photoshop with the resulting flat file after finishing the stacking/retouching process in Zerene.

Anyway, I'd suggest trying PS before purchasing another program (assuming you already have LR/PS). The particulars of the photos have a lot more to do with the results than the program used.

Agree to that. Also the depth of the stack, I might add.

Phil

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