In other words, it is generally more difficult to create a high-quality focus stack than it is to create a high-quality HDR image. The reason for this is that in general I find focus stacking to be a process that is much less tolerant of small errors. However, I would favor creating the focus stacked images before assembling the HDR. It's only about focus stacking, for which Helicon Focus is actually made, whereas for Photoshop it's only one of thousands of functionalities it otherwise offers. In other words, you could create the HDR images for each bracketed shot in the stack, or focus stack the images for each exposure of the HDR. Photoshop focus stacking To clear things up beforehand, this is not an exhaustive comparison of the two as it would defeat the purpose. Photoshop is viable for 10 to 15 images, in my. My system could handle the size but that is chewing up a lot of resources. The other issue is the 65 image stack when layered resulted in a 4 GB file. All 28 frames were opened as a stack, aligned, then blended here is the result: Photoshop blended frame. 26 and it supports all the current Z bodies. Today I discovered that ControlMyNikon from Tetherscript released version 5.5 on Jan. Unfortunately that utility has not yet been updated to support the Z7 and other Z series cameras. Here is the same image composited in Photoshop. 1 I use focus stacking in the studio and previously used Helicon Remote with my D800E and other Nikon bodies. More Detail: It is generally possible to create an HDR with focus-stacking in either order. I made a decent photo but there was quite a bit of work involved cleaning up the masks created by Photoshop. Moreover, the entire process in Helicon is faster than Photoshop’s two-step method of opening as a stack out of Lightroom, then aligning and blending in Photoshop. Tim’s Quick Answer: When you both bracket the exposures and capture for focus stacking at the same time, I recommend creating the focus-stacked images first, and then combine the results in to the final HDR (high dynamic range) images. This stack of 30 images (55mm F8, 1/60th, ISO 800) was blended in Helicon Focus taken under constant LED lighting. Today’s Question: If I manually bracket three images using Exposure Compensation (such as meter, +2 stops, -2 stops) and I also adjust the focus point to a different position in the frame for each set of bracketed exposures to achieve a focus stack, how can I successfully blend the images in Lightroom or Photoshop or with DxO plugins to achieve both purposes?
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