![]() ![]() You might also be interested in the various postings and articles published by Michael Erlewine. A wide range of issues is discussed at length in the forums there, and the shift in usage from Helicon to Zerene over time has been striking. Thank you for contacting us by email and pointing us to this thread.įor in-depth technical comparison of Helicon Focus and Zerene Stacker, I'll point you to Yet for the possibility I might sell some, I have to shell out more $$. Although, I don't currently sell many photos, in the future I may. Their site indicates the professional version is for those who sells photos? What? I am really confused why the differentiate that way. Professional version is much more than the personal version. Also, is helicon lite adequate for most images?Īlso curious about Zerene's pricing. Just curious on anybody's experience with Zerene vs helicon focus. With your permission, I would like to show your photos on this thread to my camera club so they can see 1) some wonderful photos and 2) how Helicon works. ![]() I bought the PRO version when it came on the market and regularly update -freely- the program ! Of course, the "lifetime" version is more expensive, but it all depend on you needs. I don't use Helicon that often, but do you have to pay an annual fee? I guess this distortion has another "shape" than the one you get by focussing step by step from the nearest point of the object to the farthest one ! In any case, even if you use a rail to move the whole combo forward (while NOT rotating the focussing ring), there will be some distortion. Helicon Focus apparently only uses the SHARPEST part of each image and stack it with the SHARPEST part of the previous/next image ! Can you elaborate about this or does Helicon compensate. I have always thought that when you rotate the focus ring with a macro lens the "size" of the object changes. I have a question about using the macro lens in a fixed position and rotating the focus ring in Helicon. HF seems to also have some editing capabilities within the focus stacking process.like if something moves, you can choose which in focus images to use in case it chooses poorly.I forgot to tell you that your photos are remarkable. I also need to shoot a few more varied focus stack images to try while on the trial period. I did do that route and have several resultant images.and I didn't even yet do ALL the permutations as that HF and Zerene both have multiple algorithms you can choose for processing.Īnyway, still working the experiments. ![]() Those small adjustments seemed to be overly amplified somewhat.so, thinking if I can get back close to a RAWimage after stacking with the Helicon app, I might like to go that way.Ĭ1 has a Helicon plug-in that can make the roundtrip seamless.but it only seems to run it as TIFF out and TIFF in.so, not sure how that will work. I tried originally doing some slight sharpness, color ,etc.in Capture One first and exporting out as TIFF files.and running through both focus stacking programs. So far, it appears I like Helicon's ability to work with RAW images in and export DNG (essentially "RAW") images out.I'm working right now to see how much I can push/pull the resultant DNG image in both capture one and On1 RAW. However, it appears there is a LOT of info I need to delve into with Zerene to maybe learn to 'tune' some parameters. Well so far.the Helicon Focus seems to be a bit ahead of the Zerene app for me. ![]()
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