Free Focus Stacking Software Mac

Generate 3D holograms and views, correct the focus and enhance the overall albums of photos using this simple and straightforward application

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What's new in Picolay 2021-05-04:

With focus stacking software you can make your usual camera render results that could not be achieved even with a classic tilt-shift lens. Take several shots at different focus distances instead of just one, and Helicon Focus will quickly and smartly combine the stack into a fully focused image. Nowadays micro photography, close-ups, jewelry. Focus stacking is a technique in which you take multiple shots of the same scene—each shot focused at a different distance—and then combine them in focus stacking software to create a sharp image over much greater depth than would be possible with a single shot. The software for stacking photos is simple and easy to use. Picolay is a focus stacking software with multiple uses. It can perform image processing, create slide shows, make animated GIF images, and more. Supports Mac OSX 10.4 or higher and Windows XP, 2000, Vista, and 7. Helicon Focus for Windows. Zerene Stacker is designed for deep stacks. There is no intrinsic limit on stack depth. The Focus Stacking software for professional applications! Create textbook macros, razor-sharp and with details like you’ve never seen before. With the new technologies of FOCUS projects 4 professional you can create state-of-the-art macro photos which have a fascinating depth of focus and bring extraordinary details to light.

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Picolay is a lightweight application designed to help you improve pictures, generation MPO files or animated GIF and slideshows from combined stacks of images.

Enables you to compare the results of the changes in real time

The program comes with a clean and intuitive interface that is comprised of three tabs, namely the main one that allows you to preview the list of files you are working with and two other windows where you can compare the original and the modified pictures. Simply put, you can preview and compare the results of your changes as soon as you hit Apply.

A noteworthy feature of the tool is that it enables you to generate 3D images, proving that you have stacked images and the depth map readily available. Alternatively, you can get up to four separate pictures from a 3D observation with the parallel of crossed eyes effect. Other 3D capabilities worth mentioning include generating holograms, rotation animations and images for viewing angles that can be placed in front or behind the screen.

Lets you resize, flip, crop and adjust various parameters

As far as the editing options you can perform are concerned, then you will be happy to learn that the tool allows you to perform dozens of operations. More precisely, you can adjust sharpness, contrast, color saturation, gamma, adding or subtracting percentages from the RGB channel or generating the negative of the pictures, just to name a few.

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At the same time, the tool can repair images with a lack of focus thanks to an advanced stacking option. Consequentially, you can generate sharp and clear pictures by stacking the ones you took in series at sequential focus levels. According to the developer, the stacking is done on the target areas and not on the sharp areas, as it normally happens.

A lightweight, yet reliable tool for post-processing pictures

In the eventuality that you need a simple and straightforward tool that allows you perform advanced modifications and enhancement for your picture collection, then perhaps you may consider giving Picolay a try.

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Free Focus Stacking Software For Mac

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We are happy to introduce our new product that has no analogues on the modern photography accessories market - Helicon FB Tube. Mounted on the camera as a conventional extension tube, Helicon FB Tube automates focus bracketing in single shot and continuous shooting modes. Adjust settings, hold down the shutter button to shoot a stack and process it in Helicon Focus to achieve a perfectly sharp image.

Helicon Focus and Focus Stacking

The digital revolution of the last few years made professional photo hardware widely available and affordable. Now it's the advanced technology that makes the difference. Plain single shots are bit by bit giving place to improved and more sophisticated technologies like HDR and EDoF.

Today it's hard to imagine macro or micro photography without focus stacking technique. Professional photographers and enthusiasts seeking to keep up with the trend take advantage of focus stacking to create eye-catching images.

With focus stacking software you can make your usual camera render results that could not be achieved even with a classic tilt-shift lens. Take several shots at different focus distances instead of just one, and Helicon Focus will quickly and smartly combine the stack into a fully focused image.

Nowadays micro photography, close-ups, jewelry and product photography became truly dependent on focus stacking. But it does not matter what you shoot – landscapes or flowers, animals or still-life – Helicon Focus will make your images stand out. Watch the tutorials, read the articles and impress your colleagues and friends with your new photo achievements!

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©Alexey Gnilenkov, 7 image stack
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