Helicon Focus is a specialised stacking application put out by Helicon Soft, which includes Helicon Remote, a WiFi stacking controller utility. These do not exist for any other stacking software packages. Zerene Stacker also further differentiates itself above other stacking packages by the availability of third party addons: ZereneVS, Slabberjockey, BugSlabber and MakeSubStackingScript ( Windows | Mac ) are all extra utilities to generate substacks (slabs). What is especially nice about Zerene is that its author, Rik, hosts and is a very active member of and is always willing to give advice about his software. Zerene comes in various editions and has a GUI to be able to use it with Stackshot.

Zerene Stacker is a Java based piece of stacking software that gives good results almost from the off, and truly excellent results once its intricacies are mastered. Much better to use one of the specialised stacking applications that are out there, specifically designed for the job. Which means you need an unbelievably fast PC to be able to cope. Stacking SoftwareĪlthough Adobe Photoshop can stack images, it is just not a great tool for this job as it tries to take all the images in as separate layers.

Extreme macro stacked images would not be possible were it not for the specialised stacking software that exists.īeyond this, there are also standard software tools that are very handy to use with extreme macro, especially software that helps to bring out details in images. Most notable of these are Zerene Stacker and Helicon Focus. The main way that extreme macro differentiates itself in software terms is the use of focus stacking software, in which various stacking vendors compete for the limited number of stackers.

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