Of course, during this time I, like many others, converted all my RAW files unknowingly to DNG - as it was the default option.
a photography amateur who has used Lightroom for years and now, fed up with paying an ongoing subscription for lightroom and photoshop, turned to Aftershot. As a previous poster noted, I do not understand why Corel isn't trying to support this. I will add that the image rendered perfectly with a 2010 version of PS.I have had an ongoing thread with support on this topic for the past week. I agree more work is required before this feature can be seen to be fit for purpose. I too found when using RAW files, although the thumbnails processed correctly, the rendering was unrecognisable, however, In JPEG although thumbnails were again correct, the rendering was totally out of alignment and in fact parts of the resulting image reversed. After the reply I received from support (suggesting incorrect focus) I began to doubt my own experience. I am so glad to discover I am not alone in reporting this problem with stacking in 2023.
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I'm disappointed and I will be looking for dedicated software for focus stacking. It looks like Corel needs to do more work on this feature. The information that Paintshop gives is rather vague and I haven't found any information on the internet from anyone who has used this feature. The reason I upgraded to the 2023 version was because of this feature. I did not see a feature to align the photos. Once I saved the RAW files as JPEGS and tried it again it worked but the resulting photo was out of alignment. What I found was that I was not able to use RAW files.
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There is quite a bit of focus stacking software about and free or trial periods are available. I expect Corel's first venture into focus stacking will mature over time - or they may decide it is not worth spending more effort on and depreciate it in future versions if it is not widely used ( as per, e.g., geotagging, face recognition etc.). This sounds a bit complicated but it is quite easy in AP's interface. This is quite easy to deal with by selecting an appropriate in-focus image in the stack and over-painting the problem area. AP gets the combination wrong sometimes - especially where there is a bright reflection. (Sometimes called 'breathing'.)ĪP does quite a good job at combining the images including aligning then.
The images always differ slightly due to the changing field of view as the focus changes. Moving the rack adjustment wheel between each frame did lead to some displacement of the camera / subject so images definately needed aligning. I started off using a focus rack but now I have also got a Nikon Z6ii which has a feature of taking multiple frames with varying focus.
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It is a very different product from PSP and does have focus stacking. About a year ago I got Affinity Photo (AP), at a bargain price, for the more complicated photo edits. They did work to an extent but left rough edges.
In the past I have tried the well known free programs. Also, when taking macro shots, dust on the subject or on the front surface of the lens becomes very noticeable. I agree about using jpeg rather than RAW so some test shots are needed to get the optimum exposure, white balance and so on. Whilst it doesn't feel quite right to recommend another piece of software on this forum, I can share my experience of focus stacking. I haven't got PSP 2023 with stacking - just PSP 2020 and I don't think I will be 'upgrading' any time sooon.
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