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ChrisDPage4614518
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November 25, 2023
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Focus stacking not working very well :-(

  • November 25, 2023
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Hi,

 

I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction please as I cannot get focus stacking in photoshop working as I would expect.

 

I've tried a couple of online articles & steps appear to amount to  load images as layers, Edit>>auto-align layers, followed by Edit>>auto-blend layers but I must be missing something.......

 

Have a look at the attached screenshot - the left took < 5 mins in Affinity Photo, the right too around 30 minutes in photoshop (so yes performance is awful too)

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    November 26, 2023

    Please provide the images for testing. 

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    ChrisDPage4614518Author
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    December 1, 2023

    Thanks for replying, got lost in my spam folder but done a little more tinkering.

     

    I've put the files here : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jvhlzqWtNpXy1msS6j8Os84otZ75cmwk?usp=sharing

     

    However, the photos were taken on a tripod and I tried just auto-blend and that worked perfectly - and tried auto-align with various options and sure enough it is auto align that is where there is a problem.

    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    December 2, 2023

    Thank you. 

     

    I can reproduce the unsatisfactory result for Auto-aligning and Auto-blending.

    But Auto-Blending alone produces steps. 

     

    I am afraid your example may just be »too much« for Photoshop … comparing the first and last image for example the difference in the represented parts seems significant. 

    Splitting the images into smaller packages and aligning/blending those and then the results of those might provide a somethat better result, but regions towads the back of the leaf seems to »confuse« the process … 

    A work-around might be blending with »Seamless Tones and Colors« unchecked and amending the Layer Masks manuallly. 

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