Helicon Focus

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Helicon Focus is a program for extending the depth of field limits in photos. The depth of the sharply depicted space, or GRIP, is the area in the photograph that is in focus. It is often the case, particularly in macrophotography, that the object being photographed does not fit into the sharpness zone. This is not surprising, the width of the GRIP, especially when shooting macro rarely exceeds 1-2mm. For example, the very famous Canon EF 100 f/2.8L macro lens will have a 1.1 mm GRIP when shooting from a distance of 10 cm. You can of course extend the depth of field, close the aperture completely and face a number of other problems, such as lack of light, slow shutter speeds and loss of sharpness due to diffraction, especially on high-resolution cameras.

In this situation Helicon Focus will be indispensable. The main principle of its work is to combine the sharpness zones on several images. The mechanism of something similar to gluing panoramas, but the images are not located horizontally with a little overlap, and go as though deep into, superimposing one on another. The right process is called stacking by focus. In practice, everything is simple: you need to fix the camera, for example, by setting it on a tripod, in most cameras you will have to turn off the automatic focus, and if you take off the macro, you should activate the appropriate mode. Next, move the focus ring gently over the sharpness area and take photographs until the focus area passes through the entire subject. Then you can simply drag the received images into the Helicon Focus program and it will automatically combine all the sharp parts of the photos into one image. If you want to configure image processing parameters in detail, retouch and add text or ruler scale.

This method can be used not only to make macrophotographs with enlarged GRIP, but also to create the effect of vintage portraits taken on large-format cameras. Take photos with a sharp foreground and background in situations where there is no other way to do so. Process photos from microscopes equipped with cameras and much more.

Helicon Focus allows users to extend the depth of field in photos for sharper, detailed images.

On the official website you can find several detailed video lessons, as well as the program has a Russified interface and help.

- automatically adjusts and resizes images (important for stereo microscopes and macrophotography);

- Processes an unlimited number of images in the stack;

- has no restrictions on image resolution (at least 512MB of RAM is required to work with images larger than 8MP);

- supports a "dust map" to automatically remove black dots from the resulting images;

- automatically adjusts the brightness of adjacent images;

- reads RAW, 8-bit and 16-bit TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, BMP, etc;

- Writes 8-bit and 16-bit TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, BMP files;

- creates opacity maps for further processing in Adobe PhotoShop;

- adds text headings and scale to images;

- in new versions of the program additional functions appear constantly.


PROS
Allows creation of fully focused shots from partially focused images.
Supports RAW files in native color space.
Offers advanced retouching and stacking technique capabilities.

CONS
Complex interface can be difficult for beginners.
Processing high-resolution photos can be slow.
Lacks mobile version for on-the-go editing.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Blair
Helicon Focus is a must for all of you photographers out there who are trying to develop images that are focus stacked. This technique can certainly be a tough one to master, but Helion Focus makes it a cinch, and it runs with much more precision than Photoshop does. I love that Helion Focus offers radius and smoothing sliders to produce the best results.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Calum Kahapea
Helicon Focus is a photo-editing software program designed to help users create stunningly sharp images from multiple source images. It combines images taken with different focus distances to create a single image with an extended depth of field. Helicon Focus can also be used to create 3D-like images with a single source image.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Leon Megow
I used Helicon Focus for some of my macro photography projects. I found it to be very user friendly and easy to navigate. It was also very quick in creating the stacked images. The software allowed me to easily adjust the blending and depth of field, as well as allowing me to adjust the brightness and contrast. I also liked that it was able to output the images in a variety of formats, including TIFF and JPEG. I was impressed with the level of detail that was achieved in the finished images. It was also great that the software had an autosave feature, which saved me a lot of time. Overall, I enjoyed using Helicon Focus and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a powerful and efficient way to stack images.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Lewis Z*******x
Helicon Focus software is a great way to get high quality images from multiple photos. It has an easy-to-navigate user interface, plenty of customization options, and the results look amazing. I found the program to be a bit slow to render images, but the end result is definitely worth the wait. It also has a wide range of export options for sharing your completed images.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner John J.
This software is a photo editing tool that allows for the merging of multiple images to create a single, sharp image. It uses advanced algorithms to combine the focused areas of each image, resulting in a final product with increased depth of field and clarity. Other features include the ability to work with RAW files, support for 16-bit images, and the ability to process large batches of photos at once.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Aidan M.
Helicon Focus software is a powerful tool for combining multiple images into one with a greater depth of field.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Oscar
It effortlessly combines multiple images into one fully-focused shot.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Daniel
Impressive depth-of-field, detail enhancement capabilities.
image/svg+xmlBotttsPablo Stanleyhttps://bottts.com/Florian Körner Nathan
Intuitive, reliable, high-quality focus stacking.
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Easy software for focusing photos, great for macro photography.
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