Focus Stacked HDR

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Жыл бұрын

Step-by-step, how to create Focus Stacked HDR landscape images. How to use Lightroom and Helicon Focus to create HDR Focus Stacked images.
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@stanpiper8158 Жыл бұрын

Well done. Showing the process and flow was much more effective than simply giving a step by step verbally. Thank you.

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stanpiper!

@stebobrown2893 3 ай бұрын

It is a few steps through adobe…. I may give it a try. Thanks Terry!

@tv510 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@johnredrup1036 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial Terry, thanks!

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

@TillmanTech Жыл бұрын

Thank you Terry. Great explanation and excellent pacing 👏 Thank you for showing your workflow too. Next step, buy your ebook!

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I do appreciate that.

@FreelanceRoad Жыл бұрын

So helpful! Thank you, I appreciate all of your videos. They've helped so much, as well as your book.

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Valerie. Thanks for watching and sharing!

@billzombeck1513 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry. Very helpful. I always wondered how one would do an HDR with focus stacked images. You explained the process very nicely. I also loved the idea of creating a Smart Collection to capture the HDR and TIFF images. I''m always hunting around for my HDR and TIFF images when I use HDR processes and Helicon Focus. Great solution! Thank you!

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill, Whenever we get these softwares to do a little work for us, all is better. 😀

@HillCountryDemo 11 ай бұрын

Very good video!

@tv510 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Richard!

@stebobrown2893 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for a great job on explaining stacking on the Z9 and doing HDR. I am a sports & nature photographer expanding into landscapes and your videos were extremely helpful. I did a test run using LR & PS to stack the images. I'm curious why you prefer Hilicon over LR & PS? Thanks again for your teachings.

@tv510 3 ай бұрын

I get this question asked a lot. I started with Helicon and like how fast and accurate it works so I have stuck with it and know the kind of results I'm going to get. I have not done and accuracy or speed comparison on these but maybe I should. I was just showing my personal work flow on this video.

@randyschwager2515 4 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial! Why use Heliacon vs photoshop for focus stacking? Thanks…and thanks for creating this video!

@tv510 4 ай бұрын

Good question Randy. I use Helicon because it is simple. I feel like there are too many steps I have to take when I use PS. But that is just my take.

@madcat1007 7 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks. Would it make any difference if you did the HDR merge first, and then focus stack?

@tv510 7 ай бұрын

I don't think so. This is just the way I do it. Just be careful not to crop any of the images, so they can all fit together when you stack.

@willgraham8862 Жыл бұрын

Great video Terry! I was wonder if you ever run into issues with lens focus breathing using the Z9 stacking function on close work. Do you have preferred lens or just a specific method of avoiding it?

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Hi Will, using the Z 14-24 and the Z 24-70, it hasn’t been an issue. I’ve been testing the 50 f/1.2 so far it’s great on the breathing.

@doderiolarkisso4038 Жыл бұрын

That would be a scenario where you focus stack in photoshop imo, with the align layers feature.

@Aquamojo Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, Terry. When you say shoot on manual, do you mean that you shoot each shot in the stack as opposed to letting the camera take over the shutter? I love HDR and totally in love with focus stacking. So you scratched both itches. ;) Your workflow using Lightroom was very enlightening. I generally use Bridge. Wondering if there's a way I can export directly to Helicon as you did with your stacked RAW files. Thanks again.

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

When I referred to manual, I’m talking about exposure. That way there is no variance within the photo stack. I do let the camera do the change in focus.

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

I have tried Helicon’s conversion to DNG (RAW) but the results are inconsistent. Just my take.

@Aquamojo Жыл бұрын

@@tv510 Thanks for the reply. Understood. 99% of what I shoot is manual.

@allanpoulsen1086 Жыл бұрын

Great video Terry Which version of Helicon do you use?

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Allan, I use 7.7.5 -it seems to work well with my Mac and all the warnings about upgrading to 8 - just doesn't seem worth it.

@tonyh4266 Жыл бұрын

Hi Terry, thank you for your helpful video slots on using the Nikon z9. I have a question, with firmware 3.0 focus stacking focus reset was added, great!, however to date no matter what ever I try the option is greyed out. Any thoughts? Love your videos by the way

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

One simple solution can be that your camera is set to bracket exposure. Put it back to normal and it should work. After that, make sure you have current lenses on your camera. Let me know if this works for you.

@tonyh4266 Жыл бұрын

Hello Terry, unfortunately that hasn’t worked. I’ve even done a menu reset, back to defaults (I did save my settings first), no joy! All the other stacking options are available. It’s not going interfere too much in my photography, as I never had it before hand anyway, just frustrating. Thanks for replying and offering advise. Tony

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

@@tonyh4266 It should be working. I would call Nikon and have someone walk you through it. You paid for all the features, you should have access to them.

@tonyh4266 Жыл бұрын

Will do. I will let you know the out come. Thanks

@tonyh4266 Жыл бұрын

@@tv510 Hi Terry, I had a reply from Nikon uk. They tried it on one of their Z9s and found the same. They have passed it on to their tech. People. It only affects FX lenses. Z lenses work fine. All mine are FX at the moment. Tony

@dr.lopuckdds2603 9 ай бұрын

so how would you handle a collection of Focus Stack with sub collections of specific focus stack projects in regard to a smart tiff & hdr. would these be in a sub within the project

@tv510 9 ай бұрын

I typically make a collection of my Focus Stacked images. Then I make a smart collections that are just Tiff files. That way when my Helicon software returns a stacked image, it goes right into the Tiff Smart Collection.

@amaimani Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. How will you deal with noise in such a process?

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Abdul, I shoot all my landscapes at ISO 100 - so no issue.

@amaimani Жыл бұрын

@@tv510 Thanks a lot. What if the iso level is high? What will be workflow in such a case?

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

@@amaimani i would take it into Topaz DeNoise and reduce the noise in the noticeable parts of the image.

@amaimani Жыл бұрын

@@tv510 thanks a lot Terry

@kordulafeil9679 Жыл бұрын

So you start with the remute in you Hand? Mainproblem! you cant repeat without toutching the camera. IT should Return top the Starposition after the stack

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

Hey Kordula, the only thing I’m touching the camera for is for the dial to change the shutterspeed and then to press the back button focus button. The focus point remains the same, and yes, I do those moves gingerly.

@tv510 Жыл бұрын

The remote isn’t even used in this process, since focus stack is started by the menu. Again, gingerly touching the menu wheels.

@m.maclean8911 7 ай бұрын

Why are you saying Heliacon? It’s Helicon….

@tv510 7 ай бұрын

I meant to say "Heelycon". The pronunciation I got from a friend who was working closely with the manufacturer of the product. Not sure how they are doing these days since they are based in the Ukraine. Here is a link to the company: www.heliconsoft.com/supportukraine/