I believe it is imp't to have the images in order for the program. As a new user I have seen some artifacts especially at the edges of some orchids. Perhaps...
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Alan
tipula_maxima
Sep 6, 2011 6:09 am
Hello Mike, If your files are sorted into alpha-numerical order are they in the correct order for stacking? CZ sorts the files as it loads them, so if the ...
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Peter Banks
byweb74...
Sep 6, 2011 7:52 am
Why am I getting email from CombineZ??? Peter J.Banks From: combinez@yahoogroups.com [mailto:combinez@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Sent: 6 September 2011...
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Peter Banks
byweb74...
Sep 6, 2011 7:52 am
And Again more emails. Peter J.Banks byWeb Design Studio Ph: 0-4-970-1636 Mob: 021-027-60001 www.byweb.net.nz peter@... From: combinez@yahoogroups.com...
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Mike Gordon
mike.gordon46
Sep 6, 2011 11:50 am
Thanks so much. I took them in order and even renamed them 1_stack etc. I watched them load in the alignment portion and it seemed to take them out of order....
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Eric Gaba
egaba17
Sep 7, 2011 2:50 pm
As being my first message here, first of all I would like to congratulate and thank the authorfor this excellent and free software and say hello to the whole...
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Alan
tipula_maxima
Sep 10, 2011 6:51 am
Thank you for getting in touch Eric, I am glad you find the program useful. Both Helicon and Zerene stackers can produce comparable results to CZ, it is just...
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Alan
tipula_maxima
Sep 10, 2011 6:56 am
There are a few things you could try, shoot a picture at each end with everything out of focus, reverse the order of the stack, or duplicate the first/last...
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Mike Gordon
mike.gordon46
Sep 12, 2011 11:44 am
Thank you, I'll try that. Fortunately the orchids--stack subject-- last a good 6 weeks. Mike...
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Mike Gordon
mike.gordon46
Sep 12, 2011 11:52 am
Eric, In Photoshop, hit the mode tab and convert the 8 bit file to 16 bit for post-stack manipulation. One must be careful however to save the jpegs...
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Eric Gaba
egaba17
Sep 14, 2011 4:12 pm
Thanks Alan for the reply. I don't doubt Zerene or Helicon can produce very good results too as I read several positive reviews about them. It's just that I...
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dickflick114
Sep 22, 2011 9:16 am
Hi Gang,,,,,,,,,,I am 75 years old and would like to take a shot at this "Focus Stacking".I am not very computer literate and will be the first to admit this...
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dickflick114
Sep 22, 2011 11:47 am
... One other thing I meant to ask was,,,,,,,,,,,How long does it take you to process a 5 frame stack? dick...
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Eelko Gielis
me_gielis
Sep 22, 2011 2:10 pm
Hi Dick, Normaly on a fast computer it would take a few minutes. How large are your images in pixels width and height? Tell us a bit more about the system...
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Earl
earlrock2
Sep 22, 2011 2:16 pm
... One other thing I meant to ask was,,,,,,,,,,,How long does it take you to process a 5 frame stack?< Dick, you are winner of this weeks "Lucky Dog of The...
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dickflick114
Sep 22, 2011 4:41 pm
Some of the particulars are HP Pavilion,AMD Athlon 64 X2,Vista,2GIG memory, Std image out of Camera is 3888 x 2592,recent crops have been down to 667 x 730 I...
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dickflick114
Sep 22, 2011 6:31 pm
I have been looking at "Aligning Frames" in the Help area and the term "feature" is used,,,,,,,,,,, quote:Set points P3 and P4 on this frame, P3 on the same...
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bobfrederick49
Sep 22, 2011 9:07 pm
all this talk about stacking order & the instructions is mind boggling; i downloaded combineZP , i then found a corkscrew for a test object & shot 15 images at...
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dickflick114
Sep 22, 2011 10:28 pm
... Sounds to me like your are far above and beyond me so I really must be a dip,,,,,,,why do you tag yourself,something in particular? dick...
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dickflick114
Sep 22, 2011 10:34 pm
If and when you are taking the 5 shots to be stacked can you make a frame for each quadrant and the last in the image center or does this screw things up? The...
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dickflick114
Sep 23, 2011 10:27 am
When processing a stack should you first crop frames to get you final required size or just wait and crop the focused image? dick...
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john quartz
johnquartz2002
Sep 23, 2011 2:04 pm
From: dickflick114 <dicklaxt@...> To: combinez@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, 23 September 2011, 11:27 Subject: [CombineZ] Crop 1st? Â When processing...
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John McGarry
john.mcgarry...
Sep 23, 2011 2:22 pm
John Quartz If you want to pay for and use Helicon Focus then go right ahead but your diatribe on "showy off Geeks" is totally inappropriate. Alan Hadley has ...
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Arjan de Groot
arthonia
Sep 23, 2011 2:27 pm
... For "normal" people who don't want to be bothered by technical details CombineZP is just as convenient an easy to use as Helicon Focus. Load your pictures,...
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Tom Troughton
tomt491
Sep 23, 2011 9:22 pm
I'm new to Combinez, but have tried it a bit using JPG files and like the results. However, I'm wondering if the program would work with Nikon NEF files. I ...
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john quartz
johnquartz2002
Sep 25, 2011 4:16 pm
After reading the messages on this site it has convinced me that the CombineZ programme is strictly for Geeks and ordinary photographers are simply squeezed...
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John McGarry
john.mcgarry...
Sep 25, 2011 4:42 pm
Alan This message is identical to one posted 2 days ago. I don't know what his game is, maybe he's trying to drum up business for Helicon, but my suggestion is...
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Stefan Layer
stevemclayer
Sep 25, 2011 4:52 pm
I agree - this John Quartz is talking just cheap BS - a troll I think. CombineZP is really great! All the best Steve _____ Von: combinez@yahoogroups.com...
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tipula_maxima
Sep 25, 2011 7:41 pm
I have not been paying much attention to posys recently. Been catching up on IDing some bugs, and starting to do more work on the new version of CZ. I just...
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Earl
earlrock2
Sep 26, 2011 4:39 pm
Hi Alan, and group, I want to thank you again for the fine program, and all of the hard work that you do to keep improving it. I have found it to be very easy...
