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bob_trlin

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888 Points

Mon, Nov 30, 2015 2:58 AM

Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Ecosystem & Camera Raw: Ability to do focus stacking

Firmware Version 4.0 for the Olympus E-M1 has just come out with in-camera focus stacking. Actually this is limited to a maximum 8 shot focus bracket. However, if one is happy to do the focus stacking in PP, the camera will do up to a 99 shot focus bracket. No it is not a typo, I mean 99 as in 1 less than a hundred. Photoshop and a myriad other third party apps will do that or so I'm told. So, isn't it time to have focus stacking in LR? I have no desire to stuff around with two photographic apps. So let's make a noise to get focus stacking into LR proper!Regards,Bob Single Shot, 120mm f5.6 Focus Stacking of 150 shots, 120mm f5/6PS: Note, I've amended my comments above from earlier today.

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rafael_jeffman

13 Messages

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274 Points

5 years ago

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Enhance Lightroom Photo Merge with more options..

Now that we have a whole menu for "Photo Merge" in Lightroom (CC/6), some more options could be available for merging photos.

For example, Focus Stacking for macro photos, or "Star Stacking" (image alignment and merge with median filter) for astrophotography would be very useful to have, and it seems that most (if not all) of the machinery is already available in Lightroom.

Also, object removal through image stacking seems to be possible with current existing filters.

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bob_trlin

25 Messages

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888 Points

5 years ago

It was remiss of me not to give credit where credit is due. The photos I posted above came from the Olympus site http://cameras.olympus.com/stack/en-au/

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keny_hu

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122 Points

4 years ago

The only thing I miss in LR6 is focus stacking. I would like to see Adobe implement it in the future. This is useful for both macro photography and landscape photography. It would be a natural extension of the current "Photo Merge" feature.

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jordan_russell_8035009

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1.2K Points

4 years ago

This is my top request for Lightroom and seems a natural progression to HDR and panoramic merging added with Lr6

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david_landry_iuklsdwrww90j

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80 Points

4 years ago

As a long time LR user this is also my top request.  I'm with the prior poster, HDR and panoramic merging were at the time of the last release my most desired features - well done Adobe.  Keep on a roll and add focus stacking in a RAW workspace please!

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jaroslav_tachec

2 Messages

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142 Points

4 years ago

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Focus Stacking in LR.

Focus stacking in LR and DNG, please

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bob_trlin

25 Messages

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888 Points

Totally agree, however, I'm not sure if it is even physically possible in raw but I hope I'm wrong.

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4 years ago

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rafael_jeffman

13 Messages

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274 Points

It is possible, since DNG is (most often) a RAW file after demosaic. It is somewhat similar to Panorama and HDR.

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4 years ago

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randy_everette

2 Messages

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132 Points

Why on earth focus stacking isn't in LR baffles me. It's the only feature LR 6 is missing that I need.

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3 years ago

dan_dan_6019626

11 Messages

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284 Points

3 years ago

I've wanted to do this for so long. No reason not to have it in "photo merge" when HDR and panorama exist. Focus stacked HDR DNGs would be AWESOME! It's not just for macro, many landscape photos require it when shooting close to a subject and using the sharpest aperture. It would also be great if you could replace moving objects like people and vehicles. Third, it could be used to combine star trail shots into DNGs.

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darrell_harrington

2 Messages

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116 Points

3 years ago

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Lightroom focus stacking.

With more cameras including option to automatically stack focus it would nice to be able to preform this stack directly within LR and not need to round trip to PS. Especially if it could create a DNG similar to pano and HDR options.

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stevenewport

288 Messages

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6.3K Points

3 years ago

If it worked inside of LR as a DNG, and was reliable, this would be very very nice

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grzegorz_gibas

4 Messages

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100 Points

2 years ago

Does even the Lightroom crew care about such features requests? It will be great to have this feature on board. However seems like they never responded to this thread saying whether it will be done in the future or impossible. I'm sure they could re-use the Photoshop's focus stacking algorythms (after some modifications) in Lightroom.

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randy_everette

2 Messages

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132 Points

2 years ago

Did anyone actually expect Adobe/LR to respond to this? I have heard they're coming out with a version that has layering; which would give them even less wiggle room to not have focus stacking.

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rick_burress

147 Messages

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3K Points

2 years ago

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Please do add Focus Stacking to ACR.

As Adobe have recently added Panoramas, HDR, and HDR Panoramas to ACR, please do add Focus Stacking as well.

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gary_rayner_am6a57icrohd2

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60 Points

a year ago

luminance masking with layers ? 

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carlos_cardona_4982447

799 Messages

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11.5K Points

a year ago

I hate to be a Downer, but as Groucho said, “I’m against it”. The more features you put in an app the more RAM it takes and the more likely it is to crash (think of a juggler with 100K balls in the air, and then add one more)! Boom! Round-tripping to Photoshop works great! If you’re really serious about it, get Helicon Focus, which is very fast and gives you a DNG back in LR.

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kenneth_poole

4 Messages

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212 Points

7 months ago

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Focus stacking in Lightroom classic.

This is a request for focus stacking to be added to Lightroom Classic’s features. 

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