Zerene Stacker

Zerene Stacker is a “focus stacking” program designed specifically for challenging macro subjects and discerning photographers. Of course it works great with simpler subjects, close-ups, and landscapes also!

Zerene Stacker has several advantages over other commonly used stacking programs:

• Highest quality output images, especially in difficult cases
• Accurate and robust alignment and interpolation
• Advanced stacking algorithms
• Clean handling of hairs and bristles – no halos or contour lines
• Preserves low contrast detail and avoids “stacking mush” with deep stacks
• Fast and flexible retouching makes it easy to combine the best features of multiple algorithms as well as original frames
• Retouching supported by all versions, even at the lowest price
• Supports 8- and 16-bit input and output files
• Can generate stereo and 3-D rocking animations from a single stack, even for difficult subjects with structural overlaps and bristles.
• Fully utilizes modern multi-core processors and multi-processor computers
• Runs on all major computer systems: Microsoft Windows®.

Zerene Stacker can handle most modern cameras. 15 megapixel images are routine. Most 32-bit computers can handle 21 megapixels. 64-bit systems have no practical limit except physical memory.
Are there other tools that I should think about getting too?

Absolutely. Take a look at the StackShot rail, a product of Cognisys Inc. It’s a very slick piece of automation that makes shooting even deep stacks quick and painless. Zerene Stacker Professional Edition now includes a direct interface to the StackShot rail – see HERE for details.