Hi turtlegurl. Since my original posting, I have seen the same situation repeatedly now, namely, when dealing with a stack that is less than perfect due to wind or certain other issues, Photoshop CC consistently produces a cleaner, more usable image then Helicon Focus. Fiddling with rotation setting...

Thanks Catherine for your suggestion. I tried increasing the rotation compensation by an extra 20 degrees. This should have been more than enough. I agree that this made a slight improvement, but the result is still a very distant second to Photoshop CC. I will continue to rely on Helicon Focus for ...

I could not get your ftp address to open in either Windows Explorer or Chrome--- not sure what I'm doing wrong. So instead, you will find the images at this Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/az6tl8ngg3948n4/AABFTTP1K6MgHZZVu2WbFcGOa?dl=0 It's a challenging stack since the image is not complet...

Generally I rely on HF for 100% of my stacking needs. And FYI, I leave HF in Pyramid mode. Recently I had a small stack (about 6 images as I recall) that HF simply could not get right. The picture was a closeup of two odd-looking flies coupling. Like most flies, they had numerous protruding hairs an...

Newbie question, I searched the forum for "abort render", looked at the online tutorials, can't seem to locate the answer. How do I bail out of a long render without exiting the program? Thanks in advance---