Now that I have a new camera and macro lens, I really wanted to understand exactly what Helicon Focus could do for me. I had already played with it a bit with another camera and simply let it do its thing automatically. But, it wasn't until I started trying out the touchup 'copy' feature that I real...

This is a terrific product. Any suggestions I make are in the spirit of making it a nearly perfect one. I realize that the 'Copy' tool is new to this version so it can't be expected to be fully mature. But, the lack of an 'Undo' at various stages is more than a little frustrating. The type of 'Undo'...

I also see that the cursors are very misaligned between the source and processed images when trying to copy a section from one of my source images to the processed one. This makes one, or the other, cursors useless. I suppose from reading this thread that I should trust the cursor in the processed i...

I believe this was addressed in a post that I missed. As the post said "I was misled by the cursor display in the source window. It was so far off the composite that I never tried the "copy source" routine. It in fact does sample the intended region of the source slice .. often far fr...

The two images respresent the size differential between one of the source images and the final processed image. The RED crosshairs represent the 1st detail selected on each image and the BLUE crosshairs the 2nd detail selected in both images. The amount to expand the first image can be calculated by...

From what I understand the largest effective image outline in a group becomes the basis for the final processed photo. If I shoot 20 images with a focus rack, and move the rack from the frontal-most focal plane to the farthest focal plane, each copy of my subject in the image will be a percentage la...

I just noticed that image threads have an enourmous number of viewers and VERY few comments... suggesting that an incredibly wide range of people are intensely interested in the work of macro photography.

I constantly see threads arguing against post-processing or 'manipulating' images on various photo forums.

But, without something like HeliconFocus one would NEVER be able to communicate the true beauty and complexity of an insects' eyes. I love this product!

Thanks Dan,

That's Great!!!

It's a wonderful product and I want to learn it to the fullest.

Tom

There are a number of tricks for slowing or momentarilly 'stunning' larger creatures for macro photography... including cold.

I'm wondering if anyone can share some tricks for slowing or stunning protozoa into a moment of innactivity long enough to capture multiple images?

I love the little hitchhikers!!

In fact, I love ALL of your work. It sets THE benchmark for my aspirations in this area of photography.

I've experimented lining up a camera with a micrscope using an inexpensive copy stand and can get it to work very well. Another inexpensive alternative, if your camera has threads or adapter that can take a filter, is the Scopetronix Digi-T. In both of these cases there is some effort at getting thi...

I downloaded the product. It seemed to install correctly; but, I have no HELP file. I get two numbers in the help dialog?

Also, is there a tutorial area on the website?

It should be one of the more difficult things for HeliconFocus to deal with. First, there was the flatness of the image due to using a light ring; secondly, there was a lack of bright colors and sharp contrasts and thirdly, the camera itself is softer than one might really want for macro shooting. E...

You'll have to pardon both the subject and the quality of the camera used in this test. The subject was close at hand, dead and cooperative. The camera was close at hand and has a live video feed so that tracking focus changes are a bit easier... especially for a first time effort. Each VR image was...