i'll try the psd, though the tif would better suit my purposes. however, in my last run the tif i got was a very tiny file, completely useless, and i had to start from the beginning. this seems to happen only when i stack the raw files, not when i stack the jpgs. but i only had about a dozen files i...

i use the focus ring when shooting with a small aperture and move the camera/lens along my rrs rail when the lens is more open. that's because the open lens requires far more slices, which is hard to do with focus ring adjustments. both methods give good results. vibrations can be minimized by using...

how exactly do i save and then retrieve a project? i've attempted everything i can think of and i've never done this successfully.

i am using the "TIF" format option when i save the hf output, not "TIF LZW." would it be better to use the "psd" format option?

i keep getting the message: "error on saving image <filename> Access violation at address 00AEA186 in module PolyImagePro.dll. Read of address 00000004." normally i ignore it and it doesn't seem to make any difference. but today it crashed the computer, last time this happened i just reloa...

you called it, man! thanks a bunch.

i am shooting with a canon eos 5d mark II, set at raw + fine jpg. when i open a raw file in hf, it is automatically brightened to the point where it is useless, even when i have turned off the brightness adjuster. when i open the jpg it looks fine. this happens even if i open a single image, and the...

this looks like brightness variation when you are shooting. i get this all the time, as i use only natural lighting. the only way to fix it is by retouching.

speedwells are gorgeous little things. here is one i captured this spring in athens, ohio. canon mark 2 with an mp-e 65 mm. as i recall, this was about 2.5x magnification. i had enough slices to get the back petal, but decided to leave it out. it's difficult to deal with the edge confusion when you ...