Workflow in Helicon Focus
Posted: 23.09.2014 23:29
I bought the lite version of Helicon Focus after trying it for several weeks. I'm using Helicon Remote to creating the stacks with a Nikon D810 and either a 90mm macro, a 70-200 with extension tube, or a fairly close focusing 28-300... Creating
the stacks is working pretty well as long as I can keep the subject(s) still. My subjects are typically flowers with a lot of fine fuzz, hairs, and other fiddly bits, so I consider them NOT to be a simple surface. I see a lot of fine lines and such.
In Helicon Focus I've read the help and played with the different methods for assembling the stack, and I don't have a good feel for getting optimal output. With method B I ran a stack through HF with radius 2,4,8,16,32, and smoothing of 2, 4, and 8. Then looked at the output. Even at 100% on the D810 images, I'm not seeing the drastic changes I'm expecting. I'm not getting big halos OR fine hairs that disappear.
I figure I'm missing something. I"ve settled on using a radius of 2 or 3 and a smoothing of 4, but after looking at the output, I usually shrug and go to Method C.
Can you experts elaborate on your workflow and what kind of parameters you find best for subjects like wildflowers?
the stacks is working pretty well as long as I can keep the subject(s) still. My subjects are typically flowers with a lot of fine fuzz, hairs, and other fiddly bits, so I consider them NOT to be a simple surface. I see a lot of fine lines and such.
In Helicon Focus I've read the help and played with the different methods for assembling the stack, and I don't have a good feel for getting optimal output. With method B I ran a stack through HF with radius 2,4,8,16,32, and smoothing of 2, 4, and 8. Then looked at the output. Even at 100% on the D810 images, I'm not seeing the drastic changes I'm expecting. I'm not getting big halos OR fine hairs that disappear.
I figure I'm missing something. I"ve settled on using a radius of 2 or 3 and a smoothing of 4, but after looking at the output, I usually shrug and go to Method C.
Can you experts elaborate on your workflow and what kind of parameters you find best for subjects like wildflowers?