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Focus stacking, also called photo stacking or focus layering, can create the effect of a deeper depth of field without any loss of clarity or sharpness. The technique involves shooting the same composition multiple times with various focal points.

First, preview the images you plan on stacking in Adobe Bridge. For a successful processing session, I recommend stacking a minimum of 10-12 exposures. In this example, each individual exposure was shot at ISO 3200, and were 30 seconds each.

Usually three different types of image are required for the stacking process: Light frames, Dark frames and Flat frames. The images containing the astronomical motive are called Light frames. Dark frames are images obtained by taking images with a closed lens cap.

Image Stacker Bundle 4+ Three apps for stacking images for noise reduction or long exposure effects. Starry Landscape Stacker for night landscapes with stars as points. Starry Sky Stacker for images of the sky taken with the camera on an equatorial mount.

Focus stacking in Photoshop Open your images in Photoshop. Click on the File menu, then go all the way down to Scripts and select Load Files into Stack. ... Find your images. ... Select all your layers. ... Auto-Align the layers. ... Chose Auto projection. ... Auto-Blend Layers. ... Select Stack Images. ... Check the resulting focus-stacked image.

Making a focus stacked image isn't as difficult as it seems. We'll start by taking a look at what pieces of gear you will need for this technique, as well as how to work with them in the field.

To start the stacking process, you'll need to blend your first two images. To start this, open up the second image by clicking on its tab. Select and copy this image. Once the second image has been copied to your clipboard, click over to your first image and paste the second image on top of it.