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TPF Noob!
Oh wow, Overread, I'd forgotten. When I was first getting into stacking I used CombineZP - because it was free.
Then someone pointed me to Zerene Stacker. I used a 30-day trial of ZS. Though I no longer have them. I shared several comparison stacks of the same pix using ZP and then, ZS.
I bought ZS (the personal edition, $89, not the $289 Pro edition) because, to me and others, it's resultant stacks were clearly better than ZP's. In fact, I no longer have ZP on my computer. Sometimes not much better and but other times, ZS was the winner, hands down.
Admittedly, I have not used ZP in years and it is probably better now than then. Certainly, for those just starting out, ZP is a great tool to learn with.
Here's a link to a thread comparing Helicon and CombineZP. But for me, ZS is still the better stacking program. The link also addresses Zerene Stacker
http://photocamel.com/forum/macro-close-up-photography/70847-combinezp-helicon-focus.html
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Then someone pointed me to Zerene Stacker. I used a 30-day trial of ZS. Though I no longer have them. I shared several comparison stacks of the same pix using ZP and then, ZS.
I bought ZS (the personal edition, $89, not the $289 Pro edition) because, to me and others, it's resultant stacks were clearly better than ZP's. In fact, I no longer have ZP on my computer. Sometimes not much better and but other times, ZS was the winner, hands down.
Admittedly, I have not used ZP in years and it is probably better now than then. Certainly, for those just starting out, ZP is a great tool to learn with.
Here's a link to a thread comparing Helicon and CombineZP. But for me, ZS is still the better stacking program. The link also addresses Zerene Stacker
http://photocamel.com/forum/macro-close-up-photography/70847-combinezp-helicon-focus.html
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