Zerene Stacker is “focus stacking” software designed specifically for challenging macro subjects and discerning photographers. Of course it works great with simpler subjects, close-ups, and landscapes also! Zerene Stacker has several advantages over other commonly used stacking programs:


- Highest quality output images, especially in difficult cases
- Accurate and robust alignment and interpolation
- Advanced stacking algorithms
- Clean handling of hairs and bristles – no halos or contour lines
- Preserves low contrast detail and avoids “stacking mush” with deep stacks
- Fast and flexible retouching makes it easy to combine the best features of multiple algorithms as well as original frames
- Retouching supported by all versions, even at the lowest price
- Supports 8- and 16-bit input and output files
- Can generate stereo and 3-D rocking animations from a single stack, even for difficult subjects with structural overlaps and bristles.
- Fully utilizes modern multi-core processors and multi-processor computers

Used by:
- Professional photographers
- Individual enthusiasts
- Government & industrial research labs
- Universities
- Museums
- Schools
- People like you!

For these subjects:
- Landscapes
- Architecture
- Flowers
- Insects
- Jewelry
- Mineral samples
- Sculptures

Works with any digital camera:
- Any brand: Canon™, Nikon™, Sony™, Pentax™, Hasselblad™, Leica™, Olympus™, etc.
- Any size: digital back, full frame or APS-C DSLR, mirrorless, compact point-and-shoot, USB eyepiece, etc.
- Any other source of JPEG or TIFF files
- Does NOT control your camera, but works with other software that does.

Works with any method of focusing:
- Move the camera (focus rail, StackShot™)
- Move the subject (focus stage)
- Turn the lens focus ring by hand
- Turn the fine focus knob of a microscope
- Automatically step the focus motor inside your lens (e.g. ControlMyNikon™, CamRanger™)

Features:
- Optimized for high quality output: "Better images, less work!"
- Unlimited stack depth, from 2 frames to 1,000's if that's what you need.
- Handles very large images, e.g. 200 megapixels from a high-end Hasselblad camera
- Best-in-the-business retouching capabilities
- Full control of all stacking parameters
- Automatic alignment and scale correction (focus breathing is no problem)
- Advanced stacking algorithms
- Highest quality interpolation methods, up to Lanczos 8 (16x16) if you need it.
- Lightroom™ plugin available


Bug fixes
- “File > Remove from list” now removes cached copy of converted TIFF.
- StackShot controller now saves 6 digits for step size in predefined setups.
- StackShot controller, maximum rail speed was set wrong on launch with nonstandard drive pitch.
- DOF calculator clarifies the meaning of “Step overlap”.

User Interface:
- Include File > Exit menu item in all Mac configurations.
- Stereo calculator panel, use “P” instead of Unicode checkmark which may be absent from installed fonts.

https://zerenesystems.com