CombineZ
Free image-processing software package
CombineZ is free image-processing software package for creating images with extended depth of field. It runs on Microsoft Windows. The current release is CombineZP (CombineZ-Pyramid), successor to CombineZM (CombineZ-Movie) which was based on CombineZ5 (designed for older versions of Windows and is no longer maintained).
CombineZ processes a stack of images (or frames) and is most frequently used to blend the focused areas of several partially focused digital photographs, usually close-ups, in order to create a composite image with an extended depth of field, created from the in-focus areas of each image.
01Other uses
CombineZ has many image manipulation functions that can be used in modifying images (frames) or sets of sequential images (stacks). It can take videos and split them into individual frames which are then manipulated for focus stacking. Alternatively, it can convert a sequence of static frames into a movie (including generating intermediate transitional frames for smoothness) or a pseudo-3D 'rocker' image stack animation.
02Limitations
- Does not support 16 bit images
- Images must be in height order (closest to furthest, but can be flipped within the application)
- Supports a limited number of image and video formats
- Only runs on Microsoft Windows
03Gallery
Some images created with CombineZP and taken with a Nikon Coolpix P7000:
Some images created with CombineZM/CombineZP and taken with a Nikon D300 with a macro lens:
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- CombineZM 01 Pengo.png by CombineZM is developed by Alan Hadley Displayed dried apricot by Peter Halasz (aka Pengo) Screenshot taken by Peter Halasz (aka Pengo), CC BY-SA 3.0
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