@ebiggs1 wrote:
Although I have DPP 4 I am not a big supporter or user but I don’t think it supports focus stacking. Its strong attribute is lens correction. And I do try other programs when time allows I always come back to the best IMHO and industry standard Photoshop.
EB, DPP 4 has supported focus stacking for quite a while, since Canon included Focus Bracketing in its cameras, and does a good job. They call it "Depth Compositing" and can be found in the DPP Tools menu. In fact, it's quite a bit simpler than PS where you have to d/l a plugin, merge and align layers, etc. I've tried (bought) the best dedicated stacking programs on the market and DPP is as good at it as any of them in IQ and post touchup tools, albeit way slower, but it is free and I have time if nothing else 🙂 I like to start my stacks with Raw and DPP is the only one that does that. Sure, you can load your Raw files into other stacking programs, but they are converted to DNG or TIFF or whatever, usually with Adobe DNG Converter, but they do not allow you to edit Raw and stack the actual Raw files like DPP does.
TBH, I let my PS and LR subscriptions expire when I realized that I was doing all I needed to do in DPP and PSP, the later mainly for framing and cropping. Granted, I don't do weddings and portraiture any more which I feel is where PS shines. Your clients want to see art. I do nature photography, now that I have retired, so all I need is a little sharpening, saturation of various colors to make them "pop" a bit, and some odds and ends that DPP provides adjustments for. My approach is to get the shot right in the first place so very little is needed in post.
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