CombineZ


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, successor to CombineZM which was based on CombineZ5.
CombineZ processes a stack of images 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.

Other uses

CombineZ has many image manipulation functions that can be used in modifying images or sets of sequential images. 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 or a pseudo-3D 'rocker' image stack animation.

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