CombineZ
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 CombineZM running on Windows XP |
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| Developer(s) | Alan Hadley |
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| Stable release | CombineZP / 6 June 2010 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | Digital image processing |
| License | GPL |
| Website | CombineZM/ZP home |
CombineZ is an open source image processing software package for creating extended depth of field images. It runs on Windows XP and 2000. 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successor to CombineZM (CombineZ-Movie) which was based on CombineZ5 (designed for older versions of Windows and is no longer maintained).[1]
CombineZ processes a stack of images (or "Frames") and is most frequently used to blend the focused areas of several partially focused digital photographs in order to create a composite image with an extended depth of field (DOF), created from the in-focus areas of each image.
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[edit] Short tutorial
- install the downloaded program from here
- click on "NEW" and select all images which compose the subject and click "Open"
- when all images are opened in CombineZP, select in the scroll menu "Align and Balance Used Frames (Quick)" or "Align and Balance Used Frames (Thorough)" and click on "GO"
- when the previous command is completed, select in the scroll menu "Pyramid Weighted Average" and click on "GO"
- when the previous command is completed, click on the button on the right of the button "GO" (the button called "Shrink/Expand Active Rectangle") and click on "SAVE", write a quality of 100 and click on "OK"
- to close CombineZP, click on the cross at the top-right and at the question "Did you wish...", click on "No" (the question is displayed even if you have saved the output image)
[edit] Limitations
- Does not support 16 bit images
- Images must be in height order (closest to furthest, but can be flipped within the application)
[edit] Illustration
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Macro image created with CombineZM. All parts of the spider are in focus.
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13 images were combined to create this image of a jumping spider.
Some images created with CombineZP and taken with a Nikon Coolpix P7000 :
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Electronic components
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Electronic components
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Bark with scolytinae sp. galleries
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Bark with scolytinae sp. galleries
Some images created with CombineZM/CombineZP and taken with a Nikon D300 with a macro lens :
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A diaphragm from an old videocamera
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A sensor from an old videocamera
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Fossil
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Rebutia minuscula
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Electric device
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Asteraceae sp. flower
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Asteraceae sp. flower
[edit] References
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