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Stack Focus in Photoshop for High Depth of Field

Stack Focus in Photoshop for High Depth of Field

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Adorama Photography TV Presents Take & Make Great Photos with Gavin Hoey. Getting a good depth of field in your photos is ideal for landscape photography but if you really want to add drama then you need to go for an extreme depth of field using a technique known as focus stacking.


Join Gavin Hoey as he shows you how you can take multiple photos at different focus points and then follow Gavin in to Photoshop CS6 where he'll show you a quick technique for combining the images together and stacking their focus.

 

Stack Focus in Photoshop for High Depth of Field

 

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About The Author

Gavin Hoey has been a freelance photographer, writer and trainer of all things photographic for over 10 years. His work can be seen in various photography magazines and he writes a monthly “How To” column for Digital Photo, the UK’s best selling photography magazine.

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Photo Depth of Field Stacking

Easy to learn how to do it without bogging down on the personal choice of details. Watching it two times and I knew how to set the camera, where to go and what menues to use in Photoshop. Gavin moves right along and doesn't waste any time on extraneous technique. I then created my own extended depth of field shot on the first try. Outstanding! Thank you.

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Sharp

Curiosity satisfied great tutorial. I realise Gavin was moving quite quickly with the light and probably not taking as much care, unless it was all done prior to clip, to set up shot I would have liked to have captured a similar wave break in all shots to add some mid zone high lights in the final. Would a tilt and shift lens alleviate this or could you do a similar thing there???

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What an intereing topic: I wanna "stack" too

What version of PhotoShop does Hoey use for this technique?

by in VA on

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Wonderful Lesson

Gavin is a wonderful teacher!! Not only for Photography but also Photoshop! Thanks Adorama for having him, and Thank you Gavin for doing it!!

by in Oklahoma on

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Nice technique

Is there any way to do this in PSE9?

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Well done!

Thank you for your many contributions on the internet. I've been watching your videos for years and always enjoing them.

by in Palo Alto, CA USA on

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Stack Focus

I always wanted to know how to do this...he is just great at it. He also made it look easy to do. Thanks Gavin!

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Stack Focus for Incredible Depth of Field

Great job

by in So. Cal on

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fantastic

I have been reading about focus stacking and wanted to know how to merge the images so this video has come just at the right time. Gavin is an Adobe god!

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Concern over f22

Do you really get that sharp of a merged photo using f22? I would think that refraction would ruin it. That said, can't wait to try this.

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