{"id":65635,"date":"2020-09-30T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/?p=65635"},"modified":"2020-09-29T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T21:13:21","slug":"how-to-use-focus-stacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/how-to-use-focus-stacking\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Focus Stacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharp focus is a prerequisite of quality photography, but it\u2019s not always easy to get the focus you want. Lenses aren\u2019t uniformly sharp at every aperture, so even if you have a great lens, a fair amount of blur can impact your work. If you need tack-sharp images throughout your depth of field, focus stacking is your tool of choice. The best part is, post-editing in Adobe Photoshop makes this seemingly complex trick a breeze.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is focus stacking?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus stacking is the technique of taking several photographs of the same scene or object while focusing on different parts of the image. During the editing process, you then layer the parts together to create a single, final image that\u2019s crisp and clean. Also known as z-stacking, focus stacking maximizes depth of field (DOF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any time you take a photograph, you choose a focus point. That\u2019s the object in the scene the camera will focus on. If you want a small depth of field and a blurry background or foreground, you choose a large aperture such as f\/2.0. But if the whole image needs to be in focus, you choose a smaller aperture, for example f\/16 or f\/22.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem is that even with small apertures you can\u2019t always pull ideal sharpness from the foreground through to the background. This often happens in landscape photography when you want a prominent foreground element to stay sharp while <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> keeping a background element in focus. That\u2019s exactly where focus stacking comes in handy.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65637\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-greece.jpg\" alt=\"focus stacking greece\" width=\"1000\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-greece.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-greece-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-greece-50x39.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>How to stack focus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus stacking is best done on a tripod because you\u2019ll have to blend the images later in Photoshop. Use a timer or a remote shutter release to minimize camera shake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll also want to change your camera\u2019s settings to manual, including manual focus and white balance. This is not a good time for your camera to make decisions for you.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you set up your scene and your camera is ready, start by focusing on the foreground and taking a few shots. Then capture additional photos while moving the focal point back gradually. Ideally, you\u2019ll want several images that center on the foreground, midground, and background. Depending on the lens and the focus distance, you may need anything from four shots up to a dozen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product photographers often work this magic with items like watches or jewelry. To do this for yourself, keep the camera on a tripod and move the focus to all the object\u2019s important elements, like the hands, the dials, the logo, and so on. Another name for this type of hyper-focused approach is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/top-10-macro-photography-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">macro photography<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good tip is to put something in front of the lens at the beginning and end of a run of focus stacking shots, such as a card or your hand. This helps you differentiate between sets and makes selection easier during post production.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve got all your photographs, it\u2019s time to import them into Photoshop.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65639\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-landscape-waterfall.jpg\" alt=\"focus stacking landscape waterfall\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-landscape-waterfall.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-landscape-waterfall-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/focus-stacking-landscape-waterfall-40x50.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@justinhikestn?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Justin Campbell<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Blending your focus stack<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This step may sound tricky, but Adobe has taken a lot of the pain out of the process. Once you\u2019ve selected your stacked image collection in Lightroom, all you have to do is right click on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">photo &gt; edit in &gt; open as layers in Photoshop.<\/span><\/i><b><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the stacked images open as layers, choose <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edit &gt; auto align layers.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A dialog box will pop up. Make sure the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">align <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">option is selected. When Photoshop blends the layers, select them all and go to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edit &gt; auto-blend layers.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s it! Photoshop will create a series of masks and blend the sharpest parts of the image, leaving you with crisp lines and zero blur from front to back. You may need to do a bit of cleanup, but all the hard work has been done.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a little patience and time spent working through this process in Photoshop, you can use focus stacking to overcome the limitations of your lens. And in the end, you\u2019ll have crisp and stunning final images every time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re interested in trying out focus stacking for yourself but need a new lens (or two), we can help. At Adorama, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/l\/Photography\/Lenses\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we have camera lenses<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from your favorite brands including Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, and many more.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Feature photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@shawnkenessey?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Shawn Kenessey<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharp focus is a prerequisite of quality photography, but it\u2019s not always easy to get the focus you want. Lenses aren\u2019t uniformly sharp at every aperture, so even if you have a great lens, a fair amount of blur can impact your work. 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