Helicon Focus User Guide

Method C breaks the images down into wavelets and frequencies, sorting them from deep to shallow layers.

You can also use this tool to paint a clean, completely blurred background from a single source frame over an area cluttered with stacking artifacts. Saving and Exporting helicon focus user guide

Lock your shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Exposure variations cause banding artifacts. Method C breaks the images down into wavelets

Method B finds the sharpest pixel from the stack for each specific point and creates a virtual 3D depth map to assemble the final image. Exposure variations cause banding artifacts

Once you have your images (whether captured with Helicon Remote or imported from your camera), it's time to render them. The is the main workspace in Helicon Focus. To get started, you can load your images by dragging and dropping them directly into the program. If you are using Adobe Lightroom, the software offers a plugin for seamless integration.

This is the default method, often the fastest. It's great for relatively flat subjects or when your main concern is preserving color and contrast. However, it can be prone to halos around high-contrast edges.