Focus Points: I use to be able to see the Focus Points in any single photo. But now with a newer computer I am not able to do that or see it. Do I need any special software ? Or a...

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

I use to be able to see the Focus Points in any single photo. But now with a newer computer I am not able to do that or see it. Do I need any special software ? Or a Plugin? I have PSE 12 with Elements + for 12.
Win 10 . Sometimes my photos will be in focus but other areas are soft
being able to see where the focus points are would be of great help. I cannot remember if I had a program or plugin that allowed me to see where the focus point was at. Any an all Help would be appreciated. Hal

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Nikon View NX2 allows you to see the focus point....

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Ramblin, I don't know anything about PSE but will guess with a new program you just have it disabled somehow.
But I do want to point out that if you do any recomposing, the focus point won't be of much value. Good luck ;-)
SS

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

SharpShooter wrote:

...
But I do want to point out that if you do any recomposing, the focus point won't be of much value. ...

:thumbup:

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

ramblin21 wrote:

I use to be able to see the Focus Points in any single photo. But now with a newer computer I am not able to do that or see it. Do I need any special software ? Or a Plugin? I have PSE 12 with Elements + for 12.
Win 10 . Sometimes my photos will be in focus but other areas are soft
being able to see where the focus points are would be of great help. I cannot remember if I had a program or plugin that allowed me to see where the focus point was at. Any an all Help would be appreciated. Hal

I do not believe that PSE will display focus points. At least I have not seen that capability in the several versions that I have, nor will Photoshop that I am aware of.

If you use Lightroom you can add a free plugin that will display focus points for certain camera's.

Depending on what camera you shoot with, the software that came with your camera may display the focus points, for example, View NX2, View NX-I & Capture NX-D will come with Nikon cameras and display the focus points.

If you shoot with a Canon, I believe the software that comes with it is DPP.

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

SharpShooter wrote:

Ramblin, I don't know anything about PSE but will guess with a new program you just have it disabled somehow.
But I do want to point out that if you do any recomposing, the focus point won't be of much value. Good luck ;-)
SS

Thanks SS. I did know if I recomposed that the focus point would not be of much value. Just seeing where they are an what is soft would give me a good idea as to what I could do to make the shot better the next time. Thanks for the info though!

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

Dngallagher wrote:

I do not believe that PSE will display focus point... (show quote)

Sorry Dngallagher, I forgot to add the camera info, I have the Canon
T4i but did not install the DPP 4 version of that software, I will be doing that tonight an see if it comes up. That may be the answer. Thanks for your help and Thanks to SS also.

Black Bart Loc: Indiana

ramblin21 wrote:

Sorry Dngallagher, I forgot to add the camera info, I have the Canon
T4i but did not install the DPP 4 version of that software, I will be doing that tonight an see if it comes up. That may be the answer. Thanks for your help and Thanks to SS also.

Canons DPP that comes with your camera will show focus points.

ramblin21 Loc: Sharon,Wisconsin

Black Bart wrote:

Canons DPP that comes with your camera will show focus points.

Thank you for taking the time to help, appreciated so much.

Haydon

BreezeBrowser also shows you focus points.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

AFAIK only the camera manufacturer's own software will display the active AF point. No third party software such as Photoshop or Lightroom or Elements is able to do so (thought there might be a plug-in that makes it possible).

bcrawf

ramblin21 wrote:

I use to be able to see the Focus Points in any single photo. But now with a newer computer I am not able to do that or see it. Do I need any special software ? Or a Plugin? I have PSE 12 with Elements + for 12.
Win 10 . Sometimes my photos will be in focus but other areas are soft
being able to see where the focus points are would be of great help. I cannot remember if I had a program or plugin that allowed me to see where the focus point was at. Any an all Help would be appreciated. Hal

Once you have taken the photo, you have what you have. If your results (regarding focus) are not what you expected or were trying for, some experimenting (i.e., doing comparison shots) with the kind(s) of subject matter which has (or have) been giving you unexpected results would seem to be the way to get control of the matter.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

bcrawf wrote:

Once you have taken the photo, you have what you have. If your results (regarding focus) are not what you expected or were trying for, some experimenting (i.e., doing comparison shots) with the kind(s) of subject matter which has (or have) been giving you unexpected results would seem to be the way to get control of the matter.

What you say of course is true, it is what it is, however, making use of a tool to show where the focus ended up versus where you thought it was is a handy learning tool to help perfect the focusing.

I have found using a tool to show focus points helped me improve my shots by learning to lock focus on the area that I want. It is a skill that needs to be developed ;)

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

amfoto1 wrote:

AFAIK only the camera manufacturer's own software will display the active AF point. No third party software such as Photoshop or Lightroom or Elements is able to do so (thought there might be a plug-in that makes it possible).

FYI:

Showfocuspoints, a plugin for Lightroom shows the camera focus points for some cameras.

http://www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

SharpShooter wrote:

..... if you do any recomposing, the focus point won't be of much value.

Dngallagher wrote:

....making use of a tool to show where the focus ended up versus where you thought it was is a handy learning tool to help perfect the focusing.

'Nuf said, Don. :thumbup: