Photo One Loc: Clearwater Florida

I know there is a free program that you can use for stacking "Over and under exposed photos of the same photo, and it will build a nice photo from it. I can't remember the name of it. I have On1 10,On1 photo raw, lightroom 5CC and photoshop 2017. Can any of those programs do the job?

Kenny

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Photoshop will do it Kenny, use:
FILE
AUTOMATE
PHOTOMERGE

It will guide you to your selections and stack them based on your designated parameters.

WDN2 Loc: SF Bay Area

What you're describing is software for creating what's known as High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos. I don't have the On1, so I don't know about that, but I do know that Photoshop and Lightroom both can do it. It's very popular because it can enable you to have good detail in the dark areas without blowing out the highlights. If you're so inclined, it can be used to create some rather garish effects. Hope this answers your question.

Photo One Loc: Clearwater Florida

Thank You my good friend.

Kenny

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

HDR is about increasing the effective Dynamic range: making details visible in both dark shades and in bright highlights.

Focus stacking is about increasing the effective DOF: making details sharp both close to the camera and far from it.

For HDR, Photomatix, is pretty popular here.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Anytime Kenny. Have a Merry Christmas

Photo One Loc: Clearwater Florida

Same to you Carter!!

Kenny

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Actually photo stacking is used for many things, including noise reduction!!!!

PS CC does it all!!!

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Worth reading: Good information for HDR beginners at http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-53035-1.html

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

The proper term is focus-stacking. Photo stacking is what you do with handful of 4x5 prints.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Actually it is not in this instance as I am not referring to a single process but the opportunity to use stacking for a variety of use, including removing the ***** tourist that keeps walking in front of me...

I have stacks of paper too...

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

I use StarStaX a free program http://www.markus-enzweiler.de/StarStaX/StarStaX.html

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

If you shoot raw, Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC have a merge to HDR feature that will do what you are asking and leave you with a DNG file that is essentially a raw file for all intents and purposes.

SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

What Kenny (PhotoOne) was describing does sound like HDR, but what you are describing sounds more like true stacking. Or my understanding of it! Perhaps I am getting my concepts mixed, but here is what I am thinking:

HDR combines multiple photos to increase the dynamic range, and programs that do this also offer choices of presets to get special looks.

Focus stacking takes multiple photos, taken with focus taken at regular (small) intervals of distance from the camera. This allows focus throughout what is essentially a shallow depth of field, often used in macro photography as well as in other situations.

Photo stacking - such as wanting to get rid of that pesky tourist - involves several shots of the same scene, from the same position, which can be done with the same camera settings or a change of focus point depending on the subject and your purposes. Each image is put into PS and they are combined by copy and paste so each one is a different layer in a single image. Then you pick the features from each layer you want to get rid of and paint over it so it is covered and the background behind can be seen (or the background is revealed where the tourist was located). Can work better in some instances than cloning out that tourist when there is complexity in the background. Done with reducing opacity of top layer so you can see what you are either hiding or revealing in the layer below it.

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

Great idea that I haven't run into before!