• Zerene Stacker is a “focus stacking” program designed specifically for challenging macro subjects and discerning photographers. Of course it works great with simpler subjects, close-ups, and landscapes also! This subject is a common fruit fly, as seen through a 100X microscope. Individual image on the left, stacked result on the right.

Why use it?

Zerene Stacker has several advantages over other commonly used stacking programs:

* Highest quality output images, especially in difficult cases
* * Accurate and robust alignment and interpolation
* * Advanced stacking algorithms
* * * Clean handling of hairs and bristles – no halos or contour lines
* * * Preserves low contrast detail and avoids “stacking mush” with deep stacks
* * Fast and flexible retouching makes it easy to combine the best features of multiple algorithms as well as original frames
* Retouching supported by all versions, even at the lowest price
* Supports 8- and 16-bit input and output files
* Can generate stereo and 3-D rocking animations from a single stack, even for difficult subjects with structural overlaps and bristles.
* Fully utilizes modern multi-core processors and multi-processor computers
* Runs on all major computer systems: Microsoft Windows®, Macintosh OS X®, Linux®.