green bottle fly

denis · Post by **denis** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:56 am

mpe-65 @ 5-1
22 shots pmax + 22 shots dmap stacked in ZS,combined in PS.

19 shots pmax + dmap combined

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:40 pm

Very, very nice result from the MPE-65. Two fine images.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:48 pm

Yes, very nice!

22 shots pmax + 22 shots dmap stacked in ZS,combined in PS.

I'm curious. What sort of combining did you do in PS, and why did you decide to combine in PS instead of ZS?

--Rik

denis · Post by **denis** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:38 pm

thank you guys.
rik. just did layers,and adjusted the opacity in normal blend mode.
didn,t realize at the time that i could do both in zerene.LOL

rovebeetle · Post by **rovebeetle** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:08 pm

I also do my dmap/pmax combining in PS (with a layer mask) recently because it gives me better (more precise and more responsive) control over my brush movements, but the biggest advantage is that any action is fully reversible regardless of when I did it during the editing work.

Nice images, BTW.

Cheers

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:37 am

rovebeetle wrote:but the biggest advantage is that any action is fully reversible regardless of when I did it during the editing work.

If that's referring to the historical lack of "undo" in ZS, you might want to download the latest beta (actually a release candidate) at http://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker/so ... urrentbeta. There are new brushes, also, that act more like Photoshop's -- paint pixel values with adjustable hardness and no pause on mouse-up.

--Rik

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:40 am

denis wrote:just did layers,and adjusted the opacity in normal blend mode. didn,t realize at the time that i could do both in zerene.LOL

Thanks for the info, denis. Check out the tutorials, especially for retouching, at http://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker/do ... rialsindex. I'm happy that it's been working for you in Photoshop, but it's good to know what's available in ZS since some types of retouching are much easier there.

--Rik

denis · Post by **denis** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:49 am

thanks harry,and rik.
will check out the links.

rovebeetle · Post by **rovebeetle** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:22 am

Thanks Rik! Will give it a try. I have been so busy lately that I tend to forget to look for newer versions (of other software, too

).

Cheers