2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Zerene Stacker Focus Stacking

2023-07-17 • SEND FEEDBACK •
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2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra

For my photographic work, I use Zerene Stacker heavily for focus stacking and it takes minutes to do some stacks, so speed here matters. Zerene Stacker is not the fastest stacking software out there, but minimizing touchup work is far more important and that’s where Zerene Stacker shines by yielding results that minimize the need for retouching and my retouching time is far more important than the computer time.

Zerene Stacker is outstanding at using all CPU cores. Being Java-based, it does not use the GPU.

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Results

See for example Nikon D850 'Focus Shift shooting' feature for Easy Focus Stacking.

Zerene Stacker DMAP: focus stack 20 X 150 megapixel and 28 X 45 megapixel 16-bit TIF.

The 2022 Mac Pro M2 Ultra easily beats the 28-core 2019 Mac Pro.

2023 Mac Pro: focus stacking in Zerene Stacker

2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra