Posted by John W. Wall on January 25, 2010 at 7:35 PM
I do quite a bit of focus-stacking and have run into a slight problem in CS4. I get "not enough RAM" errors (I have 4GB) when I try to stack any more than about 7 images. When I'm going to do some stacking I have to jack up the Photoshop performance level to around 85%, and I open PS fresh for each stack so there's no history, etc., taking up precious RAM-juice.
The HF web site says it can handle an unlimited number of images, which seems hard to believe. Is there a catch?
Any experienced HF users care to chime in?
Posted by Mark Kraus on January 26, 2010 at 7:05 AM
HF does a much better job than CS4. I have stacked up to 11 images with my system w2gig ram.
I have used HF for the past 3yrs and love it.
Hello John,
You don't say anything about your system. Photoshop is a memory hog and needs a lot more memory in the form of a scratch disk to handle such task. Your description sounds like a system issue more than a software issue.
Here is a good site for some insight.
http://macperformanceguide.com/OptimizingPhotoshop-Intro.html
cheers
Neil
Posted by John W. Wall on January 26, 2010 at 12:59 PM
I was looking for responses from folks who've used both CS4 and HF and have compared them on the same system. When I've tried to stack 17 images, I've had to do it in three stages because CS4 wouldn't do them all at once.
Posted by ROBERTWOL on January 26, 2010 at 3:18 PM
Hi John,
I've used HF quite a bit, stacking up 25 or more macro images, it's great and getting better. No problemscoping, not always fast but quicker on 64 bit. I have tried CS4 but I reckon no comparison, not only for memory but for some of the more challenging stacks - where there are lots of bits of moss or leaves sticking up at different focal depths for example - it can't do miracles, but it copes much better. The settings are important of course.
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4 repliesThe HF web site says it can handle an unlimited number of images, which seems hard to believe. Is there a catch?
Any experienced HF users care to chime in?
I have used HF for the past 3yrs and love it.
MK
You don't say anything about your system. Photoshop is a memory hog and needs a lot more memory in the form of a scratch disk to handle such task. Your description sounds like a system issue more than a software issue.
Here is a good site for some insight.
http://macperformanceguide.com/OptimizingPhotoshop-Intro.html
cheers
Neil
I've used HF quite a bit, stacking up 25 or more macro images, it's great and getting better. No problemscoping, not always fast but quicker on 64 bit. I have tried CS4 but I reckon no comparison, not only for memory but for some of the more challenging stacks - where there are lots of bits of moss or leaves sticking up at different focal depths for example - it can't do miracles, but it copes much better. The settings are important of course.
Best wishes,
Rob