![]() ![]() Once Photoshop finishes loading the images as layers you need to align the images. In Adobe Bridge, select all of the images and then select Tools > Photoshop > Load Files into Photoshop Layers… Loading the selected files into Photoshop as layers. Focal Point Placed on the Front Edge of the Mushroom Focal Point Placed on the Middle of the Mushroom Focus on the Rear Edge of the Mushroom The steps Load images into Photoshop layers Below is a sample of 3 of the 14 images I processed-you can see the focal point moving from the front edge to the rear edge of the mushroom. However the more photos you need to process, the longer it will take to process them. The more focal steps you capture, the better the results. Depending on your subject, you may need to capture more or less images. In this example I took a total of 14 images of the mushroom. Once all of the images are captured, you would use Photoshop to align all of the images, and then blend them to create one final image that has the entire subject in focus. In this example you would stop taking your series of photos when the focal point reaches the far edge of the mushroom cap. You would continue taking photos, while progressively moving the focal point to a spot farther away from the camera. ![]() The second shot would have an area just behind the foremost edge of the mushroom in focus. The first shot would have the very foremost part of the mushroom cap in focus. For example in this tutorial I’m using a photographs of a mushroom. ![]() For each shot of the subject, you would vary the focal point. One option is to capture several shots of the subject using a tripod and manual focus. What can you do to get all of your subject in focus, but still keep the background blurred? While this can be overcome by using a very small aperture, the resulting image might have too much DOF, where too much of the image is in focus, and the image might be slightly less sharp. When shooting macro images to bring out those hidden details in small objects, your resulting image often has a very shallow depth of field (DOF). ![]()
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