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Helicon Focus Lite v4.03
This software will appeal to people who use a compound microscope to take multiple images of their subject in order to ensure that the final image is sharp overall. Unlike dissecting instruments, compound microscopes have a very narrow depth of field. This software does a great job of taking sharp, in focus, areas of one image and combining them with those of another, or several, image/s, saving time and much tedious work doing the same thing manually in Photoshop.
Because the programme is small it takes seconds to load, and even when working with five or six images is fast - it took around twenty seconds to process the three images below to create the final version on the right. In Photoshop the same task would take 10 - 20 minutes.
Not surprisingly, a stack of images has to be similar for the programme to work properly, so it�s best to take several shots of a small part of the genitalia before moving the slide and imaging the next stack. This will create a number of images which have to be combined in Photoshop. Although Helicon Focus comes with a few tools (such as a rotate image function) you�ll still need to use Photoshop (or similar) for adjusting light, colour and contrast levels and for adding text.
Available for PC and Mac users, it costs around �70. You can download a trial from heliconfocus.com
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