Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Shinestacker for focus stacking

 This is the first image I processed using Shinestacker.  It's a remarkable and technically advanced piece of open source software.    This software is beyond my skill level, but works incredibly well with defaults.  

 

Sufficeth to say it was very simple, after a somewhat convoluted---but not difficult---installation on CachyOS, to process this stack of 40 images.  I have a CPU with 27 or 28 processors; and this software even took advantage of my aging Nvidia GTX-1050 video card with a mere 3GB of video ram.  25X objective, mounted in UV-curing glass glue from a hardware store.  Too bad about the detritus.  Processing took a few seconds.  


 

Ossicles of Holothuria atra mounted in UV-curing glass glue.

 

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Shinestacker for focus stacking

 This is the first image I processed using Shinestacker.  It's a remarkable and technically advanced piece of open source software.    T...