Using Auto-Blend

You can use Auto-Blend to merge stacks of images in two different ways:

Focus Stack: You can blend using focus stacking. This will merge images with different focal distances to create a new image with a greater depth of field.

HDR: You can blend using HDR. This will merge images with different exposures to create a new image with an optimal dynamic range.

Focus Stacking and HDR will ignore all masks, text layers, and adjustment layers.

Running HDR or Focus Stacking on large images will require a significant amount of memory.

To Auto-Blend Using Focus Stacking:

  1. In Manage mode, select the images in the File List pane.
  2. Do one of the following:
  3. In Edit mode, in the Layers pane, Ctrl + click to select specific layers or Shift + click to select a range of layers.
  4. Choose Layer | Auto-Blend Layers...
  5. In the Auto-Blend dialog, select Focus Blend.
  6. Press OK.
  7. A warning dialog will pop up. If you have selected your images according to the order of their focal distance, press Proceed. If your image selection is not in order, press Cancel and change your order of selection, whether by culling, renaming, or ctrl-clicking. The focus blended layer will appear as the top layer in the Layers pane.

To Auto-Blend Using HDR:

  1. In Manage mode, select the images in the File List pane.
  2. Do one of the following:
  3. In Edit mode, in the Layers pane, Ctrl + click to select specific layers or Shift + click to select a range of layers.
  4. Choose Layer | Auto-Blend Layers...
  5. In the Auto-Blend dialog, choose HDR Blend.
  6. Press OK. The HDR blended layer will appear as the top layer in the Layers pane.

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