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{{Short description|Image processing software package}}
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = CombineZ
| name = CombineZ
| logo = [[Image:CombineZ family logo.png|64px]]
| logo = CombineZ family logo.png
| logo size = 64px
| screenshot = [[image:CombineZM 01 Pengo.png|250px]]
| screenshot = CombineZM 01 Pengo.png
| screenshot size = 250px
| caption = CombineZM running on Windows XP
| caption = CombineZM running on Windows XP
| developer = Alan Hadley
| developer = Alan Hadley
| latest release version = CombineZP
| latest release version = CombineZP
| latest release date = 6 June 2010
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2010|06|06}}
| operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| genre = [[Digital image processing]]
| genre = [[Digital image processing]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website = [http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ CombineZM/ZP home]
| website = {{URL|hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk}}
}}
}}
{{Portal|Free software}}
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
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'''CombineZ''' is an [[open source]] image processing software package for creating [[Focus stacking|extended depth of field]] images. It runs on [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows 2000|2000]]. The current release is '''CombineZP''' (CombineZ-Pyramid), successor to CombineZM (CombineZ-Movie) which was based on CombineZ5 (designed for older versions of Windows and is no longer maintained).<ref>http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm</ref>


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'''CombineZ''' is [[free software|free]] [[digital image processing|image-processing]] software package for creating images with [[focus stacking|extended]] [[depth of field]]. It runs on [[Microsoft Windows]]. The current release is '''CombineZP''' (CombineZ-Pyramid), successor to CombineZM (CombineZ-Movie) which was based on CombineZ5 (designed for older versions of Windows and is no longer maintained).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm |title=CombineZM News |access-date=2009-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123110407/http://hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm |archive-date=2009-01-23}}</ref>
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CombineZ processes a stack of images (or "Frames") and is most frequently used to blend the focused areas of several partially focused [[Digital photography|digital photographs]] in order to create a composite image with an extended [[depth of field]] (DOF), created from the in-focus areas of each image.

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CombineZ processes a [[speckle imaging|stack of images]] (or frames) and is most frequently used to blend the [[focus (optics)|focused]] areas of several [[shallow focus|partially focused]] [[digital photography|digital photographs]], usually [[close-up]]s, in order to create a [[compositing|composite image]] with an extended depth of field, created from the in-focus areas of each image.


== Other uses ==
== Other uses ==
CombineZ has many image manipulation functions that can be used modifying images (frames) or sets of sequential images (stacks). It can take videos and split them into individual frames which are then manipulated as a stack. For instance since version CombineZM you can take a movie through a microscope as you wind the focus up or down, and use it for focus-stacking. Alternatively you can convert a sequence of static frames into a movie (including generating intermediate transitional frames for smoothness) or a psuedo 3D 'rocker' image stack animation.
CombineZ has many image manipulation functions that can be used in modifying images (frames) or sets of sequential images (stacks). It can take videos and split them into individual frames which are then manipulated as a stack. For instance, since version CombineZM one can take a movie through a microscope as you wind the focus up or down, and use it for [[focus stacking]]. Alternatively, one can convert a sequence of static frames into a movie (including generating intermediate transitional frames for smoothness) or a pseudo-3D 'rocker' image stack animation.
[[File:Karori reservoir 1988 vs 2012.ogg|Animation that used image alignment features and transitional frames in an attempt to visualise changes over a period of 14 years|thumb|300px|left]]
[[File:Karori reservoir 1988 vs 2012.ogg|Animation that used image alignment features and transitional frames in an attempt to visualise changes over a period of 14 years|thumb|300px|left]]
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[[File:Booklouse head 01.ogg|Images of a booklouse animated to create a pseudo 3D visualisation|300px|right|thumb]]<br clear=all/>


== Limitations ==
== Limitations ==
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* Images must be in height order (closest to furthest, but can be flipped within the application)
* Images must be in height order (closest to furthest, but can be flipped within the application)
* Supports a limited number of image and video formats
* Supports a limited number of image and video formats
* Only runs on Microsoft Windows


== Illustration ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Nuctenea.umbratica.edof.2.jpg|Macro image created with CombineZM. All parts of the spider are in focus.
Image:Nuctenea.umbratica.edof.2.jpg|Macro image created with CombineZM. All parts of the spider are in focus.
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</gallery>
</gallery>


Some images created with CombineZP and taken with a [[Nikon Coolpix P7000]] :
Some images created with CombineZP and taken with a [[Nikon Coolpix P7000]]:
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:2011-12-02 12-42-51-electronic-devices-11f.jpg|Electronic components
File:2011-12-02 12-42-51-electronic-devices-11f.jpg|Electronic components
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</gallery>
</gallery>


Some images created with CombineZM/CombineZP and taken with a [[Nikon D300]] with a [[Camera_lens#The_macro_lens|macro lens]] :
Some images created with CombineZM/CombineZP and taken with a [[Nikon D300]] with a [[Camera lens#The macro lens|macro lens]]:
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:2011-06-02-diaph.jpg|A diaphragm from an old videocamera
File:2011-06-02-diaph.jpg|A diaphragm from an old videocamera
File:2011-06-02-capteur.jpg|A sensor from an old videocamera
File:2011-06-02-capteur.jpg|A sensor from an old videocamera
File:2011-07-04-fossile-focus-stacking.jpg|Fossil
File:2011-07-04-fossile-focus-stacking.jpg|Fossil
File:2011-07-21-cactaceae-1.jpg|Rebutia minuscula
File:2011-07-21-cactaceae-1.jpg|''[[Rebutia minuscula]]''
File:2011-07-22 15-02-46-fuse-box.jpg|Electric device
File:2011-07-22 15-02-46-fuse-box.jpg|Electric device
File:2011-12-04 16-24-26-Asteraceae-71f.jpg|Asteraceae sp. flower
File:2011-12-04 16-24-26-Asteraceae-71f.jpg|Asteraceae sp. flower
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category|CombineZ family}}
* [http://hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm CombineZP home]
* {{Official website|hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk}} {{dead link|date=August 2017}}
** [https://github.com/Vincentdecursay/CombineZP Repo of code on GitHub]
* [http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZM/combinezm.htm CombineZM home]
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZ5/Examples/getting_started.htm |title=Getting started guide for CombineZ5 |access-date=May 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191259/http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZ5/Examples/getting_started.htm |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
* [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/combinez/ Official CombineZ Yahoo! group]
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* [http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_2/170/field.htm Easy to read explanation of how CombineZM works]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090124044502/http://hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZ5/combinez5.htm CombineZ5]
* [http://cholla.mmto.org/minerals/photos/stacking.html Page with source code archives]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110724191259/http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZ5/Examples/getting_started.htm Getting started guide for CombineZ5]
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* [http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_2/170/field.htm Easy to read explaination of how CombineZM works]


[[Category:Digital photography]]
[[Category:Digital photography]]
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[[Category:Windows-only free software]]
[[Category:Windows-only free software]]
[[Category:Free graphics software]]
[[Category:Free graphics software]]
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]

[[fr:CombineZP]]

Latest revision as of 00:45, 21 September 2024

CombineZ
Developer(s)Alan Hadley
Stable release
CombineZP / June 6, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-06-06)
Operating systemWindows
TypeDigital image processing
LicenseGPL
Websitehadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

CombineZ is free image-processing software package for creating images with extended depth of field. It runs on Microsoft Windows. The current release is CombineZP (CombineZ-Pyramid), successor to CombineZM (CombineZ-Movie) which was based on CombineZ5 (designed for older versions of Windows and is no longer maintained).[1]

CombineZ processes a stack of images (or frames) and is most frequently used to blend the focused areas of several partially focused digital photographs, usually close-ups, in order to create a composite image with an extended depth of field, created from the in-focus areas of each image.

Other uses

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CombineZ has many image manipulation functions that can be used in modifying images (frames) or sets of sequential images (stacks). It can take videos and split them into individual frames which are then manipulated as a stack. For instance, since version CombineZM one can take a movie through a microscope as you wind the focus up or down, and use it for focus stacking. Alternatively, one can convert a sequence of static frames into a movie (including generating intermediate transitional frames for smoothness) or a pseudo-3D 'rocker' image stack animation.

Animation that used image alignment features and transitional frames in an attempt to visualise changes over a period of 14 years

Limitations

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  • Does not support 16 bit images
  • Images must be in height order (closest to furthest, but can be flipped within the application)
  • Supports a limited number of image and video formats
  • Only runs on Microsoft Windows
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  • Macro image created with CombineZM. All parts of the spider are in focus.
    Macro image created with CombineZM. All parts of the spider are in focus.
  • 13 images were combined to create this image of a jumping spider.
    13 images were combined to create this image of a jumping spider.

Some images created with CombineZP and taken with a Nikon Coolpix P7000:

  • Electronic components
    Electronic components
  • Electronic components
    Electronic components
  • Bark with scolytinae sp. galleries
    Bark with scolytinae sp. galleries
  • Bark with scolytinae sp. galleries
    Bark with scolytinae sp. galleries

Some images created with CombineZM/CombineZP and taken with a Nikon D300 with a macro lens:

  • A diaphragm from an old videocamera
    A diaphragm from an old videocamera
  • A sensor from an old videocamera
    A sensor from an old videocamera
  • Fossil
    Fossil
  • Rebutia minuscula
    Rebutia minuscula
  • Electric device
    Electric device
  • Asteraceae sp. flower
    Asteraceae sp. flower
  • Asteraceae sp. flower
    Asteraceae sp. flower

References

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  1. ^ "CombineZM News". Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
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