Okay, it would appear the problem was with me. When I shot the original Stack I left the camera on Aperture Priority, so the shutter speed was variable. I shot it again today and set the camera to manual, with an aperture of f8 and shutter speed of 1/40th of a second; the result, no artifacts, inclu...

Hello I've only just downloaded Helicon Focus/Remote and am getting VERY mixed results. I shot a stack last night of my computer desk using a Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 ultrawide, set at 11mm @ f8, and was pretty impressed with the results. Today I've just shot the "Hallway" stack with...

I've just downloaded Helicon Focus/Remote and tried to use Remote at a photography gig today with mixed results. I ran the software last night at home and everything was eventually okay once I'd figured it out... it's not particularly intuitive. (I work in IT sales and build my own PC's; I don't con...