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by dkperez
25.01.2018 19:22
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Rendering output dark and lacks color
Replies: 6
Views: 30766

Re: Rendering output dark and lacks color

If you're talking about the setting in Lightroom, where the export is set to .dng, yes. Here's the output:

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If it's something else, you'll have to be more specific on how to set the RAW-in-DNG-out codec.

The version is 6.8.0, which appears to render D850 images fine, but the output ...
by dkperez
24.01.2018 07:05
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Rendering output dark and lacks color
Replies: 6
Views: 30766

Re: Rendering output dark and lacks color

Maybe I wasn't clear, Stas.........

System IS running the current version of the DNG Converter - which is 10.1 and HAS BEEN running the current version of DNG Converter with each update for a VERY long time.

Preferences in Helicon Focus ARE set to point at the correct DNG Converter...

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by dkperez
11.01.2018 04:31
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Rendering output dark and lacks color
Replies: 6
Views: 30766

Rendering output dark and lacks color

Nikon D850, but I had the same problem with the D810, so it’s not specific to the 850.

Windows 10 Pro, current LR Classic, current DNG converter, current version of Helicon Focus.

Feed a series of images from Lightroom leaving them as “Original” OR DNG. Run the stacking. When it’s done, the output ...
by dkperez
01.07.2017 15:03
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Lightroom Plugin not working
Replies: 3
Views: 9566

Re: Lightroom Plugin not working

OK, it's sort-of working........

From Lightroom, grab some images to stack, Render, Save, repeat... I don't exit HF between stacks when going from Lightroom any more than I close it every time I open a set of images IN Helicon Focus. After I've done the dozen or so stacks, I'll tell Lightroom to go ...
by dkperez
01.07.2017 03:41
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Lightroom Plugin not working
Replies: 3
Views: 9566

Re: Lightroom Plugin not working

Since I was using the beta version, I went back and downloaded 6.7.1 again... Got rid of the old one and installed 6.7.1 again... The first installation didn't install the plugin - it created the folder but DIDN'T put the files in. Installed a second time and it got the plugin. Appears to be working.
by dkperez
30.06.2017 22:25
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Lightroom Plugin not working
Replies: 3
Views: 9566

Lightroom Plugin not working

I found a few topics over the last year or so with a similar problem, but they didn't fix whatever it is, so......

Normal PC running Windows 10, 64-bit. Helicon Focus 6.7.1 - it says it's up to date. Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.10.1 - ALSO says it's up to date.

I've never had much luck with the ...
by dkperez
30.06.2017 02:12
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Artifacts, banding, bizarre looking stacks
Replies: 4
Views: 9391

Re: Artifacts, banding, bizarre looking stacks

Interesting... That may also help with the problem that the *&^%$#@ flowers keep moving even when I use a wind box!!!!! Hopefully, shooting a dozen images at 7 fps will give them a lot less time to move than shooting a dozen a 1 every 4 - 5 seconds!
by dkperez
11.06.2017 04:34
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Artifacts, banding, bizarre looking stacks
Replies: 4
Views: 9391

Re: Artifacts, banding, bizarre looking stacks

I thought I put this in previous, but apparently I never submitted it...

I've installed the beta version you sent a link for. It seems to be fine, but I"m not sure what new or improved capabilities it has. I haven't had a chance to try it with the stack I previously sent, yet.

Unfortunately, as ...
by dkperez
27.05.2017 04:46
Forum: Helicon Remote
Topic: Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4
Replies: 7
Views: 9125

Re: Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4

Actually, it was installed through Google Play. Not sure WHY everything is refusing to upgrade it. I finally uninstalled the thing and just installed 3.8.4.
Went on. Works pretty well. So far, it's connected every time I plug in the camera.

Unfortunately, I forgot I had a bunch of settings in the ...
by dkperez
23.05.2017 14:37
Forum: Helicon Remote
Topic: Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4
Replies: 7
Views: 9125

Re: Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4

Thanks Stas,

I tried one of those other sites, and downloaded .apk files for a couple versions - 3.6.2 (or some such), and 3.8.4. Unfortunately, neither will install on the tablet - they both throw errors complaining that the file is corrupt.

And I can't get the "normal" installation to do ...
by dkperez
16.05.2017 23:38
Forum: Helicon Focus: Macro
Topic: Artifacts, banding, bizarre looking stacks
Replies: 4
Views: 9391

Artifacts, banding, bizarre looking stacks

I looked in here and found several topics on people getting less-than-optimal outputs from Helicon Focus. Some of my stacks are ok, others dreadful. I've never really understood how to set up Method B radius and smoothing settings - I've tried a lot of different ones, but I'm not getting exactly ...
by dkperez
16.05.2017 23:19
Forum: Helicon Remote
Topic: Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4
Replies: 7
Views: 9125

Re: Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4

On the Android tablet it says 3.5.0.

It works about 50% of the time, so it's usable, but if 3.?? is more likely to work consistently and less likely to crash regularly I'd like to upgrade.

How do I get the current update on this tablet WITHOUT uninstalling the current version?
by dkperez
14.05.2017 21:30
Forum: Helicon Remote
Topic: Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4
Replies: 7
Views: 9125

Android tablet sayd 3.5, site says 3.8.4

I"m running Helicon Focus on a Windows 10 PC and Helicon Remote on an Android tablet. The version on there says 3.5. It's not consistent connecting to the Nikon D810. Sometimes I get a connection, sometimes not.

I thought updating to the current version (3.8.4?) might help, but when I go to the ...
by dkperez
21.05.2015 16:50
Forum: Helicon Focus: Support
Topic: I managed to lose the registration key
Replies: 2
Views: 4483

Re: I managed to lose the registration key

Sent the email yesterday and had a reply waiting this morning with the registration code... Thanks Stas.
by dkperez
21.05.2015 04:19
Forum: Helicon Focus: Support
Topic: I managed to lose the registration key
Replies: 2
Views: 4483

I managed to lose the registration key

I KNEW IT! I KNEW when I got the email that I SHOULD have copied all the information to a file and put it with the rest of the Helicon Focus stuff... BUT, OF COURSE I didn't 'cause it was SAFELY STORED IN THE EMAIL..................

Which would have worked FINE except that I finally got enough spam ...