Just checking in to see if there is any news on this by HeliconSoft/Catherine?

Thanks for your update!

Phil

Thanks all for your input and replies!

I have to point out that renaming the files using metadata for focus distance or by known picture order of a stack is only a solution if you know the boundaries of your stack or just have an isolated single stack.

My everyday experience is the following: I'm ...

Hi Phil,

There is no way to reorder the images, they are always sorted by file name.
Is there any data related to the focal distance in the EXIF?


Thanks for your answer!

I looked at the raw files with EXIFtool, and there sure is focal distance data in the maker's section: the item ...

Why not relabel them in your folder?
Make a copy of the folder.
Rename them 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Then import them into HF


Thanks for your reply! But as I said in my OP this is time consuming process. Of course it can be done (and I do it), but rearranging the files in Helicon would be much faster ...

I have several Olympus cameras that do in-camera focus stacking; they stack in camera, but also provide the single exposures for later, better stacking in external software.

Unfortunately Olympus opted for a certain order taking the pictures: if you have e.g. a eight picture stacking sequence, the ...