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Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 23.04.2026 19:50
by el48tel
is there any advantage stacking Fujifilm RAF files rather than DNG
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 23.04.2026 20:00
by Catherine
Not really, but you probably spent extra processing time to obtain those DNG files and importing the original files directly would avoid the extra step. In terms of the image quality the format makes no difference.
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 23.04.2026 20:10
by el48tel
Thanks
I would agree
RAF into Helicon. Stack. Possibly stack the stacked outputs. Was very fast.
Then import into Lightroom
Looks like a new workflow!
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 24.04.2026 09:56
by jgrove
Hi Helicon,
Has V9.0.2 updated the CaptureOne plugin to ARM/Silicon or is it still Intel code? Thank you
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 24.04.2026 11:54
by Catherine
Still the same plugin for now, Intel. We'll update it later.
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 24.04.2026 12:14
by el48tel
A thought about future features .... but you might say that it is present in option #%^*
I usually make the three stacks by methods A B C. Save. Reload to make a stack from them. Is it possible that a stack can be made from unsaved stacks without the two intermediate steps of save and reload?
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 24.04.2026 12:17
by Catherine
Select the results (saved or unsaved, doesn't matter) - Right-click - Stack outputs
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 24.04.2026 13:32
by el48tel
Thanks
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 24.04.2026 17:24
by el48tel
I think ....
RAF to Helicon 9
Stack to 3 outputs
Stack outputs
Then import to LightRoom
is the fastest I have ever worked
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 24.04.2026 18:11
by Catherine
Awesome, happy to hear the new feature is helping!
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 27.04.2026 23:09
by Vlasto
Would it be possible to adjust Stack Outputs so that only retouched images are included in the process? It would greatly improve the overall quality of the final output.
At the moment, the initial rendered photos are being used in the Stack Outputs process, which means rendering errors are also carried over into the final Stack Outputs result. If the retouched images were used instead, the source material for Stack Outputs would be of much higher quality.
Thank you. I apologize for my weaker English.
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 28.04.2026 00:09
by Catherine
Select two or more results in the bottom strip - right-click - "Stack outputs". This does exactly what you ask, it adds these 2 or more selected resulting images as a stack. This does not involve the source files that went into those original results.
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 28.04.2026 09:28
by ebonino
I see that the right click "Stack output" from the lower bar use by default the Method B. Is it possible to have the possibility to switch to Method C too?
Enrico
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 28.04.2026 11:13
by Catherine
It uses the currently selected method, which you see in the parameters panel after selecting the output, and that's the method of the last stack you clicked when selecting it.
Re: Helicon Focus 9.0.2
Posted: 28.04.2026 12:27
by el48tel
Having used this new facility I can say how useful it is.
But ..... does your last comment mean that you cannot change the parameters? Or method? Previously I've tended to stick with method C for my stacking of the previous stacks because I work A then B then C so C would be left in place as the last used method. (Lazy!!!!!)