Questions tagged [image-stacking]

the process of combining multiple exposures to increase sharpness, reduce noise or for special effects, e.g. star trails

Image stacking is often used in astrophotography. By combining multiple images and averaging the results, random noise will be reduced.

Short exposures of the stars taken by a fixed camera can be combined by stacking to produce star trails.

The technique can also be used in landscapes, where multiple images are taken with different apertures

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Possible to do median image merge in Photoshop CS6 (NOT Extended)?

I attended a Kelby One workshop where he demonstrated the median combine method to blend multiple images and remove tourists, cars, etc. (i.e., anything that moved between shots). However, that particular tool is only available in CS Extended and…

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asked Apr 21 '16 at 16:04

David Norris

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How do I sum images?

I have a number of photos. I want to add these images togther pixel-wise (not mean or median). I have Imagemagick installed, and I tried: composite -compose plus IMG* ~/Desktop/sum.png But the output image wasn't noticeably brighter than the input…

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asked Feb 15 '17 at 14:38

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How to stack photos manually?

I want to stack x number of photos to incrase the exposure of the final image. But I need to do it manually, I mean, using Photoshop but without using wizards. My approach would be using a layer for each photo and aplying an alpha for each layer. I…

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asked May 30 '14 at 15:13

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Stacking Photos

I have series of Photos regarding the Clock. There are 12 Images Every image is a distinguished by Second "hand" on hour number like.. Time is 12.00 Second "hand" is on 1 .. 2..3..4.. .. 12 In this Mean Time when I am trying to stack up the photos…

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