On1 Photo Raw 2019 Focus Stacking Problem

Even with all the updates I still get artifacts. I have tried several times and still no luck. Anyone using it with good results?

No. In addition to focus stacking, ON1 has a number of problems in other features / functions. I own it, no longer use it. IMO, I wasted my money.

The short answer? No. It is trying to be everything while being average at best at most of it. I purchased the original OnOne raw 10, then PhotoRaw, and gave up on them after the 2018 incarnation that I apparently paid to upgrade and, figuratively, beta test for them. Just being honest.

I would suggest you use the right tool for the job. I use Helicon Focus, others also use Zerene Stacker - you can also try the free enfuse/enblend with the Hugin or similar GUI front end - you will need a free alignment utility like align-image-stack (https://wiki.panotools​.org/Align_image_stack​_) to use enfuse/enblend.

Good luck.

Kirk

I'm really liking On1 Photo Raw 19 and it's a bummer the focus stacking is more miss than hit. Bought Helicon Focus and I'm happy.

This was a big consideration when I got this software. The automation doesn't work for me either. Far to many artifacts and it doesn't choose the sharp areas very well at that. I can go in manually in their layers as I want to do.