Alternatives to ForgePix

This service may suit photographers who want to combine focus-varied images, particularly for macro photography.

CombineZP is aimed at Windows users doing close-up or macro focus stacking.

It suits photographers who want a free focus-stacking tool with automatic alignment and both graphical and command-line workflows.

The manual describes OpenFocus for researchers, engineers and image-processing professionals working with multi-focus sequences.

It suits photographers, including microscope photographers, who need more depth of field from a focus series.

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Photographers making focus-stacked macro images who need high plane counts, alignment and Lightroom integration.

Macro Studio

Macro Studio suits macro photographers who combine focus-bracket images and want editing tools in the same desktop app.

Aduku Stacker

Aduku Stacker suits photographers who need focus stacking for macro, product, landscape or microscopy images.

Helicon Focus suits photographers working with focus-stacked macro, product, landscape, or still-life images.

ImageFocus Alpha suits microscope users who need image capture and analysis with compatible Euromex camera models.

It suits photographers stacking macro, product, or landscape images, including those who want scripting or batch workflows.

It suits Windows photographers making focus-bracketed or macro stacks.

It suits microscopists, laboratories, scientists, students, photographers, astrophotographers, and science educators needing stacking or signal integration on Windows.

PhotoAcute Studio suits photographers working with multiple frames for resolution, noise reduction, HDR, or focus stacking.

It suits Windows users working with focus stacks who also need image editing or 3D outputs.

Shine Stacker

Shine Stacker suits people working with microscopy, macro photography, or computational imaging who need to combine images taken at different focus distances.