TuFuse

Spec sheet

Purpose

TuFuse combines the best-exposed and/or best-focused regions of multiple images into a composite image.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Maker

TawbaWare describes itself as home to software, photographs, and writings by Max Lyons.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Auto-bracketing

Auto-bracketing can create lighter and darker versions of an input image and fuse them with the original.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Command line

TuFuse is a Windows command-line program and does not have its own graphical user interface.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Distribution terms

TuFuse comes with no warranty, and unauthorized redistribution or bundling with another program is prohibited without the author's written consent.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Downloads

The page lists 32-bit and 64-bit TuFuse 1.60 downloads and TuFuse 1.50 as a previous version.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Formats

TuFuse reads 8-bit JPEG and 8/16-bit TIFF files and writes TIFF or BigTIFF output.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Input alignment

TuFuse is designed for perfectly aligned images; the page recommends using another program to align images or capturing them from a tripod without moving the camera.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Integration

TuFuse is designed to work with PTAssembler, which provides a graphical interface and can align images before invoking TuFuse.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

RAW support

TuFuse can read RAW formats supported by DCRaw when DCRaw is installed, but DCRaw is not distributed with TuFuse.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Two-stage fusion

By default, TuFuse focus-blends images with similar exposures, then exposure-blends the intermediate images.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Version

The listed current version is 1.60, dated August 2012.Read 8 Oct 2026 · tawbaware.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Focus Stacking Software#23 of 247.0