CombineZP vs Rekall Fusion
CombineZP
github.com
Rekall Fusion
rekall-ai.comSide by side
| Figure | CombineZP | Rekall Fusion |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $1.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Focus Stacking Software | 8.5 (#3) | 7.5 (#18) |
| Alignment | The software provides quick and thorough image alignment, with rotation correction in thorough alignment. | It aligns neighboring frames to sub-pixel precision and handles shift, rotation, exposure differences, and focus breathing. |
| Integrations | The opened repository and product pages do not list integrations. | Contribution masks can be loaded as layer masks in an image editor, and Pro supports EXIF passthrough. |
| Output | The product page documents JPEG as the output format. | It exports TIFF, PNG, and JPEG, with 16-bit output and depth-map export available in Pro. |
| Purpose | The repository preserves CombineZP, whose original code was made by Alan Hadley and shared under the GPL. | Rekall Fusion aligns focus-stack frames and fuses them into a single image sharp from front to back. |
| Support | The opened repository and product pages do not describe a support channel. | The product page links to a user guide and settings reference that explain setup, settings, and statistics. |
Plans
Rekall Fusion
- Standard$20 a year
- Pro$45 a year
- Standard lifetime$79, paid once
- Pro lifetime$179, paid once
In their own words
CombineZP
CombineZP is a Windows focus-stacking program that combines focused regions from multiple photographs into an image with greater depth of field. Its documented methods include Do Stack and Pyramid Maximum Contrast. It provides quick and thorough image alignment, with rotation correction in thorough alignment. Batch processing can stack images, and users can adjust memory use for image sets that demand more from the computer. Macro parameters are editable for additional control over close-up stacking. JPEG is the documented output format. The program is free and the repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0. The repository preserves code originally created by Alan Hadley and shared under the GPL; it contains CombineZ5 and combineZP directories, a README, a license file, and an installer. The README refers to a compiled Windows x86 version 1.0, updated January 27, 2012, in a file named combinezp.msi. The repository says it is kept for posterity, lists no published releases, and a microscopy tools page describes the software as not maintained. Windows is the listed platform; a third-party microscopy tools page also says it works with Wine on Linux.
Rekall Fusion
Rekall Fusion has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.