Photo Acute Studio Review

Written by Denny Tang

Sunday, 29 June 2008


In the world of photo retouching, there is a technique called image stacking; combining several variations of the same scene. Using this technique, you can increase sharpness, reduce noise, remove unwanted objects, increase dynamic range, and more. Photo Acute Studio lets you do all that in one software. Find out how PhotoAcute Studio can help you create super high quality photos using image stacking.

PhotoAcute Studio Review
This is a sponsored review from PhotoAcute Studio.


Features


By using image stacking, you can increase:

• image resolution
• dynamic range
• depth of field

and you can reduce:

• noise
• chromatic aberrations
• geometry distortions

Super-resolution processing

One of the best features of PhotoAcute Studio is that you can increase the image resolution of your camera using several images. Don't confuse this with the image dimensions (width & height). It increases the sharpness of the image and not the width and height. Using this technique, you can get DSLR quality images using point and shoot cameras. This is no sharpening trick to fool your eyes; the MTF test the company conducted shows that it actually increases image resolution.

Below is an image of the before and after effect of super-resolution processing. The picture was taken four times and those four images were loaded into PhotoAcute Studio. The four images were combined to create an image with a lot better sharpness. Also, the images can be automatically aligned meaning you can shoot handheld without a tripod. Click on the image below to enlarge and see the details.

Noise reduction without losing sharpness

If you don't have a tripod and you need to shoot on a high ISO setting, you'll get photos with lots of noise. The solution? You can either use a noise reduction utility or shoot several frames and combine them with PhotoAcute studio. If you use a noise reduction utility, you'll lose image data and end up with an unsharp image. Instead, use the image stacking technique and get a cleaner image with more detail. See for yourself with the images below. Continue to complete.....