Why they want to know all of my personal information is my question. I will not give my address and the rest just so I can install a software program. I'm sorry but I decline this offer!

Kirsten  –  5 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+43)

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Hi, for those who are not familiar with FRANZIS Software few words of advice. You won't be able to activate their Software without creating Account with them to obtain Reg Key for any Software they offer for free or sell (they'll send you special ID number and long key usually pretty fast) Having Account with them helps to speed thing up when asking to send you Reg numbers (after login in), or requesting lost Software Registrations, as they keep record of your FRANZIS Programs in that Account.

From my own experience - they don't shower you with too many e-mails (only now and then), or pass your address to anyone else. As to filling your details in that Registration Form online, use your imagination..(surely!:) Once that is done make sure to log in/stay logged in BEFORE installing their Software and asking for Reg Key. It helps, trust me! Otherwise it CAN be a bit of hoops&loops, lines changing to German Language, same with location if you happen to live elsewhere a.s.o. Keep your given away mail address/password details in handy Folder on PC.
Their main homepage can be confusing too, but easier to login here: https://reg.franzis.de/en/login

As to Today's Offer, and generally any FRANZIS Software - best to study this Program's settings also before using it and practice what works but it's not necessarily obvious (comparing to other 'regular' Photo Software)
Most annoying things??: No 'open', but import image, even single, under 'import image sequence', lack of going back/forth arrows (on toolbar!!), no 'save as' function, only 'save final image' (and being forever reminded that you're in preview mode, in which case you have to go onto top bar and switch that 'eye' feature off, otherwise it can go on and on..) - then when deciding what format to use to save image in - most folk like to preserve original size, but some pngs or tiffs can not only produce massive Files, but smaller pictures.

But, enough, Focus Project3 Pro delivers quite satisfactory sharper/crisper Images, if that's a sole aim, and with PRACTICE - can be a really valuable artistic Tool to use when needed. Thanks.

fran  –  5 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+41)

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I'm not sure the description is very good. It's focus stacking software, where you take a number of images of a subject with slightly different focus position and combine them to have more in focus than would be possible otherwise.

(You can't just endlessly reduce the aperture as diffraction will soften the image after a certain point.)

JohnL  –  5 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+30)

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You cannot activate franzis software offline. This is a problem

mot mot  –  5 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+26)

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Franzis is a German company that sells both software they've developed and apps that were created by someone else. Ashampoo also sells some Franzis software. Their English site is Much more limited than their main, German site, while their giveaways are often criticized for their more complicated registration process that's also in German rather than English. Franzis software is generally well thought of in the photography world, at least online, with the criticism that it's rarely the easiest to use alternative. Like Ashampoo, Franzis will send out emails with special offers, but not nearly as often and with fewer great deals. Franzis giveaways often use a wrapper that prompts the user to register the software -- I'll copy the actual setup program from the user Temp folder to make later installs a bit quicker/easier. It's also often possible to copy the program's folder to another copy of Windows -- the needed user files/folders are created when it's 1st run -- then register it. Focus Projects 3 Pro is a bit of a niche app -- here's what it's for...

From the Focus Projects 3 Pro product page: "Focus Stacking – Macro shots that are continuously sharp from front-to-back – that is the goal of every macro photographer."

Basically Macro photography is taking extreme closeup shots, like the often very detailed pictures you occasionally see of insects or flowers. The best way to take these closeups is using a special Macro lens, though because of their higher cost, many people exploring this niche use either a lens attachment, that screws on to the lens like a filter, or extension tubes, that mount the lens further away from the camera. Both can often be found on Amazon or eBay starting at less than $10.

wikipedia[.]org/wiki/Macro_photography

Focus stacking means taking several photos of the same subject, moving the camera very slightly closer to the subject for each shot, either manually, or using a motorized rig to automate the process. The idea is to lock the focus on the closest part of the subject in the 1st photo, then as the camera moves closer, the parts that are further away from the lens come into sharpest focus. Maybe one way to think of focus stacking is building an object by stacking all these thin slices, one on top of the other, kind of like how a 3-D printer works, and that's what Focus Projects 3 Pro helps you accomplish, using the sharpest portion of each photo to create one extremely sharp image.

mike  –  5 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+25)

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