Ran 16 images in method B, then ran the first 4 images in method B. XmpMM:DocumentID, xmpMM:InstanceID and stEvt:InstanceID ALL CONTAIN THE SAME VALUE. The Exposure is -3.xx vs +4.xx so crs:Exposure2012 isn’t important. The three dates are different (expected)… BUT, there are OTHER differences:Īnd when imported into Lightroom, they look VERY different. Changed the exposure to about +4 and exported a. NEF file, in Lightroom, changed the exposure to about -3 and exported as a. One is 19:44:09, the other is 19:45:30.Īs near as I (and the compare) can tell, EVERYTHING ELSE in there is identical. The ONLY three fields that differed were the date at the top, the xmp:ModifyDate and the xmp:MetadataDate. They were done in TWO different sessions so I’d expect SOME differences. I took a 19 image stack and a 7 image subset and did a compare. Moving from image to image, for a split second, the correct image displays, then is replaced by the image that's the same as the others. I've occasionally, PARTLY had the same experience in Develop. All 4 of the images are the same! PS shows the correct image when you export to PS.Ĭan we PLEASE have an explanation of what is happening! I now have 4 images that have been rendered by HF and saved to LR. Got an idea, so I opened LR and did this:Įxport 8 images to HF. Uncheck several images so that only use 8 images. I removed them from the LR catalog, then imported them back in. I then went back to LR and exported the images to PS and the CORRECT image was sent to PS! They are all different as they should be. I then used File Explorer to find the DNG files and double clicked (Note: I did NOT export them from LR, I just accessed the image directly from the hard drive are stored on). On my second monitor they all looked the same (seemed to be method B, the first one that I saved from HF to LR).

When I view all the images (grid view) they looked the same. The three rendered images are then saved to Lightroom. These 8 images were rendered with method C. I then unchecked 14 images, leaving 8 images checked. I rendered a 22 image stack with both methods B and C. I have experienced the EXACT SAME PROBLEM! Is there a preference or setting in Helicon I can have wrong? If not, I’m out of ideas. I COPIED the output files to another computer and on THAT computer THEY ALSO LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. I can provide the file links if anyone wants to download them, but the three. On THEIR systems a couple people said they SEE the differences. dng files to my website so people can download them. If, however, I render 8 images FROM THE MIDDLE of the stack, NOT including the first image in the stack, the outputs DO show up as different.Ī painfully involved interaction on another forum (Lightroom), resulted in MANY suggestions but no solution. So, a 19 shot stack output and an 8 shot output of the first 8 images in the stack look THE SAME. Rendering the FULL stack, then re-rendering a subset of the first several images MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. dng instead of Nikon RAW images makes no difference.īuilding 1:1 previews makes no difference.ĭELETING the preview folder tree for the entire CATALOG, forcing Lightroom to rebuild the previews makes NO difference. jpg files, the difference is very visible.Įxporting from Lightroom as. However, when in Lightroom Classic Library, opened in Loupe view, they are the same. When viewed in Faststone viewer, Adobe Bridge, Photoshop or even Affinity Photo, they DO… THEY LOOK, AND ARE, DIFFERENT. The two files have different names and SHOULD appear very different.

dng to Lightroom, STAY in Helicon and render the same set in method C, save as a. Render in method B with default 8,4, save the output as a. I send the raw images using “original” for the export. I take a set of images to render in Helicon Focus. Windows 10 Pro, Lightroom current, graphics drivers current, Helicon focus 7.6.4. I’m hoping I have a preference incorrect or something wrong in my process…

Helicon focus pro 7.6.4