Capture One integration, sharper small stacks, smarter StackCheck

Version 2026.10.08

Capture One plugin!
Stack straight from Capture One. Install it from Integrations → Install Capture One Plug-in…, then in Capture One run Scripts → Update Scripts Menu. Select a bracket and pick Stack in Macro Studio (RAW) for your originals, or (TIFF) to bring your Capture One edits along. Save, and the result lands in your catalog beside the frames.

Small stacks come out sharper
A stack of only a few frames could come out softer than its own source photos. Now it keeps that detail.

One bad frame no longer smears the whole stack
A frame that lined up badly could drag every frame after it out of place, leaving a long streak across the picture. Macro Studio now checks that match before anything builds on it.

StackCheck points at the real problem
When alignment broke partway through a stack, StackCheck blamed a good frame next to the damage. Now it tells you alignment failed instead of suggesting frames to leave out.

Frame numbers in file names pick the number that actually changes.
Some editors, like DxO PureRAW, put the frame numbers in the middle of the filename instead of the end. Now we pick the correct ones.

Sony Compressed RAW frames are no longer called damaged and left out of the stack.

On Linux, Macro Studio no longer points you at the Adobe DNG Converter, which Adobe doesn't make for Linux.