Message from discussion Macro photography: software for extreme depth of field?

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From: "Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)" <usern...@qwest.net>
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One of the big issues with macro photography is the narrow
depth of field.  Is there any software that will take a stack of images,
each at a slightly different focal point and extract the sharpest
areas and assemble one image with greater depth of field?
I've been taking some macro shots where I get several focal
points with different parts of the subject in focus, then merging
the images in photoshop.  It is tedious and seems ideal
for software.

Roger