![]() I am leaning towards ImagePlus over Pixinsight given the camera control features. Tonk, once again, I appreciate your help here. Its still being developed and extended and the author (Mike Unsold) often posts here or helps out with IP questions here ImagesPlus is one of the top draw processing programs with a long track record (> 10 years now). It isn't as clear if ImagePlus is as good as Pixinsight at image processing It isn't as clear if ImagePlus is as good as Pixinsight at image processing. It looks like ImagePlus has camera control built in and that my Nikon camera is supported, though it's not clear just how supported it is. Most tools seem to be based on Canon cameras but my camera is a very good, no make that great, Nikon D800E so I'd rather not get a program only to find it's a poor fit for my Nikon camera. The two aspects I need appropriate software for is for image capture and then for processing. Looking at a few of the videos for Pixinsight it looks like it's aimed at CCD imagers and not DSLR's, but perhaps it's just the videos assume CCD's are being used and that there are separate LRGB frames versus the bayer pattern color output as a RAW image from a DSLR like the Nikon D800E. Thanks Tonk, I get that DSS is for stacking and I need to use other tools for processing after that. Close your eyes - save that file and move on to the next processing program NONE of the views in DSS (preview and post stack views) are helpful in anyway regarding acessing the true colour state/content of your image. That check box is the means to regain control. The above advice that I colored red did the trick.ĭSS is a great stacking program but its post processing tools (colour balnce and stretch) are poor (or at best very hard to master) so it is ESSENTIAL to turn off this aspect of DSS and use a better tool. 10 years on I'm still learning from my prior attempts. ![]() These are acquired skills and will need practice to perfect. once your stack is done, then its up to you to use an appropriate tool (see post above) to do the brightness stretching, colour balancing, and colour boosting (development). Previeweing linear converted images usually throws newbies as they are virtaully black with just the bright stars visible. First off image calibration and stack programs do not stretch the data (alter brightness or contrast or colour) and uses a LINEAR conversion of the RAW data to ensure calibration is correct. If you are refereing to the DSS individual frame viewer - this too is doing a non-linear temporary stretch just to let you see someting.ĪP image processing goes a totally different route. ![]() If you are using an image viewer program or the back of camera view screen these (as I said above) do a NON-linear stretch and colour boost appropriate to daytime photography. The thing is, in the individual images I see plenty of color and yes,īut what are you using to access the colour of a single frame? I have not yet used the autoguider and I'll leave that for a separate post so as not to sidetrack this thread. It looks to me that if DSS and PS CS6 are inadequate and others are needed the question is which ones and how much $? Now, to tie all this together I have the following software: Nikon D800E DSLR camera body with an assortment of AP suitable lenses Orion Short tube 80 with Orion StarShoot AutoguiderĤ. Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G mount with tripodģ. Though some are free many are not and having to get half a dozen separate programs that do one piece of the work doesn't seem efficient. One of the problems I have is that, as a newby to AP, there are so many different software packages that are being used and recommended it's more than a little overwhelming. In my second effort, the following night, I used 150 seconds, but sadly, I somehow messed up the focus and all the shots were badly out of focus. When I look at individual images the histogram is way to the left so a 60 second exposure at ISO 800 doesn't look to be enough. ![]()
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