That's a lot of back and forth Alex. Do you have maxim5? I've found you can dump everything, even the cal files, in the same directory and maxim5 will sort, calibrate, align, combine and colour convert the lot. I've sometimes done L on it's own first to sharpen it but generally it's a one stop shop so long as the fits headers are right. You know me, the less time in front of a PC the better
Of course that's not with a qhy9, that's with a starlight. Don't know yet if the overscan area from the qhy images will screw me over or not. I'll find out next year I guess