ImagesPlus 3.82 vs 5.xx

[iceman]

I found my old ImagesPlus 3.82 disk and installed it today to deal with stacking some images that DSS just won't do (they still turn out grey no matter what I do!).

I looked on the IP site and they're up to v5.x now, but the upgrade is $159!

Very expensive.

Is it worth it?

[leon]

Well Mike I cant speak for anyone else, but i just love Image Plus, it works so well for me, so I would say go for it, it would not disappoint.

Leon

[bert]

Get Pixinsight.

Its a pain at first... but its the juice when you work it out.

[netwolf]

+1 for Pixinsight its about he same cost and updates are free. But IP has Image Capture tools which I don't believe PI has yet, though there was talk of some users developing this. As I have Nebulosity for Capture I settled on PI, after looking at IP and AstroArt.

Suggest you grab the PI trial and give it a go. Some say its quirky to learn but personally i found with the video tutorials it was fairly easy and intuitive. YMMV

[Poita]

Another vote for Nebulosity + PixInsight.

PI is difficult in places, in others you just need to change your mindset a bit and it all makes sense.

But it has the power tools that nothing else does. I'd recommend it.

[gbeal]

I have IP4.5 (I think), and while it's nice, I am constantly annoyed at having to upgrade just to use a newer camera. Initially I got Mike Unsold to add the Sony a700 to the list of cameras, which he did, then I got the NEX, so he did that as well, but it cost me the upgrade. Now I have the Fuji, I'd love to be able to use that, but I am too tight to go the upgrade way yet again.
Great program, but I won't be springing for any more updates, instead I'll try something else, Pixinsight being one of them.
Gary