Improved Processing

[jjjnettie]

Here's and example of the difference in quality that I get by using VirtualDubMod to transfer, slice, dice and convert my DVD .ifos.
I used to use dvdx to extract and convert the .ifo's then VirtualDub for the rest.

Camera Gstar-ex, 100mm, f2.8, senseup 128x, 5 frames stacked in DeepSkyStacker.

[Marko of Oz]

Add attachment or link here ===> :D

[jjjnettie]

It still looks crap, no pinpoint stars, but you get my point.
Things can only get better.

[allan gould]

How are you grabbing each frame or are you converting/recording to DVD?

[jjjnettie]

I capture to a DVD recorder, then the disc goes into the lappy, then I import the .ifo into VirtualDubMod for editing.

[ballaratdragons]

:) Lookin good Jeanette!

Your going in leaps and bounds :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

I'm still getting my head around the differences between LCD and CRT. You can lose so much detail if you're not careful.
I reprocessed M31, hope it looks a bit better than the one at the top of the thread.

[ballaratdragons]

Yep Jeanette. I can see more detail in the arms :thumbsup:
Great work on the processing.

If you want to get rid of the Black-eye around the brighter stars there is a great little program for removing it called 'Loreal'. It can be downloaded from here, it is the 2nd one down: http://astrosurf.com/hfosaf/uk/tdownload.htm#loreal

It is really easy to use. :)

[jjjnettie]

LOL
Loreal, my pictures are worth it.