What settings do you guys use in Registax wavelets?

[rumples riot]

Hi guys, just wondering for planetary shots what settings do you all use in the wavelet area on the 6 sliders. I have been going pretty minimal and would like some help as I am sick of just winging it. Really appreciate any help that can be given.:D Learning is fine, but would like some idea what and why instead of just groping in the dark.

Paul

[iceman]

For the most part, I think it depends on the quality of the original image.. for example, a nice stacked image @ f/20 will be able to put up with more wavelet processing than my tiny f/5 images :)

From what i've learnt, from playing around and from reading about settings that others use, I use linear mode, and either:

- Use a step mode of 2 and modify layers 1, 2 and 3 to about 10 or so, give or take +/- 5 depending on how it looks.

or

- Use a step mode of 0 and modify layers 3,4,5 and 6 - 3 is the highest, sometimes around 20-40, and the other layers decreasing so that layer 6 is the least changed.

I also usually reduce contrast and brightness a fraction, but it depends what settings you used in the capture. The LPI might be different than the ToUcam in that respect.

Also, before doing any changes to wavelets, I click RGB shift and "estimate".

Also don't forget to choose a proper processing area size and click in the middle of your object to centre the processing area, or click "do all" to do the entire image.

Good luck!

[gbeal]

Paul,
I know what you mean, and then there is V3, which seems even more complex.
In the early days of Mars I simply slid the upper sliders across until I was happy.
These days my 19 year old computer guru son (herafter known as the "slave") is responsible for all processing. I stack them, and provide the raw BMP, and he wavelets them. How he does this I don't know, and really don't want to. I will make a point of taking more notice next time.
Gary

[rumples riot]

Yes please thanks Gary, don't have a slave myself so I have to learn how to do it myself. Redid the tutorial though and learnt quite a lot more as you will see in my latest shots 24 dec.

Thanks Mike for the advice, much appreciated