Freebie imaging software

[trent_julie]

Hi all,

We are trying to chase down some freebie imaging software, as we cannot justify Adobe CS4 nor any other version of this type of software.

I have already obtained Registax and DSS, however, these programs will not assist in rendering nor significant improvement of an image after stacking.

I have tried an open source program called Gimp which is pretty cool, however, it is limited to 16 bit.....

I'm hoping the forum might be able to advise us of suitable cheap/free imaging software to at least give an OK result at the end.

Any help would be appreciated




Trent & Julie

[Terry B]

Iris is free and has some good features.
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm

[bojan]

Yes, Iris is very good. However it is somewhat involved to get familiar with. But once you are over with initial pain, it rules..

If you use Canon DSLR, then you most likely also have DPP (Digital Photo Professional) that comes with camera.
I use it almost exclusively for post-processing (curves etc, after stacking in DSS).
Also have a look at this thread, Fitsworks looks interesting..
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=52140

[trent_julie]

thanks to everyone for their suggestions

[StevenA]

Try general search for these items: GIMP (Like Photoshop)
Photoshop 8 or 9 (You just have
to go back on line and reg them)
Registax 5 (or 4) Very Good
Imerge (Makes Mosaics)
Noiseware Community (Noise
reduction)
Image Grab (Takes a Video or
AVI file and strips it into individ images
Dark Adapted or NightBar. (turns
screen of computor red for night veiwing)
wxAstro &/or Craterlet Image
capture Prog's. (Prefer wxAstro Use
Craterlet just for Moon)
Check these out too : TSOL ( a simple observing log) you will find others there too such as TSOL and OOLog and a Messier Ob's log list..
Virtual Moon. Blink Comparator (Helps find Asteroids) DeepSky Stacker (More complex that REgistax) & Jupiter 2 emph'.
Hope these help you start. StevenA:hi: