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Originally Posted by Merlin66
Lou,
The heavyweight picture/ image processing software is directed towards the commercial/ serious amateur photographic market, not the astrophotography amateur.
There are many (!!) feature of these "professional" programs which, as an astronomer, you'd probably never use.
So the question...is this for astrophotography or "serious" photographic work??
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Totally agree, I myself cannot be serious astrophotography until I get a decent camera. That is my next step then I will gradually progress to higher-level software for post-processing. I have been using GIMP for a long time and I have seen it develop over many years and now find it more than enough for my DSLR images and possibly continue to use it over time. I even follow some Photoshop tutorials and use GIMP under the same situation. There are some other photoshop plugins that I cannot use though, but these are scripts that use some of the basic and advanced features of Photoshop. I may consider this with GIMP but I am not the best in scriptwriting.
I am gradually advancing my paid software solutions, but in my defence as an electronics engineer, I enjoy making many items myself and obtaining better images from low-cost DIY projects.