[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Ok, guys, what am I doing wrong? I'm just playing with it, trying to learn how to use it. Apparently, it's easy to use. I must be doing something wrong then. I've taken 2 shots (yes, only 2, just playing) of M8. I've shot them in RAW (CR2) and convered them to 16 bit TIFF files using Canon's DPP. Said TIFF files are in colour. When I open both files in DSS and register/stack them, the result is mono, and has a LOT of noise. Yes, I know I haven't done any flats/darks etc (forgot to last night), but I still feel that the amount of noise being generated by DSS is horrenous. And I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the final stacked shot to appear in colour either. For reference, I've attached a jpg of one of the TIFF shots - if you look closely you can see some colour, but it's a bit harder to spot cos of the resizing etc. I've also included a jpg of the final output of DSS.

Help (please of course)!

Dave