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I love Maxim.. Its got a great slew of very powerful pre-processing tools.. Things like DDP, deconvolution etc.. I use maxim for capture, I still use DSS for stacking and calibration, however I then take the unprocessed tiff's back into maxim for DDP, and a few other bits and pieces.. I create a few different tiff's from the original, one with a mild deconvolution just to tighten up stars, one with rather heavy deconvolution to sharpen up details.. then I'll move these files into Photoshop CS4 and use layer masks to tighten up the stars without bringing in noise or those dark halo's, then another mask to layer in the sharpened heavily deconvoluted details etc.. I find myself going back and forth between programs from capture to final processed image..
Dave, What guide camera are you using? I hope its MaximDL compatible.. Since I started using Maxim for guiding as well as imaging, the load on my laptop has gone down significantly compared to using PHD for guiding and Maxim for imaging...
Have fun with Maxim mate... Its rather involved, but once you get used to it, its really quite fantastic.
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