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Originally Posted by Hypnotist
I'm using a Nikon D40x. (I know most everyone will say that a Canon is better, but I've got what I've got. I'm only 15.)  |
What I used to do when I had a dslr was this
Convert the raw files via the software that came with the camera and turn it into a 16 bit tif.
I would do this for the lights, flats, darks, dark flats and bias.
The more of each the better, particularly lights.
Then I stack in deep sky stacker, take the stacked and calibrated image to Photoshop, from here you can saturate colors, apply a highlights shadow stretch, do some sharpening, some star size reduction, remove some noise, do a bit of selective blurring if you want. The options are many.
Some would no doubt stack just the raw files..... Each to his own but thats how i did it.