Image wont save in Startrails Program

[leon]

Hi All, I have installed the Startrails program where one can add multiable files and end up with one image.
That is all OK, but when i wish to save that final image it just dose nothing,
am i missing something here, it seems so simple, only creates the image and that is it

could someone please enlighten me.

Thank you

Leon

[SteveInNZ]

I don't have it installed on this machine and haven't used it for a while, but from memory it is saving it somewhere, just not where you are looking. It doesn't put it where the source files are. I recall that it kept over writing earlier runs because you have to explicitly tell it where to save the output.

Steve.

[leon]

Well Steve you are probably right, but when i click on the save button it has no options highlighted of where to save to.
I thought at least it would say, "where do you want to save this file to," or similar.

Thanks for your response.

Leon

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Is this a 'Trial' version with crippled save functionality ? Pay $$ and get to keep it ?

[leon]

Oh, i see, i thought it was free.

Leon

[SteveInNZ]

Now look what you've done. I've had to go and install it to find out now.

It opened a file save dialog if a startrail has been created but not if it hasn't. I don't know if that helps.
It is free but there's a voluntary donate button.

Steve.

[leon]

Oh, I see, it only dose star trails dose it, i am trying to combine other stuff, maybe that is the trouble.

Thanks for your help.

Leon

[SteveInNZ]

No. It will do any subject. It just plonks each frame on top of the last and picks the brightest pixel to show through. For most things it just makes a mess but since the bright stars move across a dark background it will create a star trail.

My point was that it won't give the opportunity to save a file until you've opened a series of images and done one of the functions in the Build menu. If you click save before then, nothing happens.

Hope that helps.

Steve.

[leon]

Thanks Steve, yes I know how to do it, and once i have built the image, so to speak, I click on save and nothing happens, and that is it.
So i expect i have an issue with the program and/or my computer, but the lappy is fine and dose everything i ask of it, so mate i don't know.
Anyway, it is no big deal, just wanted to play around with it.

Thanks for your assistance.

Leon