deepsky stacker software free

[vindictive666 (John)]

morning all

i came across this from an other place any use to any of you ?


http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html

[Lester]

Sounds good John,

Will keep it in mind when I start DSI in a few weeks.

Thanks.

[Harpspitfire]

its been around for awhile but not very well published- i used it instead of paying for images plus--since i dont do all the calibration//flats-etc- i use a more simplified freebie called 'rot n stack'- i dont have the link for it but a web search will turn it up. i standarized with this one for the moment and finish up in photoshop & astronomy tools actions- john

[sheeny (Al)]

Thanks John. I'm downloading it as I type this. I'll give it a whirl, as I've suffered some problems trying to make Registax work with Dark Frames...

Al.

[5ash (Philip)]

Have downloaded and tried deepskystacker today. It is very easy to use. you dont have to select stars or areas of the image or which pics to stack it does it for you. The results i got were excellent.It was written for the canon 350D though supports many other dslrs. However Some items in the program i dont understand and would be grateful if those with more experience than i could enlighten me. They are:
1. offset bias
2.The RGB post image adjustments? what should i do with the rgb curves?superimpose them or????
3. The luminiscence adjustment ??
etc

philip

PS I tried rot'n stack the other day but ended up with whorls. What was i doing wrong??

[Harpspitfire]

i dunno- i get the same results with either program- reason i use 'rot' more is cause i dont register or use any flats and darks as you can with DSS- another thing with DSS is you have tiff or PNG files at the end i think, i use the manual align in ROT and then press animate to make i got them all correct-- i dont shoot in RAW, i feel since i have to post in JPG and print the same- its just alot of extra work, even though RAW has more info, i think it comes down to processing skills, ive seen some great images taken in JPG that simply blow away RAW images--on another note, a good friend of mine creates atn files for PS- i use alot of his actions- one of his lastest atns is for the fits liberator program they used in nasa- which was complicated to say the least- i havent tried any of this yet, but from my understanding your dealing with data instead of an image for processing- some of thee images processed this way are are 'out of this world'- LOL, john