Improved Processing

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #1 13-09-2007, 10:42 AM

Here's and example of the difference in quality that I get by using VirtualDubMod to transfer, slice, dice and convert my DVD .ifos.
I used to use dvdx to extract and convert the .ifo's then VirtualDub for the rest.

Camera Gstar-ex, 100mm, f2.8, senseup 128x, 5 frames stacked in DeepSkyStacker.

Marko of Oz (Mark) · #2 13-09-2007, 10:48 AM

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jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #3 13-09-2007, 10:51 AM

It still looks crap, no pinpoint stars, but you get my point.
Things can only get better.

allan gould · #4 13-09-2007, 12:34 PM

How are you grabbing each frame or are you converting/recording to DVD?

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #5 13-09-2007, 06:03 PM

I capture to a DVD recorder, then the disc goes into the lappy, then I import the .ifo into VirtualDubMod for editing.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #6 13-09-2007, 06:26 PM

Lookin good Jeanette!

Your going in leaps and bounds

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #7 14-09-2007, 10:38 AM

I'm still getting my head around the differences between LCD and CRT. You can lose so much detail if you're not careful.
I reprocessed M31, hope it looks a bit better than the one at the top of the thread.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #8 14-09-2007, 03:15 PM

Yep Jeanette. I can see more detail in the arms

Great work on the processing.

If you want to get rid of the Black-eye around the brighter stars there is a great little program for removing it called 'Loreal'. It can be downloaded from here, it is the 2nd one down: http://astrosurf.com/hfosaf/uk/tdownload.htm#loreal

It is really easy to use.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #9 14-09-2007, 05:33 PM

LOL
Loreal, my pictures are worth it.