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by admin
Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: File format
Replies: 5
Views: 8532

Re: File format

Hi Ivo I have been looking for a more 'intuitive' package, since I do struggle with Iris. StarTools looked like it might be the perfect answer. However, I use a DSLR and from the above post, StarTools will not deal with RAW files and you suggest DSS for dealing with these and stacking. This does se...
by admin
Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:27 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: A Star Tools triumph over light pollution!
Replies: 3
Views: 4203

Re: A Star Tools triumph over light pollution!

Very nice! An not a trace of any dreaded light pollution! :thumbsup: Did you try using the Color module before switching Tracking off? Ivo, Thank you for the kind words...and the awesome software that helps it come together. As far as the "Color" module is concerned, I can't remember how I handled ...
by admin
Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:15 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Eastern Veil
Replies: 4
Views: 4851

Re: Eastern Veil

Would you look at that nebulosity! Fantastic!
by admin
Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Discussion idea - giving StarTools stdev data from stack?
Replies: 67
Views: 69344

Re: Discussion idea - giving StarTools stdev data from stack

Okay, that's really weird. Checking the cfitsio installed package version, I have 3.360-1 installed right now. Did it fail because the .so couldn't be found / loaded properly, or because of cfitsio itself spitting volcanoes? It's loooking for .so.2, so I tried 'fooling' it by making a copy of my .so...
by admin
Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Discussion idea - giving StarTools stdev data from stack?
Replies: 67
Views: 69344

Re: Discussion idea - giving StarTools stdev data from stack

Apologies for not chiming in as much as I'd like to. I'm snowed under with 'the other job' at the moment (which pretty much bankrolls ST). I tried the Linux app, but my install has a version of cfitsio (3.3) that's newer than the once you compiled against (2). I'm going to need to upgrade my Linux b...
by admin
Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:01 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: Color Module Tends to Eliminate Faint Nebula
Replies: 9
Views: 9519

Re: Color Module Tends to Eliminate Faint Nebula

Very nice interpretation Benedikt!
by admin
Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:59 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Possible hotkeys?
Replies: 4
Views: 7183

Re: Possible hotkeys?

I understand where you're coming from. I have been thinking about this as well - I need to balance this with 'discovery' though for new users, requiring a longer textual description... Let me think about this one...
by admin
Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:56 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Cropping tool changes please?
Replies: 1
Views: 3477

Re: Cropping tool changes please?

That's an excellent idea - framing is a very important part of AP (IMO). Noted!
by admin
Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:55 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: m27
Replies: 3
Views: 4147

Re: m27

Nothing wrong with either versions!
On my desktop screen (as well as my phone) I think I prefer the first in terms of color, but there's not much in it at all.
What did you do differently?
by admin
Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:53 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: A Star Tools triumph over light pollution!
Replies: 3
Views: 4203

Re: A Star Tools triumph over light pollution!

Very nice! An not a trace of any dreaded light pollution! :thumbsup:
Did you try using the Color module before switching Tracking off?