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This also happens when I try to bin an original resolution image. It always crashes shortly after the memory runs out and swap begins. Here are the specs of this computer cheers Computer ******** Summary ------- -Computer- Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ Memory : 2942MB (9...

Hi Ivo,

It is 64 bit. Cheers

Thanks. Actually I'm using a linux system and it does that by default. There always an allocated "swap" partition on the hard drive which acts likes ram. Its super slow though as the hard disk is usually the slowest part of the system.

Cheers Richard

I've been using Startools 6 with an older computer. I'm not sure of the specifications but its close to first generation dual core with 3 gigs of RAM. I bin the image straight away so the computer can handle the size of the data - the go through multiple steps. Before I use the colour module, I deco...

Hi Dave,

Yes nice data and nice image! With my version, I let the chocolatey HA background come through a bit more and also put on a good crop. I can send a brief video if you like the result. https://www.flickr.com/gp/rkonrad/f808V7

Richard

Wayne have you taken a mask to sample white balance of stars ?

This is what you want for RGB images but it doesn't help with duoband /bicolour as there is no natural rgb look to the stars under this configuration. I second Ivo's request to see your data.

Cheers Richard

Thanks Ivo. The update fixed for me the wipe and shrink module.

Richard

I frequently encounter this problem when denoising a noisy background - instead of fully removing the noise, it blurs it so there's a multitude of blobs/patchwork throughout. The moderator of the dslr processsing group I'm part of, recommended a process using layers but I'm not sure how to apply thi...

When I attempt to mask stars and shrink, version 1.5 it crashes. I'm using Manjaro Linux Openbox. Thanks Ivo.

https://youtu.be/IBd8TWd5AD0

I was wondering if there is any point to loading up a standard dslr/osc image to "compose", then create a synthetic luminance derived from rgb (simply adding the same data to all the channels). Would this strengthen the luminance or is it simply redundant? I've tried it and get, I *think*, better re...