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Thanks. Good to know it's using RAM for tracking. I gave away swap space some time ago with larger RAM these days. Will just up it then.

I drizzel as I'm using a RASA8 that undersamples with larger pixel cameras. Otherwise I don't have this issue.

Hi Ivo, I have noticed when using Drizzeled 2x2 .fits files with a size around 125MB startools uses a hell of alot of memory. Now this is equally a great thing, but it will crash if memory+swap is exceeded. I'm using 64bit Startools linux using a 12core CPU, 16GB RAM and still need around a 12GB swa...

Ivo, I particularly see colour when brightness detail is increased. I also got colour artefacts in the middle of some medium sized stars. Going to check that the deconv mask was covering them but still why would colour appear on a mono file? The source data is .fits files from Kstars/EKOS. Log as be...

admin wrote:Hmmmm... sounds like a regression of a bug fixed some versions ago.
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Yep... Still happening on StarTools_1_4_352_beta too. I just desaturated atm in layering module to fix.

Purple colour appearing in NR on mono images. StarTools_1_4_350_beta

Thanks Ivo!

Yep Zenity was the culprit... All good now its installed.

On latest Kubuntu 19.04 (5.0.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP) - Startools 1.4.345 - runs fine but when I select the open file icon nothing happens. I seem to recall that you may have complied the software with something that isn't in Kubuntu (KDE) for the "file open". Ivo could you tell me what the pack...

Hi All.. first post! I've being using ST for some time now but one thing that would be very handy to do is a masked stretch, in particular to reduce star bloat (particularly on my RASA that sucks in starlight!). All my images look good and I use shrink/tighten on stars but is there a way to reduce s...