Deep Sky AP - Combining Shots you Don't see what you'd shot

[PETER LOO]

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[ivan]

Awesome shot!

I've got a question, though. In part (b), you converted the RAW to JPG format. Doesn't that cause a loss of image data?

[PETER LOO]

Ivan, i think you are right, but i find that if i use Nebulosity S/W to convert RAW to color then it looks less bright, seems to incur more lost, may i know how to overcome this ? Do you use a different S/W for stacking that does it quite well for 1 shot color ? Thanks. I learn AP without much guide, so the method used is definitely not optimized, any one can render some help or advice please ?

[ivan]

Ivan, i think you are right, but i find that if i use Nebulosity S/W to convert RAW to color then it looks less bright, seems to incur more lost, may i know how to overcome this ? Do you use a different S/W for stacking that does it quite well for 1 shot color ? Thanks.

I personally haven't used Nebulosity before, so I'm not too sure about that. I use DSS, and I convert my RAW subs (in Canon CR2 format) to 16 bit tiff before stacking. I'm pretty much an AP beginner though, so I've only done this a couple of times.

[PETER LOO]

Wah, this is invaluable info to me (not sure for others) for most of the pass 3 years in this journey, i sort of close up myself up except on-line, i'll try out tiff format & see, thanks .. more help welcome (critics can also lah, but not too fierce pse. lol ..)

[Gary]

Nice effort sharing your workflow Peter! Keep it going!

[PETER LOO]

Thanks Gary

[PETER LOO]

Hi Ivan,

I tried converting the CR2 to TIFF format, more details can be seen thanks for pointing out ..