DeepSkyStacker 2.6.0

DeepSkyStacker 2.6.0 Screenshot DeepSkyStacker is a free and useful tool for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.

Developer:   Luc Coiffier
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Price:  0.00
License:   Freeware
File size:   0K
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OS:   Windows XP/Vista (?)
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DeepSkyStacker is a free and useful tool for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.

Registering
Stacking
Simple post-stacking processes to quickly view the final result.
Saving the resulting picture to a TIFF file (16 or 32 bit)

After a shooting night you give all your pictures (light frames, darks frames, offset/bias frames, flat frames) to DeepSkyStacker and you go to bed. The next morning (or is it afternoon?) you can see the result and start post-processing.

DeepSkyStacker features
  • Automatic registration of a set of pictures
  • Automatic detection of stars using all the picture area
  • Preview of registered stars
  • Sub pixel registration
  • Automatic derotation
  • Automatic creation and use of offsets, flats and darks frames
  • Sub pixel alignment and stacking
  • Supported bitmaps formats : 8, 16 and 32 bit colour and monochrome TIFF files, 8, 16, 32 and 64 bit colour and monochrome FITS files, JPEG, BMP, PNG
  • Native use of RAW files from most DSLRs (CR2, NEF, CRW, ...) without using an intermediate file format (TIFF or other).
  • Darks, Flats and Offsets computed from and applied directly to the RAW picture before any interpolation.
  • Stacking methods: average, median, kappa-sigma clipping, auto adaptive weighted average, entropy weighted average, maximum...
  • Preview of all pictures (including RAW)
  • Simple post-processing with RGB levels, luminance curve and saturation adjustments.
  • Save the resulting picture to 16 and 32 bit TIFF files with or without adjustments applied.
  • Simple and intuitive user interface
  • Optimal memory usage: the same amount of memory is required to register and stack 10 or 500 pictures.
  • Automatic determination of Darks, Flats and Offsets to be applied to the pictures using ISO speed and exposure time.
  • Several methods to optimize the RAW files processing by using the best of the Bayer matrix without interpolating the missing pixels.
  • Option to automatically detect hot pixels during the registering process
  • Automatic calibration of pictures background for each channel
  • Automatic Dark Optimization
  • Automatic use of a bilinear or bisquared alignment transformation depending of the number of stars.
  • Creation of File Lists to speed up loading of often used files (darks, flats, offsets/bias...).

    Requirements
  • GDI+ must be installed. If you are not using Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server or Windows Vista, click here to download GDI+ for your platform
    (GDI+ is already installed with Windows XP, Vista and 2003 Server)
  • Minimum resolution: 1024x768
  • Memory requirement: depends of the pictures sizes.
    256 Mb for small pictures (less than 1x1 pixels)
    512 Mb for pictures created with a DSLRs like the Canon EOS 350D
    Of course, the more the better (It avoids using the swap and speeds up the processes)
  • Processor: from an 800 MHz PIII.

    tags darks flats  flats and  raw files  tiff files  and offsets  the raw  2003 server  using the  the pictures  weighted average  and monochrome  colour and  resulting picture  

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