Thanks for watching! Don't forget to check out my step-by-step guide at astroexploring.com/moon-processing-guide
@alchymista22 жыл бұрын
special thanks for making this extra text version time saving guide
@AndrewMurphy8383 Жыл бұрын
pipp is not downloable any more do uoyu have some advice
@mhead813 ай бұрын
if i drag my raw file pipp shut down
@joaquin_astro Жыл бұрын
One of the best tutorials I've ever seen if not the best one. I always did the stacking and proccesing WAY different and it was really pain lol, now that I know this method it's 10 times easier and I don't have to use 2 devices to complete my image, THANKS!
@stillontheedge3 жыл бұрын
Just downloaded PIPP and Autostakker and had a quick go on Wednesdays moon following your process. Another good tutorial Nick, thank you.
@AstroExploring3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@django1364 Жыл бұрын
how ironic you said on a rainy Friday afternoon, this is the first time I am watching and doing a follow along with your very informative tutorial and it is a very rainy Friday Jun 02 2023..
@JFF-space2 ай бұрын
Thanks man, This was very very helpful. Videos like this restore my faith in tutorials.. Lots of love from India 👍
@billtracy88653 жыл бұрын
Nice explanation of the process. Clear, concise, and jargon free. Thank you for producing this useful guide.
@AstroExploring3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bill, I really appreciate that.
@derek_boen9 ай бұрын
First, welcome back! Second, this video (although I know it is geared toward stacking moon photos) absolutely saved me as I am lining up images for a solar eclipse time lapse from April 8. The PIPP program worked like a charm. Thank you!
@genesmith6792 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the step by step guide both on youtube and online. Spot on. Was very easy and precise. I have never used any of three programs that you used, and you made it very easy to follow. Thank you.
@Scrottobaggns4 жыл бұрын
Great shot and nice video. I'm still new to photoshop myself, but I learnt from some other astrophotographer that when you are changing curves or levels, always do them as a new adjustment layers, that way you can just go back down through all your layers and just change that one layer again. If you're in a pic that has 50 different adjustments with things like curves, levels, you're changing RGB settings etc, it makes life a lot easier if you just need to go back and change that one setting. Plus you can turn on or off that one layer and see how it affected your picture. If you don't like that one change but it was 10 changes ago, you can also just delete that one layer. Of course you would have to label all your layers appropriately so you know what you did. Thanks again for the video.
@EasypediaTech3 жыл бұрын
You kinda sound like Piximperfect KZbinr.
@bliskin88472 жыл бұрын
This is the best tutorial on how to use the software quickly.
@mjellings2 жыл бұрын
This is great thanks, took my first "nice' photo of the moon last night, now I've got some hear and tripod stacking many images is the next step so thanks for the tutorial.
@michaellawler9972 жыл бұрын
After nearly 3 years I'm finally getting my telescope back out this weekend. Great tutorial. Will definitely be using your tips by the end of the weekend. Thank you.
@stuartgriffin41754 жыл бұрын
Morning Nick I'm a complete novice to astronomy and astrophotography, your videos are so informative and easy to understand, many thanks, I can't wait to get started Stu
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stuart, I really appreciate that!
@paulmckeown56724 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, a really good intro to enhancing your stacked moonshots!
@LPspiceolife4 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. I've used pipp and autostakkert for this and couldn't figure out why there was no color😂 monochrome was always checked. Thanks
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yep I’ve made that mistake 😃
@sphaera38093 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tutorial! Regarding Photoshop processing, I’d recommend keeping all your adjustments in layers and saving that layered image file as your working file. So you can always go back and adjust settings if needed.
@gordonbrinkmann2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was going to say the same. Right-click on your image layer, "Convert to Smart Object" and then all filters you use will be editable afterwards. And the adjustments like Levels and Curves can be added as adjustment layers. Especially when you're making the curves adjustment you say "we can always change it again later" - well, actually not if you're doing it directly on the image, or at least not without losing information. I know you said you're not an PS expert and I don't want to bother you. It's just good advice to use non-destructive methods as long as you're not 100% sure you're not going to refine any of your adjustments later.
@KulkarnisKorner3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.. today because of you i came to know free software for photo stacking and also how to do it. it very simple and very effective video to learn moon photo stacking... thank you very much once again.. Namaste from India
@HEXZ0R-3 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot for this tutorial , ive never heard of PIPP or autostackert and i stack my moon/plantets footage and its sick !
@adventureswithfrodo27213 жыл бұрын
you did the thing I think everyone that show a processing and that is to show the pre and post processing images at the start. THANKS.
@ABetterName222 жыл бұрын
i keep getting an error in pipp about the files being corupted but they work everywhere else. Does anyone know how to solve this
@matthewstephens96814 жыл бұрын
This was such an easy video to follow !! I had all the same software so this was incredibly easy and best tutorial out there this was my first time trying this as well
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Congrats on nailing it first time!
@Tocy777isback04142 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much, PIPP and AutoStakker!3 is wonderful tools!
@Joshua-of2dp3 жыл бұрын
Had it outputting a blank image at first from FIT to TIFF. Through trial and error I figured out that I needed to change Histogram Equalization options: Stretch Hist w Pt to 100% and set Black Pt to 0. Also, I'm using a full frame chip so My croping W/H needed to be significantly larger 4k-3kish. Thank you for the very informative video. I think the only reason why this wasn't covered was because my camera and OTA are significantly different that what you used for the tutorial. I'm using a full frame, one shot, cooled, color CMOS meant for DSO's and not planetary, so .001 sec exposures aren't it's forte. Well done!
@ub170110 күн бұрын
Excellent video introducing pipp and AS. thank you..
@johnnoble7522 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that I learned something about image adjustment. Great explanation.
@RCFunEveryday14 күн бұрын
Fantastic explanation/tutorial... I was also expecting my images to be at around 70%, to my absolute amazement, my highest quality was 100% and lowest quality was 98.03%, just continuing processing now, but should be a great final result!
@ukhtiramadhani7474 жыл бұрын
What a great video! Thank you for teaching me, it really really helps, you explain it very clear and not too fast nor too slow. Once again, thank you!
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
No problem 🙂
@stevestone0710 ай бұрын
Finally! a tutorial i can actually follow! awesome! cheers!!!
@GrizzJibber3 жыл бұрын
Hello , what if moon is moving on my photos, i mean that moon is in different place on the last photo than it is on first
@strivingartistsvideo2 жыл бұрын
Hello Nick! I stacked about 100 shots mage with my 500 mm lens on D850 religiously using step by step your recommendations in this video. The resulting image is much worse than any original one. What could probably go wrong? I'm experienced in Photoshop and night photography. My goal was to improve sharpness of a final image.
@Ked778 Жыл бұрын
Were any images out of focus?
@StrivingArtistsLosAngeles Жыл бұрын
@@Ked778 Thank you for reply. All images were reasonably sharp. I found that they all were slightly different in size. I don't have any explanation to this. But being different in size it was not possible for software to stack them properly. I do not use any tracking device. So, mistery still exists.
@jotasantos49313 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your great tutorial... I think now , even in a basic Photoshop step-by-step experience i can work and make nice pictures of the moon.. Thanks a lot...
@MannsWoodlandPerspective3 жыл бұрын
At what point is the demised returns begin? Would 200 stacked images be plenty or would 500/600 images show a higher quality over a stacked 200 image?
@billsaidel63984 жыл бұрын
Everything seemed to work fine (it should because I followed along with the tutorial) except my final image contained grid lines that defined the alignment points. How do I prevent that?
@AndrewJulianPhotography4 жыл бұрын
Astro photoshoots are so much fun!
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
They certainly are!
@TrybikPLL2 жыл бұрын
When i press start processing on PIPP it crashes after 20 secs and error say "All frames have been discarded from 0 input frames." I dont know how to fix this.
@ameenahsan96963 жыл бұрын
hello sir in ur folder it shows a tick mark and a cross fo images...i dont have it😕
@bobvila10103 жыл бұрын
Thank you your great video. I processed succesfully a 7 moon pictures take from a tripod with the 2 first programs. When I opened the AS tiif file in PS, I noticed the photos were not stack properly. Do you know which part failled? FYI, notice, after completed PIPP, when I opened the folder, I did not see on the files any green check or red X as on the video 6.10. Thank!!
@vincebasile75323 жыл бұрын
Solid information. You are an excellent teacher. Thanks.
@michaeldavis28184 жыл бұрын
Another great video Nick and fantastic image! I was not familiar with the 2 programs you used (PIPP and Autostakkert)...I'll incorporate them into my workflow. Thanks again!
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael! You just can’t beat something that’s free 😃🔭
@woldsweather4 жыл бұрын
OK thanks and BTW how refreshing to hear an English voice on one of these videos and not a loud 'WHAT'S UP' !
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@summeren643 жыл бұрын
Most astrophotography youtubers are super laidback and chill.
@banano77122 жыл бұрын
autostakert does not display the image on the second screen,it says the file type is not recognized by SFM,it is a tiff file,whats the problem?
@Sander_Hollo2 жыл бұрын
Hello mr.Astro. I have one problem with AutoStakker. so i shot 600 RAW files,but AP grid is all over the place. i converted em all to JPG then it worked,but its just a JPG. Is there anything i can do?
@thedaveysx44 жыл бұрын
Please could you do a colour tutorial. Thanks
@kamilkp3 жыл бұрын
Thanka for this tutorial - it helps a lot. However when I pass my images through PIPP they all turn very purple/violet. They are raw images form a DSLR. What am I doing wrong?
@AstroExploring3 жыл бұрын
Hi Kamil. What option is selected under highlight recovery type in the Input Options tab? I think this setting can affect your images and make them turn purple
@calebpitaro82623 жыл бұрын
I need some help! When I try to add my raw files to PIPP I get a processing error. Corrupt data near 0x244602. I can't find anything about this error online, hoping to find an answer here!
@adamweston848510 ай бұрын
Hi, I followed this step by step, but my pics turn pink the whole frame is pink. Can't understand why ? Help please.
@mikeavison53833 жыл бұрын
HI Nick great tutorial thanks. I would have liked to see what to do with the input tabs dark files, flat files and dark flat files though. I think these would remove some structural noise from my images.
@udbhawgupta1388 Жыл бұрын
my auto stakkert has alignment points section freezed, how to place ap grid ?
@bennyride3 жыл бұрын
Having an issue where the pipp output files are pink and alot less detailed, any fix for this? They are cr2 files
@lachlanhempell2 жыл бұрын
question: when i click start processing, in the status thing it comes up with failed with errors. anyone know how to fix that? I did the same thing yesterday and it was fine.
@wilsonganks Жыл бұрын
How to you get the tick and cross on the photos and what are they for?
@mattia2325 Жыл бұрын
Hello! I wanted to install the program but I don’t know why it says that the site is nonexistent, how can I do?
@legoworks-cg5hk2 жыл бұрын
Why are my images from pipp greyscale when I unchecked convert to monochrome?
@PolskaLamaBojowa3 жыл бұрын
I don`t know why but after corverting to TIFF my frames are all pink. And after the Autostakkert program, they become not sharp and faded.
@Histree69420 Жыл бұрын
man youre the goat hats off to you
@numbermayhem2 жыл бұрын
How about using smartphone, is there any app for stacking photos?
@DJIMINITHREEPRO Жыл бұрын
I just took loads of photos to try this and cr3 files are not supported. How can I convert these and what shall I convert them too?
@nguyenhoailinh7516 Жыл бұрын
Những tấm ảnh mặt trăng anh chụp trong video có sử dụng tracker không
@davidcarr49844 жыл бұрын
Hi Nick, I enjoyed the video thanks. I'd be really interested to see the difference between a single image processed with the same options compared with the stacked. I take deep sky objects where of course the difference is huge but tend only to take single frames of the moon. A link to the final image would also be great, all the best. David
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
Good point David, you’re absolutely right. I’ll post a comment once I’ve done a blog on my website, which might take a few weeks
@elbat_tv4 жыл бұрын
Nice video, thank you for doing tutos like this one !
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
No problem!
@kevinashley4783 жыл бұрын
I have a question. I am just starting to try astrophotography. I used a 75-250mm set at 250, focused on Jupiter and was able to see some of its moons. That blew me away. My question is, would taking many images of Jupiter and its moons be able to be better by stacking them? If they would, would I use PIPP or DSS for that?
@Joshua-of2dp3 жыл бұрын
I haven't looked into it extensively yet, but from the images that I've taken I assume that I will have to take 2 sets of images at different ISO's/exposure times due to how much brighter Jupiter is than it's moons. You might want to use PIPP for Jupiter and DSS for the moons? Either way, the more images you take the better off the final quality of your image will be.
@MrHuff5 ай бұрын
revisiting this video. thank you for sharing
@Mikyll19694 ай бұрын
not sure anyone will see or respond... just got pointed to this video.... do you need 'usual' darks, flats, bias frames ... for lunar images ... as are recommended for deep sky etc?
@TrixMC3 жыл бұрын
Hello Please tell me if you can use images taken from mobile in this
@MBJanus3 жыл бұрын
Hello, many thanks for the video. I have a small Newton that is on an altaz, and a little Celestron Neximage that can get several frames per sec. I wondered if your method can derotate the moon as I dont have an equatorial pod ? Many thx again, cordially yours, Milos
@AstroExploring3 жыл бұрын
I haven’t tried this with the moon but deep sky stacker rotates deep sky images, so it’s not unreasonable to think that AutoStakkert would do the same. Give it a go!
@MBJanus3 жыл бұрын
@@AstroExploring Some programs admitt parameters to calc the derotation. But is hard to do properly.I didnt achieve
@m4sonic21214 жыл бұрын
if im taking photo of a young moon that doesnt have a full disc, what should I change? because it keeps lowering the quality of the photos and choosing only a few of them! thank u
@Colonel_WZ4 ай бұрын
Excellent video, thanks!
@charlessands69332 жыл бұрын
No matter how many frames are process, the output folder contains only one frame it could be 100 it could be 30 it could be 300 but there's only one frame at the end and and then I can't do anything
@Brian.001 Жыл бұрын
This is a very, very helpful video - many thanks! My results are a bit puzzling, though. After AS did the stacking, I found that the resultant image in the PIPP sub-folder was very blurred, but one or two of the individual frames still available in the AS image window (selected by moving the slider) were extremely good. How did that happen??? 🤔
@amacmedia32212 жыл бұрын
Hi, where is the link to how you captured your moon shots?
@EE-pe8br3 жыл бұрын
Wouldnt the final result be the same quality if you edited only one picture instead stacking more of them, i want to see what is the difference the stacking process makes
@anshulpant6632 жыл бұрын
Sir I stack 40 pictures of moon and picture is clear but blue and yellow circles are being formed around the moon.
@gingerbeardman734 жыл бұрын
Great video. Id LOVE to see a video on how to do a color moon!!!!
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
I processed my first colour moon yesterday. Once I’ve got the process nailed down I’ll do a video
@khamism4 жыл бұрын
Hi I’m new to photoshop so I followed your tutorial but every time I open my moon image that square background behind the moon stays and changes colors as I’m editing the moon how do I keep the moon only and get rid of that annoying box behind it ?
@liamrebel94474 жыл бұрын
PIPP wouldnt accept my .CR3 files, so i used DDR4 to convert my .CR3 files to TIFF ..... I tried to use my TIFF files in autostakkert, it takes like 500 seconds just for "buffering and image analysis" ... then the program stops working on the "reference image" step every time. Im so confused.
@debusinha90153 жыл бұрын
I didnt take my pictures with a tripod will this method work for me?
@melvincorpuz37293 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to stack moon photos even its not aligned properly ?
@AstroExploring3 жыл бұрын
If you crop them in PIPP, the software should centralise the moon. Even if it doesn’t then AS will align the images when it stacks then so it should work fine
@specfever22 жыл бұрын
Were these photos taken with a tracking device on the tripod? Does it matter as long as the the photo settings, zoom, and focus remain the same? I only have a ball head and fluid head on a tripod...
@frank5angels3084 жыл бұрын
Hi and thanks for the great tutorial. Can you tell me what your exposure settings were for your camera. I have modified 80d and Stellarvue SV070T..but just can't get the right exp settings.
@THEDOUG78VA4 жыл бұрын
As a general starting point, try ISO100 - f/11 - 1/100. Those work pretty well for me, with an old Canon T3i...
@erlendsandvoll4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Very good tutorial, this was of grate help for me :)
@lukeybaby453 жыл бұрын
awesome, this was so much help! Thank you!
@MrJPVERCETTI4 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial, mate! Really helpful!
@richieoflynn4 жыл бұрын
Love the video, very well explained. I tried this with 325 raw files, each file was approx. 80MB and the TIFF files were about 250MB afterwards. I ended up with over 55GB of data. When I tried to stack the images the program crashed, not surprised really with all that data. I didn't crop the images so had a lot of extra unneeded info for sure. Still though, I recon I would have had a heap of data either way. Any tips I could try or am I asking to much with all that data? Using an A7Rii on a 200-600mm lens. Thanks.
@IDV20072 жыл бұрын
Hi! Did you solve this? I´m doubting if buying or not the 200-600mm. and kind of desperate about seeing the results of takes like that. Thanks!
@Kevinr14 Жыл бұрын
Great video. I am following the same exact process as you laid out but my photos all have tiny square blocks in them after running them through PIPP. When they're stacked in autostakkert, the blocks become much more apparent. It's hard to explain but it's almost like the pixels are being converted into square blocks. Any idea what is going wrong?
@woldsweather4 жыл бұрын
I just get multiple overlapping images not lined up.
@varunmylavarapu62814 жыл бұрын
Same here! I get crater trails. Probably because my focal length is only 300mm
@thomas_didymus Жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great tutorial. I am working through a few issues. My images were larger causing me to run out of memory in Autostack. So I converted my images to monochome in PIPP, and that helped. However, my images did not align well, making for a blurry stack. I'm trying various things in both PIPP and Autostacker without much success yet. Part of the problem may be how I shot my images. As the moon moved across my viewfinder I kept shooting, then manually adjusted the fine tuning of my equatorial tripod. As a result the moon is not consistently positioned in the frame. I was hoping PIPP or AS would handle that. Any thoughts? Thank you.
@AxxoraZop2 ай бұрын
Best guy in yt
@ybandey4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. You’re an inspiration!
@cmahar3 Жыл бұрын
Can't find PIPP. Anyone have a link?
@woldsweather4 жыл бұрын
I have taken 10 sharp RAW images (focussed in liveview 10x Canon EOS 6D Mk2) with an Altair EDF 72 and processed in PIPP and Autostakkert. I have followed your settings etc but the stacked image is nowhere near as good as a single image in the stack. Don't know where I am going wrong.
@s3k1m3 жыл бұрын
Just use lightroom to manually crop and center your moon shots. PIPP only outputs 8-bit of coloured image file. Then proceed to Autostakkert. To bring out more details, use Registax 6 for wavelet sharpening. The only problem with this workflow is when you have hundreds or maybe thousands of frames you wanna stack. It will take a long time in lightroom but quality is preserved.
@woldsweather3 жыл бұрын
@@s3k1m I though you could crop and centre in PIPP? (I wouldn't know how to do it in Lightroom).
@s3k1m3 жыл бұрын
@@woldsweather Yes you can but the output image isn't as good as the original. In lightroom just import the files and use crop tool, select all your images and sync the crop. If you aren't using a tracker you may need to readjust and ccenter individually. You can then export as tiff 16BIT lossless
@dronetheworld4k672 жыл бұрын
so those are just normal images taken in burst ?...
@OzoneVibe3 жыл бұрын
Really useful tutorial for a novice. What, if any, differences would you make were it not full moon?
@Bazzasphotolife4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video and explanation!!
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@alivein3054 жыл бұрын
It appears PIPP doesn't support Canon CR3 raw files as they do not populate in the source file window. Any workaround advice would be appreciated.
@s3k1m3 жыл бұрын
I use Photoshop image processor to convert raw files to tiff first, then proceed to PIPP
@TheMusemush3 жыл бұрын
@@s3k1m What is the fastest way to convert many images to tiff?
@s3k1m3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMusemush You can use batch image processing in Photoshop, or if your raw files are imported in Lightroom you can export them as tiff
@TheMusemush3 жыл бұрын
@@s3k1m Okk thank's! :)
@lachlanhempell2 жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps, this was really helpful!
@nick0is0ace4 жыл бұрын
Hi, I've tried this technique a few times and always end up with a blurred moon out of the Autostakkert. I don't take my pictures with a tracker so the moon does move between shots. Is this the reason I'm getting a blurred image?
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
If you crop the images down in PIPP then my assumption is that they should stack fine. I always make the image a 1200x1200 frame. The moon is always in the middle once PIPP has done its thing. If your images aren’t aligned when going into AS then I imagine that is the problem
@jesuschrist2284 Жыл бұрын
Can you do a tutorial on have to make my neighbours turn their f&£%@&g stupid garden lights off?
@vaibhavvasan4 жыл бұрын
@astroexploring , can you help me with mac software as both of these software run only on windows
@AstroExploring4 жыл бұрын
Your software on Mac is quite limited unfortunately. A Windows Virtual Machine might be the best option! Otherwise you can try SiriL, Starry Sky Stacker and Lynkeos. Please note I have no experience of using these since I don’t use a Mac
@SK-tn4ev3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I've followed your guide but stuck with a problem, AutoStakkert won't open any file, no error annoucement or anything. I googled that but cant find a solution ~~. Thank you.
@AstroExploring3 жыл бұрын
What file type are you trying to open in AS?
@SK-tn4ev3 жыл бұрын
@@AstroExploring .tif files from PIPP
@AstroExploring3 жыл бұрын
So you drag and drop all your tiff files into AS and it doesn’t do anything? I’ve not come across that before