Astrophotography: Stacking One Shot Colour Data (Affinity Photo)

Discover how to calibrate, stack and retouch astrophotography OSC data all in one app.

[@javiervvgarcia9650]

I wonder why people keep doing things difficult when you can find straight and easy ways to pop up your images! Thank you.

[@KyleClements]

Affinity really excels at making automated tasks and batch work easy. Love it for astro and focus stacks.

[@JDFloyd]

Amazing how one program, Affinity, can handle RAW processing, pixel editing, and Astro all in one.

[@berndf5213]

This is amazing and very well explained. I would like to try what you presented. But I do not understand where to get 4 sets of datafiles from. Is this from a camera or from a telescope? In case its from a camera - did you utilize another KZbin guide … could you provide a link please?

[@JoernR]

It's from the camera attached to the telescope - and separated from it. ;) Light frames are the regular pictures, the other types are for calibration purposes. Just google light frames, dark frames, bias frames, flat frames.

[@berndf5213]

@@JoernR Thanks

[@jvwastney4451]

Thanks - that's great! I have been wondering how to get the best out of my DSLR data and this is the perfect road map to follow. I have just got data on M16 and M17 and am itching to get the computer fired up to try this technique. Thank you ❤❤

[@jvwastney4451]

Hi I have followed your instructions on my images of M16 and M17 - and I am delighted with the result! I wonder if your astro macros can be used to give an even better result? I am currently stacking data for C100 Running Chicken nebula (with data for C77 - Centaurus A galaxy yet to stack). So my question is: what's the best way to process these for a eye-catching outcome? Thanks for your help.

[@mikel.8348]

Thanks for this. Will there be a drizzle option in the future. That’s the only thing I’m missing in the moment.

[@danielcatalina1806]

Thanks for this! What I am struggling with these days is how to add Ha data to the stacked one color shot. Any hints on this?

[@71janas]

Great tutorial. Exposure time on your light frames?

[@Borg4]

Can you stack astrophotography photos using affinity photo in ipad?

[@moosoneerocketry9826]

When I stack my M31 data in Affinity Photo from my Sharpstar 61EDPH II, 0.8X reducer/flattener, ZWO UV/IR-Cut filter, ASI585MC Pro, 180 sec X 60, gain = 252, it is very green. Any ideas what I am doing wrong or how to fix this? Be gentle, I'm a newbie. Thank you in advance.

[@moosoneerocketry9826]

Okay, I will answer my own question. I missed the step where you chose master flat for the flat file white balance. This reduced the intense green.

[@ScottJWaldron]

Nice! 🌌🌌🌌

[@orxion]

would be nice if it would support CMD+A .. fast is fast :)

[@terrybrooks395]

Thanks

[@PaulM_aka_4c21]

Fab !

[@geoffc1862]

I'd like to see you perform similar on hydrogen a solar images😅

[@Dexter101x]

Would this be good for stacking macro shots?

[@JamesRitson]

As in macro photography? It has focus merging (stacking), here's a tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqewdIiXfL6BnJo

[@MuhammadSheesAli]

make tutorials on photoshop aswell

[@JamesRitson]

I don't think that's going to happen 😉

[@JoernR]

@@JamesRitson - I really hope that's not going to happen - for very obvious reasons. 😄

[@astrokev99]

Not obvious at all. Why? ​@JoernR

[@JoernR]

@@astrokev99 - Because James is working for Affinity, a rival of Photoshop. :)

[@astrokev99]

Ah well that explains a lot i suppose! ​thanks @@JoernR

[@frieder2635]

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