Excellent video - 11 years ago - wow ! I’m sure it feels like yesterday that you made this video . I’m new to all of this here in 2023 - do you know if this bugs persists in the latest version of DSS ? Thank you !
😁 Doesn't actually feel like yesterday, but I know what you mean! I don't do an awful lot of astro these days so I'm not hugely familiar with the latest version of DSS so can't help you there I'm afraid. Might be worth checking yourself - I'd be interested to know 😊
Hi Tipit. DSS should be able to cope with that. The recent M51 I did had that problem. I had three sessions but the one from last year had a totally different camera orientation. Make sure the focal length is the same though! I recently mistakenly tried to stack a session from this year at 200mm with a session from last year at 185mm. That doesn't work! - although DSS did manage to use 15 of last years subs - or so it said ;)
Does this bug still exist in DSS as of end of 2018? If it does, it would explain my failure to get decent stacks using file groups from multiple sessions. The help file still reads the same. But surely they would have fixed this since 2012?!
Can you stack the master light frames, master bias, master flats and master darks from different sessions in each group, instead of all the light frames again ? Is that possible and would it save time for stacking ?
Is the single image you put in the Main group actually used for anything as far as stacking/processing is concerned, or is it just a "dummy" image to make DSS do it's thing properly (i.e. force it to make another group appear etc)? And if so, can't it just be any old image, of basically anything, as long as it's from the same camera (if even that is needed) or image dimensions? Just want to clarify and make sure I understood this right! Thanks
Hi. Yep, it's just to force DSS to open another tab, so in theory I guess it could by any old image. I tend to use an astro image because they are all together on my hard drive, but you could put in a snap of your garden shed if you wanted to I suppose. As long as you don't tick the box! :) Having said all that - I've never tried it, so I'm not speaking from experience here ;)
![Astrophotography: The ABSOLUTE BEST way to STRETCH your Astro Image data in Photoshop [PS]!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CGac5XvSsJs/mqdefault.jpg)
Checking this out nearly 9 years later and it is still useful! My goodness Photoshop looks old!
Indeed it does 😊 I use CS now on the rare occasions I get to do astro stuff 😁
After 11 Years it's still useful
That's good to know! 😁
Thanks for that 👍
Excellent video - 11 years ago - wow ! I’m sure it feels like yesterday that you made this video .
I’m new to all of this here in 2023 - do you know if this bugs persists in the latest version of DSS ?
Thank you !
😁 Doesn't actually feel like yesterday, but I know what you mean! I don't do an awful lot of astro these days so I'm not hugely familiar with the latest version of DSS so can't help you there I'm afraid. Might be worth checking yourself - I'd be interested to know 😊
Hi Tipit. DSS should be able to cope with that. The recent M51 I did had that problem. I had three sessions but the one from last year had a totally different camera orientation. Make sure the focal length is the same though! I recently mistakenly tried to stack a session from this year at 200mm with a session from last year at 185mm. That doesn't work! - although DSS did manage to use 15 of last years subs - or so it said ;)
Does this bug still exist in DSS as of end of 2018? If it does, it would explain my failure to get decent stacks using file groups from multiple sessions. The help file still reads the same. But surely they would have fixed this since 2012?!
I'd like to know this too!
Can you stack the master light frames, master bias, master flats and master darks from different sessions in each group, instead of all the light frames again ?
Is that possible and would it save time for stacking ?
Is the single image you put in the Main group actually used for anything as far as stacking/processing is concerned, or is it just a "dummy" image to make DSS do it's thing properly (i.e. force it to make another group appear etc)? And if so, can't it just be any old image, of basically anything, as long as it's from the same camera (if even that is needed) or image dimensions?
Just want to clarify and make sure I understood this right! Thanks
Hi. Yep, it's just to force DSS to open another tab, so in theory I guess it could by any old image. I tend to use an astro image because they are all together on my hard drive, but you could put in a snap of your garden shed if you wanted to I suppose. As long as you don't tick the box! :) Having said all that - I've never tried it, so I'm not speaking from experience here ;)
Are you alive and make new videos
😁
Still alive at least!
@@namregd Doug, have you thought about writing an e-book with your astrophotography knowledge and processing. Could earn you a bit of money perhaps.
Bit late but useful now still ty
Thanks for that 😊 👍 Long time ago now! 😊
@@namregd just seeing if it works same way in current version and if i need to use your solution. Ty again
Excellent, thanks 🙏
Thanks Olly 😊
my god finally! thanks from the future i guess! ahahahah
@@BAlessio91 😂 Long time ago that vid - seems like yesterday! 😊