- Links & tutorials
- Practice datasets
Practice datasets
If you are looking for datasets from amateur astrophotographers to practice with, there are a number for useful resources.
Processing is meant to be fun! If you really need help with a particular dataset, jump on the forums or contact us directly for some pointers - even if you're just using the trial.
A great website with useful information and many datasets that are of a quality achievable by most people on a modest budget. Please note that most datasets will need to be converted to an uncompressed TIFF format.
A fantastic collection of various deep space objects, imaged in HaLRGB by Jim Misti. Working with just the L (luminance) frames, before delving into HaLRGB combining, is great way to learn the ropes.
This Yahoo group is for help and tips in processing images captured with DSLR and One Shot Color CCD cameras of all brands.
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- 3rd party tutorials and resources (under Links & tutorials)
- R. Forest, Canada (under Testimonials)
Thank you StarTools for turning my average photos into amazing ones.
- Usage (under Denoise)
Increasing 'Smoothness' progressively ignores such correlation, allowing for more aggressive noise reduction in areas of higher correlation.
- Current image processing software for astrophotography is fundamentally broken (under Tracking is signal preservation)
Current image processing routines and filters are still as 'dumb' as they were in the early 90s.
- Your signal and its noise component (under Tracking is signal preservation)
In your final image, noise is worse in some areas, less in others.