RE: [APML] Image stacking options

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

Alan,

You've seen this, right? http://www.dl-c.com/astro.pdf

I do recommend RegiStar. It automatically registers on every star and warps 
the image accordingly. You can only get close to RegiStar's results with PW 
by registering on a few dozen points, which takes lots of time. RegiStar 
also supports scripts, which are handy if you have a big registration job. 
Have you tried RegiStar's free evaluation version (although unfortunately 
it doesn't let you save the files)? See www.aurigaimaging.com

After I bought RegiStar, I read John Boudreau's article and immediately 
recognized I had many images with chromatic aberration that could benefit 
from registration. I use that technique for up to a third of my images now.

The only time I'd recommend PW over RegiStar is if you have a slow/old 
computer.

Interesting how some astrophotographers will eagerly spend $10K on hardware 
but balk at a $150 software tool that will save many hours of tedious labor.

Matt

>-----Original Message-----
>Behalf Of Alan Voetsch
>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:42 PM
>
>Just got through reading an article by Tony & Daphne
>Hallas in the Nov. '98 S&T. In it, they reference an
>earlier article in the Aug. '89 S&T on stacking in
>Picture Window.
>
>My question: other than Registar(can not justify the
>cost right now), is PW still the best way to go? I'm
>curious if a 13 year old article will give me the info
>I'm looking for, and even if it can found in print. I
>have PW already loaded in my computer. Any thoughts?

--
Matt BenDaniel
matt@starmatt.com
http://starmatt.com


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