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Hello Ivo, It's been awhile since I've been on here when we were working out a scaling problem that I was having because my laptop resolution was very high and everything was showing way to small to read. I downloaded a new version (1.8.527MR2) but my license doesn't seem to make it a paid copy so I...

Ivo, I've already worked this out by following the steps you referred me to in Astro Blog Delta. I was outputting data in tiff format rather than fits. I thought startools would accept tiff but I guess there's some compression or something that it doesn't like. Some day we'll all look back and have ...

Ok Ivo. I'll work on it this week. Sorry to get all whiny, I was really frustrated.
Thanks
Jon

I'm wondering because I can't even seem to step off of the curb. I thought I would learn how to use StarTools by downloading a pre-made image set like this one: http://www.rawastrodata.com/dso.php?type=nebulae&id=m42 (I chose the 2013 set), stack it in Deep Sky Stacker then load it into StarTools an...

Ivo, here I go again… Installed StarTools on my MacBook Pro. It runs and fills the display correctly but is pixelated just like it was on the PC. Do you have a fix? It's a 13" retina display. Also, do you know how to get a StarTools icon into the launchpad? It was easy to make a desktop icon for the...

Thanks for the tip, however, I don't use an android device.

Ivo, This is a little off topic but I'm looking at new ways to do AP and I'm working my way backward starting with StarTools. I'm looking at Deep Sky Stacker because you have recommended it. So what about DSLR control (I have a IR modified Canon 5D Mark II), do you have any suggestion? Preferably so...

Ivo, I think I may have figured this out. Output file selections include: 16 bit tiff 8 bit tiff jpg bmp 16 bit fit lossless 16 bit fit (default) 32 bit float fit I didn't have any raw images to work with so I just shot one of the landscape. I did a rudimentary conversion in Images Plus using 16 bit...

Hello again Ivo, sorry to bother you again so soon. I hoped that another user might reply so as not to disturb you with amateur problems. One of the choices I can make during processing are: Image Set Process Type DSLR (I'm using a Canon DSLR) Bayer no WB Bayer at Capture WB Color at Capture WB (thi...

Hello, Does anyone know how to load a combine.fit file from Images Plus into StarTools? I read a post from someone that had the same problem with a fit file from Nebulosity, worked around by converting to a tiff file. I tried that and it loaded. Thanks

Jon