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Hi,
IMHO first of all we should try to understand what this “set black point to zero” option is supposed to do, shouldn’t we? Luc explains it here: https://groups.io/g/DeepSkyStacker/topic/17013739#5580

CS, Klaus

Hi Ivo, problem is fixed. Thank you! Klaus

Hi Ivo, same as before (random JPG 4000x3000, MBA M2 16GB RAM). CS, Klaus P.S.: Open 40MB fits file, linear, Flux module, next, BOOM! P.P.S.: Same on MBA i7 - see below: Process: StarTools [1095] Path: /Applications/StarTools/*/StarTools.app/Contents/MacOS/StarTools Identifier: com.SiliconFields.Sta...

Still the same: Open JPG, do not reverse stretch, flux module, next, BOOM! (MBA M2). v8 works just fine.

CS, Klaus

Hi Dietmar, in comparison to the one I had got beforehand (https://www.astrobin.com/y7ik9f/), this one is a “good” example. I’ll keep it only since I got it before the big price hike and am going mono down the road. Last but not least, Startools does a tremendous job making presentable images from s...

Dietmar,

the bigger stars show opposing color, blue on one side, red on the other. I have to go to great lengths to ameliorate this, all of which is not necessary w/ my RedCat (identical imaging train). It’s more obvious on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/i87jeu/

CS, Klaus

Your AG70 seems well behaved compared to my TecnoSky AG90 F/5 “APO”…

CS, Klaus

Any news on 1.9 or 1.10?

Klaus

On my MBA M2 (16GB RAM, 512GB) every step apart from HDR and more so, SuperStructure just takes an instant.

Klaus

Hi, I guess it all depends on how each module‘s instance is put onto the stack. E.g. you can call Shrink several times w/ different presets which are each added to the stack individually. But for other modules I believe calling them again updates their existing instance down in the stack. W/o source...