Saving, sharing and editing STELLINA images
On this link, you can get a tutorial about image processing in the 3 different kinds of formats used by Vespera. It will advise which software to use depending on the selected image format and your level in image processing.
| JPEG | TIFF | FITS |
Audience | All | Intermediate | Expert |
Processing | Automatic by Vespera | Manual | Manual |
Stacking | Automatic by Vespera | Automatic by Vespera | Manual |
Compression | Yes (destructive) | No | No |
File size | 500kB - 1MB | 4MB | 12MB |
Back up | Smartphone, Tablet, soon PC/laptop | Smartphone, Tablet, soon PC/laptop | Smartphone, Tablet, soon PC/laptop |
Software | Any photo editing software | Photoshop, Affinity Photo, Luminar... | DeepSkyStacker, Registax, PixInsight, SIRIL, IRIS... |
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Saving, sharing and editing STELLINA images
On this link, you can get a tutorial about image processing on the 3 diferrent kind ot formats used by STELLINA. It will advise which software to use depending on the selected image format and your level in image processing.
Can I retrieve the raw images and process them myself?
Yes, just plug a USB key into the STELLINA compartment before the start of your observation to retrieve the files in the following format: The final photos processed by STELLINA are available in jpg format. Raw images are available in fits format ...
What are the image formats available?
Today, 3 image formats are available with STELLINA: JPEG, TIFF, and FITS. These formats are really different from one to another. If you would like to know the strengths and weaknesses from each and how to extract them, please have a look at the ...
Image processing tutorial with TIFF format
If you would like to start processing pictures with TIFF format, we can recommend the software Affinity Photo and have a look at our dedicated tutorial here.
Tutorial Affinity Photo
Affinity Photo's tutorial is available here.