Orion G3 instruction manual Combine. The Combine Images window will appear Figure, Save and Export

Figure 21. Choose your file format and export settings to export your image as a TIFF or JPEG.

Convert to Color (For the StarShoot G3 Color only)

1.With your calibrated images still open, goto the Process menu and select Color, then CMYG Raw conversion. We recommend using the default values (Figure 18), but you may adjust them to your liking.

2.Click apply to complete the color conversion.

Align

1.With your images still open, goto the Process menu and select

Align. The Align Images window will appear.

2.Select Auto Star matching and click Align. The images should automatically align. If they do not appear to align correctly when they are combined later, you can manually align the images by selecting Translation (Manual) and select a star in each image to align to by clicking Start Manual Star Pick (Figure 19).

Combine

1.With your images still open, goto the Process menu and select

Combine. The Combine Images window will appear (Figure 16).

Figure 18. For G3 Color users: Convert CMYG Raw is the best way to convert raw images to color.

Figure 19. Manual Star Pick can be used if you have difficulty aligning your images with the automatic methods.

a different alignment method. Normally the Auto Star matching is the easiest method.

5.1 Save and Export

Always save your work in the native

.FIT format which will preserve all of the image data you worked on.

.FIT is a common file format for CCD imaging, and is understood by many other image editing programs, including plugins that are available for

Adobe Photoshop.	Figure 20. Select the open images to
You may choose to edit your image	align.
further. Camera Studio has several
other image enhancement features,
such as sharpening, low pass filters,
Gaussian blur filters as well as color
balance adjustments to enhance
your image. Explore these features in
the Process menu. But always save
your original FIT file. Choose Save
As in the File menu to save different
versions of your edited work.
If you have completed and saved
your astro-image and wish to export
it in a common JPEG or TIFF file
format, choose Export from the File
menu. The Export window will appear
(Figure 21).

JPEG

Choose JPEG if you want a smaller

2.Since you have already calibrated and aligned your images, proceed to the Stack tab. Remember that if you are using the StarShoot G3 Monochrome, you can perform all of these tasks in each of the tabs of the Combine Images window.

3.Select Add Images, then Select All, then Apply (Figure 20).

4.Proceed to the Stack tab. Keep the default settings. We recommend Sigma Reject which is effective at removing unwanted leftover hot pixels, satellite trails, or other unwanted artifacts from your image.

5.Click Combine, and your resultant image will appear. If the image did not appear to combine correctly, go back to the Align tab and try to use

file size. JPEGs are saved in 8-bits of depth only, so you should specify the histogram stretch you want. Choosing

No Stretch in JPEG will not work properly, since you will be throwing away most of the dynamic range of the image. Instead, adjust the histogram until the image looks to your liking, then choose Use current histogram stretch. This will save the JPEG image to look exactly as it does no your screen.

TIFF

TIFFs are saved in 16 bits and are a good choice to export your image to Photoshop for additional image editing.

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