Hi all,
A kind soul has shared some images with me so I can have a bash at a mosaic.
I don't have photoshop so can't use photo merge. I usually process by running AS!2 and ImPGG with WINE and then tweak images in GIMP and Mac photos app. What do Mac owning Solarchat friends use?
Help very gratefully received,
Nic
How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
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Re: How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
Good question. I now have a Mac but don’t now how to do mosaics.
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Re: How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
Does MS ICE work on Macs?
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Re: How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
I align in ImPPG then use pixinsight (gradientmergemosaic).
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Re: How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
I use registax on the windows computer in the dome: align, stack, wavelets, export as 16 bit tiff.
Then bring the images over to the Mac and use Affinity Photo for the rest: make new panorama, rotate, crop, unsharp mask, curves, colours, brightness, export as jpg.
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Then bring the images over to the Mac and use Affinity Photo for the rest: make new panorama, rotate, crop, unsharp mask, curves, colours, brightness, export as jpg.
Eric.
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Re: How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ve since noticed that Stuart seems to use MS ICE and I think he’s on a Mac so I’ll give it a try!
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Re: How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
I’m not familiar with pix insight so if it’ll work on a Mac that’d be great. I’ll try.torsinadoc wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:53 pm I align in ImPPG then use pixinsight (gradientmergemosaic).
Thanks for the suggestion.
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Re: How can I create a mosaic of the sun on a Mac
Really helpful Eric thanks, I’ll try that too!EricF wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:06 am I use registax on the windows computer in the dome: align, stack, wavelets, export as 16 bit tiff.
Then bring the images over to the Mac and use Affinity Photo for the rest: make new panorama, rotate, crop, unsharp mask, curves, colours, brightness, export as jpg.
Eric.
Nic