Stacking Star Photos

[eaglenws]

I am trying to stack a series of star photos in Affinty Photo for iPad, but I’m not having any luck. I am attaching 3 pictures to demonstrate the results I’m getting. The first photo is a single shot from the series. You’ll see that the picture is fairly clear (well focused). The second picture is a stack of 20 shots. And the third picture is a stack of 6 shots. You’ll see that the in two stacked pictures the stars are not aligned properly, making them appear out of focus/blurry/pixelated. Is there a way to get a good clear stack of star photos in Affinty Photo for iPad? Will the astrophotography stacking that was recently added to the desktop version be coming to the iPad version?

Thank you in advance.

[Callum]

Hi eaglenws,

Did you have align source images ticked when you created the stack?

Thanks

C

[eaglenws]

@Callum,

Thanks for your response, @Callum. At this point, I honestly do not remember if I had the align source images turned on or not. But it seems as though align source images and perspective are on by default I assume that I left it that way. Unfortunately, I no longer have the series of shots I was trying to stack so I’ll have to go out and shoot another one on the next clear night. I’ll get back to you about the new stack.

Also, can you describe what perspective alignment and live alignment do?

Thank you.