russ.carpenter Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I’m not sure about the best way to share astrophotography processed with Affinity Photo. I decided to try the “Share your work” forum, but if there is a better way, please let me know. I am an experienced astrophotographer who has used a wide range of specialized programs for pre and post processing of astro photographs. These days I’ve been experimenting with my favorite general purpose image processor, Affinity Photo, along with the remarkable collection of astro macros developed by James Ritson. I have much to learn, but so far the results have been excellent. NGC 1955 is an emission nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (Technically, NGC 1955 is an open star cluster embedded within the nebula.) To collect this data, I used a remote telescope in Chile: 20 inch Newtonian, F 3.6. The object was imaged in three narrowband channels, Ha, OIII and SII. I processed the image with the Hubble palette, which is SHO, modified with a large shift in the green channel toward reds and golds. The built-in tools of Affinity Photo, and especially the innovative JR Macros, made this project a pleasure. NGC1955 SHO.tiff PaulEC, John Rostron and Lisbon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbon Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Im no expert, but I find astrophotography fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ.carpenter Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 Hi Lisbon, I'm glad you enjoyed the image. Maybe we could put together some kind of subgroup of people who are using Affinity Photo for astrophotography. We'd learn a lot from each other. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbon Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Hi Russ You know, to me, astrophotography is like music. I like music but I dont know how to play any instrument or sing. I just like to listen and thats enough for me. But I think its important that you shared your work with us because it can encourage others to follow your example. This is how communities flourish. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 I am not an astrophotographer (I prefer visual) but I still use the Affinity suite as part of my hobby. Just in a different way https://astro.catshill.com/collimation-guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 I'm not an astrophotogropher, just an admirer of these images such as yours. It would help, however, if you included them as browser-readable images (such as jpg or png) in your forum messages. That would mean I can immediately admire them in the forum without having to save and open in Affinity. John AdamStanislav and PaulEC 1 1 Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ.carpenter Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Hi John, I was wondering about the best way to post images to the forum--thanks for the advice! Is there a limit on the size of PNG or JPG files that will be shown within the browser? Some astro forums have very strict limits. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ.carpenter Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Hi Catshill, Superb tutorial on collimation. Good on you! Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 16 hours ago, russ.carpenter said: Hi Catshill, Superb tutorial on collimation. Good on you! Russ Thanks Russ. Collimation is so easy to do but so difficult to write about which was why I wrote the guide with images created in ADe. Similarly I created this to show the different reflections seen through the focus tube of a Newtonian reflector. I also use concentric circles created in ADe to highlight alignment errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Overlaying circles… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinidesigner Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Wow! @russ.carpenter that's a lovely piece of astrophotog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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