Tutster Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Hello I wonder if someone can help. I’m no stranger to Affinity Photo as I’ve used it for a few years but I’m looking to process landscape astrophotography images. Currently, I use the selection tool and highlight a certain area to work on. However, I’ve recently bought a star tracker and am looking to process tracked images but cannot find anywhere in Affinity to blend stacked foreground and tracked sky images. I’m aware if the new astrophotography section in the recent update but as far as i can see it’s for deep space astrophotography. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Many thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted July 22, 2022 Staff Share Posted July 22, 2022 Do your tracked images also contain the foreground objects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutster Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 Yes as I’m not going to change the composition. The foreground will have several images to stack which should cut down on noise. The sky/stars will be tracked and also will contain several images but it’s how to combine the two images after stacking which I’m not sure of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted July 22, 2022 Staff Share Posted July 22, 2022 Is it possible for you to send me a copy of you images using the following Dropbox link https://www.dropbox.com/request/PKvtlbEHwe7Kj2NAjD4z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutster Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 I’ve not taken any yet! From what I’ve read it says to compose the image then take several shots focusing on the foreground. Then take tracked shots of the sky/stars and then simply blend the two. I’m wondering whether it really is that simple or there is more to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtoner_photography Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 7/23/2022 at 6:38 PM, Tutster said: I’ve not taken any yet! From what I’ve read it says to compose the image then take several shots focusing on the foreground. Then take tracked shots of the sky/stars and then simply blend the two. I’m wondering whether it really is that simple or there is more to it. Hi Tutster, This is a great question and one that I hope someone can assist with. I too am at the the same point and would be interested to see what the more experienced members say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutster Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 Ok so I MAY have found a way to do it! So I was playing about the other day in affinity and got an Astro image that I had and copied it so there were 2 exact images then opened them both up in affinity. With the 1st one I used the selection tool to select the foreground and edit that. Then I opened the 2nd image and selected the sky/stars and edited that. Then I copied the sky from the second image and pasted it onto/over the sky of the first image and it seemed to work. I’m not sure if there’s an easier or better way but I did it. In reality there would be stacked images of the foreground, image 1. Then there would be tracked and stacked images of the stars, image 2. Then using the method above it should in theory work the same! Please let me know if it works for you. 👍 tomtoner_photography 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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