Processing .fits files in Affinity Photo

[Deano247]

HI there,

I'm currently nerding out over the James Webb Space Telescope data that is being sent back to us daily and in particular the NIRCAM images. The files I am interested in are in .fits format and are of differing dimensions so need to be scaled I believe.  I wondered if anyone has tried to process any of these images in Affinity Photo and if so, what sort of results did you get.  I have some files downloaded but I am an absolute beginner and I'm not really sure what I am doing but going to try anyway!  Just curious if anyone has tried this and if it is possible.

[Dan C]

Hi @Deano247,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums 

I can confirm this is possible in Affinity, using the Astrophotography Stacking feature.

I'd recommend checking out the below tutorial and helpfiles on this functionality:

https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/photo/desktop/video/504455362/

https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Astrophotography/astro_about.html?title=About astrophotography stacking

https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Astrophotography/astro_creating.html?title=Creating an astrophotography stack

I hope this helps!

[Deano247]

Thanks for the links @Dan C, I'll be sure to check them out

[Deano247]

@Dan C, once again thanks for the information, it has definitely proved useful.  I now have a fairly good understanding of what I'm doing, just need to keep practicing!   So far I've completed 2 images which I'm very pleased with and I'm starting work on a couple of others.  I've attached my first efforts if anyone is interested.  Many thanks.

 

[Dan C]

Awesome work, I particularly like the nebula in the second image! thanks for sharing