Stacking of Astrophotography images in Astro persona of Affinity Photo 2 (version 2.5.7)

[Jamal Tariq]

Since updating to the latest update no. 2.5.7 for windows 11, my images are not properly aligning and I am getting very unclear messed up stacked file with only a few stars visible all of them hazy and bloated. This problem is being faced after the update.

 

Please sort this out.

I am using sigma clipping with Std Deviation of 2 and Clipping iteration of 5. Raw profile is RGGB (for Dwarf 3 smart telescope images), I am also using Dark caliberation frames.

P 3 affinity.tiff P3 Barnard 37 Affinity Stack.afphoto

Edited January 23 by Jamal Tariq

[Komatös]

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[Jamal Tariq]

Thanks..done that.

 

[Lee D]

@Jamal Tariq I can't recall any changes to Astro stacking in the last update.

It would help if we had a copy of your images to go through the stacking process to compare, can you provide a download link for them?

[PaulMA]

Hello,

I have a similar non-alignment issue with Affinity Photo 2 (v.2.6.0) New Astrophotography Stack… I’m a Mac user. Under the Files tab, I add 30 light frames and 20 dark frames (all CR2 RAW format images taken with Canon 5DsR). Under Stacking Options tab, I’m using Sigma clipping, with Threshold at 2 and Clipping iterations at 5. Under the RAW Options tab, I set the White balance to Camera. I then click Stack and it produces a sharp image with a sign saying “Stacking succeeded” with an OK button to click (see attached before and after screenshots). Unfortunately, when I click OK I get a blurred, non-aligned image.

I would really appreciate someone from Affinity coming back to me asap with some help, please.

PaulMA