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I recently had the good fortune of capturing a few photos of the gemini meteors and I wished to combine all of them into one image. I have 11 that are useable. How can I merge them in affinity photo? 

 

Thank you

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If your images have some recognizable background (that can be used for alignment), then:

Load all the images into a stack (File > New Stack) and tick the Align box. Then select the maximum from the drop-down list (the default is median). This will allow the brightest pixels to show through.

Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo).

CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB  DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

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I think the answer's going to depend on the pictures - you could try stacking them, but if you've got foreground objects they'll be stationary while the stars have moved (probably!).  Cloning from multiple sources might work.

AP, AD & APub user, running Win10

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1 hour ago, Chintan said:

I have 11 that are useable

 

Are these RAW images or JPG ?

Maybe you could attach a few of them so we cangive a try ?

Affinity Photo  2.3.1

Laptop MSI Prestige PS42
Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz   2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB

 

 
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1 hour ago, IanSG said:

I think the answer's going to depend on the pictures - you could try stacking them, but if you've got foreground objects they'll be stationary while the stars have moved (probably!).  Cloning from multiple sources might work.

I was assuming that the stars would be faint in comparison with the meteor trails. If that were the case, then you could probably get rid of them with a bit of Curves work.

I would agree that a few samples would help us help you.

Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo).

CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB  DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

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10 hours ago, John Rostron said:

If your images have some recognizable background (that can be used for alignment), then:

Load all the images into a stack (File > New Stack) and tick the Align box. Then select the maximum from the drop-down list (the default is median). This will allow the brightest pixels to show through.

No background unfortunately, I was pointing the camera upwards so it's only the sky

 

10 hours ago, HVDB Fotografie said:

 

Are these RAW images or JPG ?

Maybe you could attach a few of them so we cangive a try ?

I have the raw and the JPEG files after processing them in rawtherapee

JPEG files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14q41kevTW1ovRQFiR0JVGGlVom0QWiQj?usp=sharing

RAW files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oIoPXw941006-zjPoyL-HkoKXdw44nno?usp=sharing

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I stacked the JPEG images and chose the Maximum option giving the image here: The stars do seem to have produced trails, and the meteor trails are (approximately) radiating from a common radiant. You should be able to align the images manually to improve the final image.

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Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo).

CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB  DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

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