Chintan Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 File > New Panorama ? Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 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. 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...
IanSG Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 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. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 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 ? Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 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. 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...
Chintan Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 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. 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...
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