Star trail stacking software mac os x#

It's avilable for download at This it the first version of StarStaX which runs on Windows (XP and above). Star Trail Stacking using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop explained and demonstrated step by step by Janine in this easy to follow tutorial. Then go over the comet trail, click hold and brush over the trail until its gone. To use this select an area far away from the comet trail holding the Alt button and click on the image. The easiest way to do this is to use the spot healing tool in Photoshop. I have just released StarStaX 0.4 for Mac, Windows and Linux. Each image captures the star trailing just a little bit more with every new short exposure, resulting in the star having a trailing effect across the sky when all the images are overlaid and stack on top of each other with a photo image software (we’ll discuss this later on in the article). After you stack and process the image of the stars you need to get rid of the comet trail.

Originally posted at 7:29AM, 17 April 2011 PST

Multi-language (currently: English and German) Multi-touch / mouse wheel support for scrolling GPU support for fast navigation within images (Mac OS X: Quartz engine, Linux: Open GL) What can really make a difference in how you compose a star trail is the position of Polaris in the sky, Carter said. If you want elongated curves, point your camera to the south.

Smooth zoom, 100% view, different view interpolation modes (anti-aliasing) This will generate star trails in a circular pattern, as the sky rotates around that spot. Supports a multitude of image formats (JPG, TIFF up to 16-bit/channel, PNG, etc.), Raw support planned for next releaseīlending/stacking modes: Lighten, Darken, Average, Addition, Subtraction, MultiplicationĪveraging and subtraction of dark frames to remove hot pixels and noise

Star trail stacking software mac os x#

The Mac OS X version is available now, a Linux version will be available at the end of April. It's available as a free download at: It's still under development, but already used by a couple of people. Since there is a lack of freeware Mac / Linux apps for star trail photography, I decided to develop my own one.