Not only does this program calibrate and stack your images, but it’s a full fledged photo editing program, so you have all the tools at your disposal for stretching, sharpening, color enhancement, mask manipulation, and more with a vastly superior interface for ease of use. This compares to about 10 minutes in APP and PixInsight. I calibrated and stacked a set of 12 images in about 1-2 minutes on my iMac Pro. The main advantage of generic photo editors over specific astrophotography editors is versatility. Astrophotography editors, such as StarTools, Nebulosity, Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight, etc. Having had issues with stacking in our Adobe Photoshop review 2023. We can group the software for astrophotography post-processing in two categories: generic photo editors, such as Photoshop, Gimp, Affinity Photo, etc. One advantage to Affinity Photo compared to existing astrophotography stacking and calibration applications is that it takes advantage of the GPU in your Mac for very fast processing and stacking. One astro-specific feature of Affinity Photo 2 that we enjoyed is the Astrophotography Stack persona. Stack files from different sessions using file groupsĬreate full color, composite (HaRGB, SHO), grayscale or false color images Stack, tone stretch and retouch entirely in 32-bit Stack light and calibration frames (dark/dark flat/flat/bias) This Affinity Photo free preset accentuates the combination of these colors, making the entire frame eye-pleasing. A good option for images taken in flattering sunlight or in locations, where orange and teal tones naturally blend. Provides astrophotography action sets and plugins. Can be used for deep-sky and planetary astrophotography. They’ve recently upped their game to add features beyond Photoshop’s set of tools by getting into the Astrophotography realm with the following new features in their 1.9 update: Affinity Photo Preset 3 'Orange and Teal'. The price of software on this list varies from 9.99 to 230 for the full version of the subscription. Currently Affinity Photo is for sale at a 50% discount. They are extremely capable applications and in their effort to remain competitive come at a very nice discount in pricing compared to Adobe’s applications. Affinity introduced it’s suite of applications to compete against Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator a few years ago. For astrophotographers who use Photoshop, heres some interesting and some good news. A new astrophotography processing contender Affinity Photo has entered the Mac…and PC race. APF-R is purpose-built for astronomical images, and it really works well.
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