TIFF to JPEG

[gonzostar]

As an absolute beginner to DSS. How do get get from TFF file to jpeg? So we can have a giggle at my first attempt at m31!

Cheers

Dean 

[Jonk]

Depends on the software you have - if you're on windows, paint.net (free) should be able to do this.

Open the .tiff, 'save as' .jpg.

Not sure about Linux or MacOs.

[gonzostar]

Thanks will give it a go after work. I am on windows

[JamesF]

It's probably worth looking at saving to PNG too.  JPEGs don't always come out too well once uploaded to the forum.

James

[happy-kat]

Gimp is free

[michael8554]

Start / All Programmes / Accessories / Paint

Saves as PNG, BMP, TIFF, GIFF, JPG

Crops, Resizes, Rotates

Free with Windows

Michael

[Pete Presland]

I also recommend PNG that are lossless and smaller than TIFF's. No problem posting them on here either.

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[gonzostar]

thanyou all for this very useful information

[Phillyo]

Just a thought, if you're taking the stacked image from DSS straight from TIFF format to Jpeg, you won't be seeing what's really there. Once the image is stacked in DSS you generally need to apply some curve and level stretching to reveal the data correctly.

I would recommend opening the stacked TIFF file from DSS in The GIMP (free) and applying some curves and levels stretching before saving to Jpeg (or PNG preferably as people have already stated) and uploading to here

You'll be surprised what's hidden in the data.

Phil

[gonzostar]

Thanks for that Phil. Hopefully can get some shots in next couple of days once the moon is nearly out of the way! 

[gonzostar]

Well done it. My first meaning full attempt using the very good advice received. Although still trying to get used to DSS  This is supposed to be NGC 6946 Taken with stacks upto just 10 mins. Maybe i should use more next time? 

[gonzostar]

Not sure why it turned out green sky though! 

[happy-kat]

You got a stacked image, yey. Brilliant.

Green can be removed with a plugin called hasta la vista green which although a Photoshop plugin works in paintshop pro as well. Perhaps you can remove it by hand but I am not good yet with colour manipulation.

Just thought why are you using TIFF files. Does your camera have raw mode capability?

[skybadger]

Imagemagick will repay you, handles fits too and is multiplatform.

Mike

[pipnina]

Of the free programs, GIMP 2.9 is the best hands down. As far as paid software goes... I think PixInsight + Photoshop is the software of choice.