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  1. Should also have added this:

    If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update. For the macOS release, in the application main menu there is an option "Check for Updates". Alternatively, you can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "download" button in there. Updates are installed automatically (or manually by installing the new version over the old) Previous builds do not need uninstalling first. New installations of paid software downloaded from the Affinity Store requires a product key and email pair to use.

     
     
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  2. From the affinity forum site: iIf you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show

     
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  3. Hi I've been trialing a photo enlargement software from Topaz labs (Gigapiixel AI) and have been blown away by the results;, certainly on terrestrial  photos' where I've heavily cropped an area of interest and noise is very evident. 

    However after up scaling  the noise virtually disappears and the detail remains. May be worth a try (there's a 30 day trial, and the software is fully functional, and is very intuitive to use).

    pc387

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  4. Finally managed to process some images taken from 27th. Taken with SW esprit ED80; +Quark Chromosphere+ASI174MM (+/- 0.5x reducer) and processed using a combination of IMPGG and PSE 15.

    Hope to apply some of the recent IMPGG work flow posted recently, and  finally managed to figure out flats to minimise burned out areas (applied to one of these images)

    sol_27_april_01.jpg

    sol_27_april_02.jpg

    sol_27_april_03.jpg

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  5. Had some time in between working from home (ASI174MM +/- 0.5X reducer), Quark Chromosphere, SW Esprit ED80; processed using IMPG and PSE15).

    Does anyone have suggestions on how to control the bright overexposed regions in the images (Flats? or tilt adapter?). Also the colour palette in PSE is rather limiting and i can't get consistent colour renditions between images (the b+w versions have far more contrast and subtle detail)

    Help and advice would be appreciated

    Thanks 

    pc387

    2020_04_07_full disk and prom_aa.jpg

    2020-04-07_prom.jpg

    2020-04-07ASp75-11-22-33.jpg

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  6. Managed some solar imaging, after an 8 month hiatus. Taken using a ZWO174MM mono and SW Esprit ED80; Processed using AS3; impgg and photoshop elements 15.

    Need to sort out the bright overexposed regions.

    Pc387

    sol_05_04_2020 (002).jpg

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  7. I found this in the PI discussion forums, and do seem to recall there are minimum specs required for Starnet to run, older machines may not be supported

     

    PI module checks if it can run and won’t install if it can’t, the most common reason being that the cpu lacks the minimum set of vector instructions.

     

    pc387

  8. Here's a couple from Tuesday. Not much surface activity, but a couple of proms. Taken with ASI 174 mono, Quark Chromosphere+/- 0.5x reducer and SW Esprit ED80 

    I've stuck to monochrome rather than false colour; I find PSE doesn't always produce consistent results.

    pc387

     

     

    prom 23_07_2019.jpg

    solar 23_07_2019.jpg

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  9. It Started clearing yesterday early evening, so  I managed to get a couple of captures in between the white fluffy stuff. Not much surface detail, but some prom activity.

    Taken with a Quark Chromosphere and a Skywatcher Esprit ED80.  Still limited in attempting to blend surface and prom captures with PSE.

     

    pc387 

    solar activiity 15_June_2019.jpg

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  10. Hi,

    The esprit has a focal length of 400 mm, and the 0.5x reduced image area looks very similar to the one in the FOV calculator. I need to add an additional spacer between  the chip and reducer. I've attached a couple of images comparing reduced and native with the ZWO174MM ( I'm still learning and limited to PSE for combining proms and surface).

    0.5x reduction and spacer with quark chromosphere and esprit ed80.jpg

    native_quark chromosphere and Esprit  ed80.jpg

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