DSS frustration!

[Ryan_B]

Hi everyone

I'm pretty novice at stacking/processing etc, so bear with me!

Last night I was finally able to get some data! I got 72 lights, 25 darks and 25 bias frames of M42, using Canon 550d, Tamron 70-300 at 300mm iso 3200, 1.3 sec (1/4000 for bias)

I can only seem to get anything out of the data if I use jpegs! When I submit the RAW files I have to set the detection threshold to 2%, and use reccomended settings, no drizzle, uncheck lights with score <100, and yet the resulting image shows no detail of M42 whatsoever. It's literally just a black image with stars, no nebulosity at all. I understand that the first image you get needs adjusting, but even after making the required changes to the settings there is nothing, just stars! It's so frustrating!!!

For reference this is a cropped image, stacked and processed in PS. (Yeah yeah I know it's not great! )

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92027968@N06/12101292624/

Has anybody else encountered this?

Ryan

[Ryan_B]

Just downloaded the Beta (3.3.3) and it seems to be working!