'Registax' or other stacking software process TIFF or JPEG image

[RT65CB-SWL]

Hi all,

I am at the presant time unable to afford a DSLR. I only use a compact digital camera (Olympus C2030 or C730).

Can 'Registax' or other stacking software process TIFF or JPEG images if I have a few or bracketed images of the same subject?

Thank you for reading.

[ronin]

Not sure about TIFF but most cannot process jpegs.

A jpeg is compressed and data has been removed.

In effect Registax is being asked to re-process data that has already been processed.

It (Registax), and others, may be able to handle a TIFF but not sure.

[PeterCPC]

I'm sure that I have processed some JPEGs in Reg. Give it a go - see what happens.

Peter

[Cornelius Varley]

Registax should be able to process tiffs also.

[Steve Ward]

Reg 5.1 can handle Video and Mpeg , bmp , fit , jpeg , tiff , png , ser and RAW.

Reg 6 can handle all the above bar RAW.

[Mr TamiyaCowboy]

if not try Autostackert 2 (AS!2) 

olympus 2030 Zoom 

if i am right ( have a dead one here ) they give an 8 second exposure time, long enough to capture fireworks

and car light trails. should be ok'ish for shorter exposures, say Orion. just take lots of pictures and stack them all.

should get a half decent image from a old tech digital ( in its day was a top dollar camera )

[dph1nm]

DSS will stack jpegs or tiffs.

I used to use a 2020Z afocally some year ago. Has very high dark noise but it subtracts off quite well if you take some darks (I used tiff I seem to remember). I have an old web page on it here http://community.dur.ac.uk/nigel.metcalfe/astro/afocal.html

NigelM

[PeterCPC]

There is a new version of DSS available now and it solves some of the issues with the previous version. With the previous version I got funny shaped stacked image (very narrow) but that has been resolved with the new version.

Peter