Just as I thought I was getting the hang of PI

[Horwig]

I've been playing with a DSLR again after using mono for some time, and trying to use PI with it, here's the result of 15 lights, 20 bias, 20 darks and 20 flats. proc in PI, and then tweeked in photoshop:

and here's the same lights, with no control frames this time, converted from RAW to non linear TIFF in lightroom, then PI for alignment and integration, and photoshop for adjustment.

Now I know there's still plenty wrong with version 2, but I know which I prefer, so where was I going wrong with the time honoured pre-processing routine?

 

[happy-kat]

It might be the darks in number 1. Dslr darks can add noise I keep reading and my own basic imaging they do, I think try number 1 with lights flats and bias.