No more ICE !!!!

[Adaaam75]

Just a quickie,

I took a shed load of images last night of the moon using my DSLR on my scope with the intention to stitch using Microsoft ICE but its been pulled!

Any free software suggestions for image stitching (not stacking)?

[Mick J]

Recent post may help 

 

[Adaaam75]

Thanks Mick,

As suspected. When I tried to boot up my installed version of ICE it kept failing saying it's an online resource that can no longer be located so i went onto Microsoft's download site and they no longer support ICE effectively pulling the plug on it and rendering the program redundant.

But I need to stitch for free

[JamesF]

Hugin is free, but I've not used it for astro work (other than creating a background for Stellarium) so I've no idea how well it might work for you.

James

[Adaaam75]

I'll give it a run!

[Ibbo!]

Odd as I've just used it to stitch the moon from last night.

 

[Adaaam75]

1 minute ago, Ibbo! said:

Odd as I've just used it to stitch the moon from last night.

 

Used ICE?

[Ibbo!]

1 minute ago, Adaaam75 said:

Used ICE?

Yes

 

[Adaaam75]

😭😭😭

That IS odd! Why won't mine work anymore and i can't download it

[Mick J]

24 minutes ago, Adaaam75 said:

Thanks Mick,

As suspected. When I tried to boot up my installed version of ICE it kept failing saying it's an online resource that can no longer be located so i went onto Microsoft's download site and they no longer support ICE effectively pulling the plug on it and rendering the program redundant.

But I need to stitch for free

I have V 2.03.0 64bit installed on windows 10pro,  I also downloaded the msi from yesterdays post, just ran my installed and stitched three snaps quickly and saved as jpg & tif,  no mention of online resource here..

Alternatives mentioned in that post, good luck.

[Adaaam75]

Right, I'm going to find it somewhere!

[Ibbo!]

2 minutes ago, Mick J said:

I have V 2.03.0 64bit installed on windows 10pro,  I also downloaded the msi from yesterdays post, just ran my installed and stitched three snaps quickly and saved as jpg & tif,  no mention of online resource here..

Alternatives mentioned in that post, good luck.

Yep same version here

[Adaaam75]

Could you post the link please

[Mick J]

Possibly buried in yesterdays posts,  second post down in this thread 

 

Edited March 1, 2021 by Mick J

[Adaaam75]

3 minutes ago, Mick J said:

Possibly buried in yesterdays post, second post down in this thread 

 

BOOM!

Thanks Mick