ZWO Asi Studio 1.6 release includes Image Stacking! (Sort of )

[Laurieast]

I cant see this has been posted before, and this seems the best place. released yesterday 24/06/22 ver 1.6 . I have looked and can't find release notes, but I have just tried it on some lunar avi's and it works great, but output is jpg only.
It will also stack deep sky FITS or Tifs. 

Edited June 26, 2022 by Laurieast

[Kon]

Do you find it comparable to Autostakkert quality?

[johninderby]

I definitely will be giving it a try when I get my new camera next month. 

[neil phillips]

Output Jpg only ? Wonder why they would do that ? Its lost before its even started. Thats too self limiting 

[johninderby]

“deep sky FITS or Tifs.” so I’m surprised if it’s jpg only on planetary.

[Laurieast]

1 hour ago, Kon said:

Do you find it comparable to Autostakkert quality?

It certainly did a good and fast ~ 1.5 minutes job of stacking an avi, there are no settings to adjust with that like alignment points or anything else, it just does it.
I can't see there are any options for the output file other than the given jpg, which is disappointing, as I see @neil phillips has just mentioned. 
In Autostakkert I always select TIFF output.

I don't have any FITS files to try, some TIFFS from PS did not work, hopefully somebody will come along and do that. 

I appear to have broken it, the sharpening level no longer works. 

Edited June 25, 2022 by Laurieast
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[Kon]

I just had a quick play with it and it is 'nice' having it there for a quick check and under one program; i used a .ser file. Yes a black box of what it is doing and annoying that there is only a jpg. There is a fits output but does not save changes. This is my quick attempt on saturn in IR ; left from asistudio with sharpening, next the fits with wavelets in astrosurface and the last one one from autostakkert and astrosurface with wavelets. I am not an expert in processing but i feel that the fits is not as good in later steps.

Edited June 25, 2022 by Kon

[Laurieast]

Found some FITS, so this is what deep sky stacking looks like. But apparently there is something wrong with my FITS. 

Reset laptop, sharpening still not working, it was this afternoon. 

[johninderby]

Did some reading and apparently there are some problems with image headers. Hopefully when the new version is updated this will be fixed..

[Laurieast]

16 minutes ago, Kon said:

last one one from autostakkert and astrosurface with wavelets.

That's the best one to me. 👌

[Kon]

2 minutes ago, Laurieast said:

That's the best one to me. 👌

I think on the fly processing while imaging it's not too bad.

[Laurieast]

3 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Did some reading and apparently there are some problems with image headers. Hopefully when the new version is updated this will be fixed..

Did you see any mention of offering other outputs than jpg?

[johninderby]

20 minutes ago, Laurieast said:

Did you see any mention of offering other outputs than jpg?

Couldn’t find any real details but seems to be a problem of Asicap not offering the right headers.

[Laurieast]

The Sharpen Level slider in planetary imaging after stacking, works for a while, and then stops having any effect after a few images. 

Deleting files does not fix it, the only thing that does is a re-install, it's all going a bit Beta at the moment. 

[Laurieast]

An update from ZWO technical.

tech@zwo

It will create a folder named 'ASIVideoStack_Output' at the video in the same directory as the video, you can find the fits files here.

Also:
Regarding the sharpening level that didn't work, could you uninstall the ASIStudio, then reinstall it? don't install on drive C.

[Ouroboros]

Looks interesting, not least because it appears to also work on a Mac. I assumes it’s free. 

[Laurieast]

Just now, Ouroboros said:

I assumes it’s free. 

Yes! 

[Laurieast]

I have just seen mention that they will release version 1.6.1 this week.

 

[Dan Sheppard]

I am a user of ASI Studio. I use ASICap to do my imaging and I use ASI VideoStack as well. 

But my question revolves around the slider that shows percentages during stacking. Their wording above the item makes me wonder, whether 20% is better, or 80% would be better. My goal is the sharpest detail in my solar pictures.

Here is a sample I photographed yesterday.

[Steve Ward]

I'd just pay the £12 for SharpCap Pro , it's a pittance to pay for a seriously good piece of software with umpteen great features ... 😉