Nero AI Image Upscaler

[johnturley]

Has anybody tried or experimented with the above software, after receiving an email from Nero, I decided to try a 1 year subscription at the offer price of £21.50.

Although not a dedicated program for planetary imaging unlike Registax for example, after giving a try, it does appear to be a simple and fairly effective method of enlarging (up to 4x) and sharpening planetary images that have already been processed. 

If you follow the advice of those who insist that you should aim for a focal ratio of no more than 3x (or under good viewing conditions 5x) the pixel size of your planetary camera, depending on the focal length of your telescope, you can end up with a image size which is far too small to be pleasing. Of course you can do some image enlargement in programs such as Registax, Photoshop, and GIMP, but it can be a fiddly and lengthy procedure. Nero AI Image Upscaler appears to be a quick and simple method of enlarging, and sharpening to a certain extent, images which are less than pleasing due to their small size, and more importantly it does enlarge the size of the saved image, rather than just the size the image appears to be when you post it.

Attach for information a before and after image of Saturn, taken through my Esprit 150 on 04.09.23 (using a 2.5x Powermate and processed in AutoStakkert and Registax), the latter image was enlarged 2x and sharpened in Nero AI Image Upscaler.

John  

Edited October 28, 2023 by johnturley

[johnturley]

Here's a couple of Jupiter images from last year before and after enlargement by 2x  in Nero AI Image Upscaler