Tried a mosaic

[Celeste]

Ok my first try at a mosaic, as I couldn't get the moon in one shot...I *thought* I had it all, until I got it all stacked and in PS.....oh well I shall have to retry later but here's my part moon There is MUCH room for improvement I know...we will get there

(I know one of the 'frames' looks rather dodgy, I did exactly the same as the rest but that one turned out grainy and resized down the quality has dropped ) Only our 2nd attempt with the webcam

[Bizibilder]

That looks pretty good. As a mosaic newbie I know how easy it is to miss bits!! I now work logically across the "top" then back to the beginning of that row, down a bit and work across........ you get there in the end!

[Steve 1962]

That's pretty good.

I use iMerge to check that I've got everything.

You can drag .avi files straight into it and it treats them just like "flat" images so you can see how you're getting on as you go.

Yer tis....

iMerge

Steve

[oldfruit]

Never attempted a mosaic myself, but for what it`s worth, i think it looks pretty good. You say about room for improvement, that is half the fun!

[jgs001]

That's pretty good for a first attempt. I think we all have images that look like that. Check out the tutorial i wrote, it basically covers my workflow. I'm afraid I can't link to it as I'm not on a puter at the mo.

[Celeste]

Oooh thanks for the Imerge link...will have a good look at that...I felt such a berk after being sure I got it all...packed everything away then came in (frozen solid) made a hot brew, shoes off warmed up slippers on and lappy in hand...and I find huge chunks missing I could have cried (not really but you know what I mean )

Thanks for the comments

[Bizibilder]

Thanks for that tip Steve - very useful!!

[Steve 1962]

To save him looking it up - here's a link to John's thread - it helped me a great deal.

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-tips-tricks-techniques/104876-making-lunar-mosaic.html

Steve

[Steve 1962]

Having just read John's thread again - the only thing I do differently to John is that I use Photoshop to put the final mosiac together. It's a lot of work but I find it gives more control than iMerge and other "auto-mosiac" programmes.

I put each image on a different layer and then use levels and curves adjustment layers to match exposures etc. Then I tweak / refine the image overlaps with a mask on each layer layer. By doing it this way, you can always correct the joins if you go wrong or have to shift the images around a bit.

The other thing I do is to use a black background with a large grey circle drawn on it about the size you think the final image will turn out - this provides a refernce circle to make sure your final moon doesn't turn out oval!

Hope this helps

Steve