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Posts Made By: Gianluca Valentini

February 24, 2006 07:47 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Best Toucam capture software?

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello Alec,

I know it is not as popular as K3CCDTools, but I always used QCFocus that you can download here http://www.astrosurf.org/astropc/qcam/programme.html.

It is a French software, but it is available in English as well. It is simple, FREE, and it supports the RAW format that is an absolute PLUS since you can easily modify your Toucam into a great tool that captures in RAW format with a great advantage in the quality of the images captured. You can read more here http://www.astrosurf.com/astrobond/ebrawe.htm where you can also download the software that will transform your camera.
But I suggest you try this modification when you have experienced the camera a little and you feel you want more from it (and you can have it grin )

What you can do right away to simplify your life at the telescope is download this little easy interface that will give you all the camera controls in one simple screen: http://www.burri-web.org/bm98/soft/wcctrl/index.htm

I hope this load of info will be of some use to you Alec. Good luck.
Ciao
Luca 8)

February 25, 2006 11:23 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Another Effort at Saturn - from Utah

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Alright Tyler!! I love this one.

Now it's time for you to help me: how did you size the 2 pictures in order to be able to make the LRGB. I have colors from the Lumenera 075 and luminance from the infinity, but I haven't been able to size them properly to stack them as LRGB.

Ciao and congratulation again: the image is really good and now they can only get better grin

Ciao
Luca

February 25, 2006 07:01 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Question for Luca

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello Tyler,

download the new version of Lucam Recorder that was released just a few minutes ago grin It fixes exactly the problem you mention with Registax. You also need to download a new lucamapi.dll file (provided to Heiko by Lumenera) that you'll find on Heiko's website (nothing to worry: I've been testing both the new version and the new lucamapi.dll and they work fantastic!!). Before you install the new Lucam version, erase the other one with its folder (no need to unistall, just trash it) and then re-install the new.

If the files you captured and can't open are, in your opinion, really worthwhile and not just simple test files, contact me privately and I'll teach you how to solve the problem. In case you were just testing, just drop them and be assured that the new ones will be perfect.

Ciao Tyler

Luca

February 26, 2006 04:37 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn and Jupiter Feb 2, 2006

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello Paul,

there's not much more you can do when the seeing does not cooperate sad I know something about it >sad

Ciao Paul

Luca 8)

February 28, 2006 08:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My 1st LRGB!! Thanks Tyler

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Thanks guys grin

As a matter of fact the image was processed and posted from another computer and now that I see it from home the color seems a bit weak.
I'll try to reprocess it just adding a little color saturation.

Ciao

Luca

March 1, 2006 03:32 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Question for the more experienced Photoshoppers

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Thank you Alan and Paolo.

Alan I did not know that I could choose th order of the layers and that such order was relevant. I should probably ask then which of the layers "eliminators" I should use MERGE DOWN, MERGE VISIBLE OR FLATTEN IMAGE?

Paolo, thanks for the important info: I did remember though that you once told me that the luminance is "the real thing" while the chrominance isn't that important at all. So I kept that in mind while I was doing this experiments and I always "played" around with the color image and left the other one untouched wink

Ciao guys

Luca 8)

March 2, 2006 05:32 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

new saturn activity?

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello Alan,

I would say that is very definitely a new active area. I too would like to know if you have color data of this great shot.

Ciao Alan

Luca

March 2, 2006 11:51 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My 1st LRGB!! Thanks Tyler

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello I believe this is my best LRGB experiment. I still have some files to process from Feb 14th (the last night I could see the sky for enough time to plan an imaging session :C )

I have to thank Paolo, Alan, Tyler and Edward for helping me with this: it isn't still very good, but "practice makes perfect" grin

Ciao guys

Luca 8)

March 3, 2006 11:42 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

a bit of saturn weather

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Well Alan, it seems that the weather on Saturn is just as bad as it is around here wink

The image is astounding, especially the detail and the colors on the planet's bands.
Processing is top notch as usual, so BRAVISSIMO Alan!

Ciao
Luca 8)

March 3, 2006 11:45 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturnus 2006/2/28 R image en RGB ( layer Colo

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello Richard, the color may be false, but what an image 8O

Very smooth processing (my favorite kind, when possible).


Ciao Richard

Luca 8)

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