Serious question, did anyone else think stacking photos was just about adding more light?

I was stacking 50 shots of the Orion Nebula last month and the final image looked worse than a single frame. A friend pointed out I had alignment turned off in DeepSkyStacker, so all the stars were blurred. Has anyone else made a simple software mistake that ruined hours of work?

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the_claire1mo ago

Honestly that's just part of the learning curve. Gotta mess up the settings a few times to really get it.

lilyp371mo ago

Wasting time on bad settings just teaches you to be afraid of the machine.

murray.jana1mo ago

Yeah, "part of the learning curve" is a nice way to say I've ruined a few projects. But hey, now I know what every terrible setting looks and sounds like. Consider it a very loud lesson.

michael6698d ago

Ever try just reading the manual first?