John, I got StarNetV2 to produce a STARLESS image on the Gimp 16 bit tif W Veil! Selecting NONE on compression in the export process did the trick, very cool. I will postpone going to Photoshop or PI. Thanks Warren
Thanks to your careful narrative Jon I managed to follow some of this 😁👍 I will still draw stars and nebulas and the like with crayons and felt tip pens though 🤣, which is as far as my technical abilities will extend 😁 I was pleased that Pebbles the Astrocat made a guest appearance 👌. I also noticed that your fleece changed colour during the video…. ! Now, back to my colouring book 😌🙂
Glad you enjoyed it, and it was possible to follow it OK. I'm sure your felt tip drawings are fantastic 🙂. As I type this Pebbles is asleep on my lap, which is a bit of a problem as I want to get up and sort my dinner out 🤣🤣.
Interesting movie John. Modern digital cameras and software has really changed the life of the amateur astronomer (and nature photographer as well). It is quite amazing what we can find by just looking up to the stars (and getting some help from Starnett++). On a different note - a major outbreak of Northern Lights is forecast for this evening (oct 30) and there is a chance that it might be visible from Northern England (KP-index 7). In my place the forecast is clouds, so I will miss the aural storm tonight!
You are quite right about modern cameras and software revolutionising photography. It always amazes me what is now possible for average amateurs to achieve, which 30 years ago would have been a challenge for professional photographers. I saw in the news that there is a good chance for the Northern Lights tonight. I am probably too far south, but I will still go outside and check anyway 🙂
Nice job John Starnet really helps outs. Just one suggestion when you have the layers in Photoshop on your star layer, try opening curves and pulling down on the curve to reduce your stars size/intensity. They will still be solid but smaller. Great image by the way. 👍
Hi John. Great video. A small pointer for Starnet ++. As you have said you need to copy your image into starnets folder, however, you don't need to rename the file, just drag and drop it like you did with your renamed file. Starnet will start up and process your image just the same. Apologies if anyone has already pointed this out, couldn't see any related comment. Keep the vidoe's coming. Clear Sky's.
So I hear, I'll have to upgrade to it shortly. I gather that it is significantly better than the original. Thanks very much for watching. Hope the rest of the week is good to you 👍
thanks for this, great tutorial! I wonder if you've sussed about the renaming yet, you dont have to rename, just drag the image you want to process over the Run_RGB.bat batch file to run it. After I run the bat once it seems to error the next time i run it, pretty strange. But if i drag the original image over the .exe file instead it seems to run just fine. Thanks again!!
Thank you. I can’t get my rgb_test5 to start the process when I drop the rgb_test5 file into rgb_starnet++.exe. Nothing happens. Do you have any ideas why or what I can try?
I had several problems when I first used starnet, and I think I had the same as you. What my issue turned out to be was I had done an initial tweak to the image in photoshop and then saved it as rgb_test 5, but saved in to my desktop. When I then grabbed the image and hovered it over the exe file, nothing happened. It turned out that the rgb_test5 image has to be in the same folder as the exe file. Now I still save the test5 image from photoshop onto my desktop, but then copy it into the starnet folder containing the exe file.
@@thecampingastronomer8554 Thanks for your input. Starnet++v2 does nothing when even if I transfer my gimp processed tif into the starnet folder prior to loading it into the rgb exe file. Still stumped.
@@goatsuukerhill when you originally downloaded starnet did the folder contain a test image ? Mine had a rgb_test5 image already in the folder with the exe file to have a test run on. Did your download also have this file in the folder ?
@@goatsuukerhill I should have mentioned above that the Tif file has to be a 16 bit Tif file or the program won't run. If it is an 8 bit file then nothing will happen and you need to convert the image to 16 bit first.
@@thecampingastronomer8554 yes there was a test image of a red nebula. I tried renaming my processed ngc6960 tif with the tif extension and with out any extension. Both files failed to get statnet to start.
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John, I got StarNetV2 to produce a STARLESS image on the Gimp 16 bit tif W Veil! Selecting NONE on compression in the export process did the trick, very cool. I will postpone going to Photoshop or PI.
Thanks Warren
Fantastic news Warren, I am really pleased for you 😀 👍🍻
Great video once again John. Starnet++ is certainly a game changer. You’re a natural presenter and I love what you do and share with us 🤝👍
Thanks Ian, glad you enjoyed it 👍🙂
Hi John, Great Video mate ! I want to get this one day and this will come in handy for the winter shots I hope to capture!
Hi Simon, it is really useful I think, and the fact it's free makes it even better. Thanks very much for watching 🙂
great Tutorial john!! Enjoyed the video!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thanks to your careful narrative Jon I managed to follow some of this 😁👍 I will still draw stars and nebulas and the like with crayons and felt tip pens though 🤣, which is as far as my technical abilities will extend 😁
I was pleased that Pebbles the Astrocat made a guest appearance 👌. I also noticed that your fleece changed colour during the video…. ! Now, back to my colouring book 😌🙂
Glad you enjoyed it, and it was possible to follow it OK. I'm sure your felt tip drawings are fantastic 🙂. As I type this Pebbles is asleep on my lap, which is a bit of a problem as I want to get up and sort my dinner out 🤣🤣.
@@thecampingastronomer8554 😹
Interesting movie John. Modern digital cameras and software has really changed the life of the amateur astronomer (and nature photographer as well). It is quite amazing what we can find by just looking up to the stars (and getting some help from Starnett++). On a different note - a major outbreak of Northern Lights is forecast for this evening (oct 30) and there is a chance that it might be visible from Northern England (KP-index 7). In my place the forecast is clouds, so I will miss the aural storm tonight!
You are quite right about modern cameras and software revolutionising photography. It always amazes me what is now possible for average amateurs to achieve, which 30 years ago would have been a challenge for professional photographers.
I saw in the news that there is a good chance for the Northern Lights tonight. I am probably too far south, but I will still go outside and check anyway 🙂
Nice job John Starnet really helps outs. Just one suggestion when you have the layers in Photoshop on your star layer, try opening curves and pulling down on the curve to reduce your stars size/intensity. They will still be solid but smaller.
Great image by the way. 👍
That's a great tip Ollie, thank you 😊
Very nice tutorial John. Thank you!
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching 🙂
Hi John. Great video. A small pointer for Starnet ++. As you have said you need to copy your image into starnets folder, however, you don't need to rename the file, just drag and drop it like you did with your renamed file. Starnet will start up and process your image just the same. Apologies if anyone has already pointed this out, couldn't see any related comment. Keep the vidoe's coming. Clear Sky's.
Great tutorial John!
Thank you Joe 😊
Great tutorial, thanks a lot.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thank you so much great tutorial. Can't thank you enough
Thank you Joseph, I am glad you found the video useful. Have a good week 🙂
Starnet 2 is out and is a big improvement.
So I hear, I'll have to upgrade to it shortly. I gather that it is significantly better than the original.
Thanks very much for watching. Hope the rest of the week is good to you 👍
thanks for this, great tutorial!
I wonder if you've sussed about the renaming yet, you dont have to rename, just drag the image you want to process over the Run_RGB.bat batch file to run it.
After I run the bat once it seems to error the next time i run it, pretty strange. But if i drag the original image over the .exe file instead it seems to run just fine.
Thanks again!!
Thank you Matthew, I'll have a go without renaming next time I use Starnet. Many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 😊
Thank you. I can’t get my rgb_test5 to start the process when I drop the rgb_test5 file into rgb_starnet++.exe. Nothing happens. Do you have any ideas why or what I can try?
I had several problems when I first used starnet, and I think I had the same as you. What my issue turned out to be was I had done an initial tweak to the image in photoshop and then saved it as rgb_test 5, but saved in to my desktop. When I then grabbed the image and hovered it over the exe file, nothing happened.
It turned out that the rgb_test5 image has to be in the same folder as the exe file. Now I still save the test5 image from photoshop onto my desktop, but then copy it into the starnet folder containing the exe file.
@@thecampingastronomer8554 Thanks for your input. Starnet++v2 does nothing when even if I transfer my gimp processed tif into the starnet folder prior to loading it into the rgb exe file. Still stumped.
@@goatsuukerhill when you originally downloaded starnet did the folder contain a test image ? Mine had a rgb_test5 image already in the folder with the exe file to have a test run on. Did your download also have this file in the folder ?
@@goatsuukerhill I should have mentioned above that the Tif file has to be a 16 bit Tif file or the program won't run. If it is an 8 bit file then nothing will happen and you need to convert the image to 16 bit first.
@@thecampingastronomer8554 yes there was a test image of a red nebula. I tried renaming my processed ngc6960 tif with the tif extension and with out any extension. Both files failed to get statnet to start.