DSS for Mac's

cmoy · 22nd of June 2012 (Fri)

Is there such a thing? I was on their site last night and couldn't find anything for Mac's

Thanks guys!

A.S.I.G.N. Observatory · 22nd of June 2012 (Fri)

I think the guy wrote it with a PC so I wouldn't think so.

atmenterprises · 23rd of June 2012 (Sat)

I run it in Crossover (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/) and it works relatively well on a Mac.

cmoy · 24th of June 2012 (Sun)

Thanks guys! I may end up downloading it onto my wife's PC.

VaiFanatic · 2nd of July 2012 (Mon)

Another way around it, is to use bootcamp and run windows on your Mac for this occasion. There are virtual OS emulators like Parallels to run a virtual copy of windows, also runs at natives speeds so it's very hard to tell it's a virtualization.

cmoy · 7th of July 2012 (Sat)

Thanks VaiFanatic!

Quote:

Originally Posted by VaiFanatic

Another way around it, is to use bootcamp and run windows on your Mac for this occasion. There are virtual OS emulators like Parallels to run a virtual copy of windows, also runs at natives speeds so it's very hard to tell it's a virtualization.

VaiFanatic · 14th of July 2012 (Sat)

Not a problem! I know I was a bit late, but I hope I answered your question

DSimmon · 14th of October 2012 (Sun)

A little late to the game, but I am running DSS in a Virtual Machine (vm) using VirtualBox. I have Mountain Lion as my Host with Windows 7 as my Guest OS.

The only problem I ran into is if you leave the images in a folder that is shared between the Guest and Host it's a bit of a no go. You need to move the images into a folder within the Guest OS, and then do the stacking/merging from there. Once I found that out, I was actually getting TIF output files I could open

AbPho · 22nd of October 2012 (Mon)

Anyone ever try Keith's Image Stacker for the mac? I would like to get into astro photography, but not having the software to stack the images is holding me back. The Astro tracker is looking rather nice for my needs.

mtbdudex · 27th of October 2012 (Sat)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AbPho

Anyone ever try Keith's Image Stacker for the mac? I would like to get into astro photography, but not having the software to stack the images is holding me back. The Astro tracker is looking rather nice for my needs.

I use StarStax fro stacking images, http://markus-enzweiler.de/software/software.html

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StarStaX is a fast multi-platform image stacking and blending software, which is developed primarily for Star Trail Photography. It allows to merge a series of photos into a single image, where the relative motion of the stars creates structures looking like star trails.

StarStaX is available as Freeware for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.

DSimmon · 26th of October 2012 (Fri)

Haven't seen it before, but I'll try pulling down KIS this evening/weekend and playing with it on my Mac.

Thanks for the suggestion AbPho.

AbPho · 26th of October 2012 (Fri)

Awesome. Let me know how it turns out.

I just got an equatorial mount. I want to see how I can use this with my camera to get some longer exposures without star trails. Nothing fancy like taking stacks for deep space objects. Maybe one day.

DSimmon · 27th of October 2012 (Sat)

First impressions, Keiths Image Stacker doesn't read RAW image files, so I need to convert the cr2's to something like tiff or jpeg. I haven't done that yet, and I did find a section on his site where he lays that out. I guess it's time to convert and give it a go.

Thanks for the heads up on StarStaX too. I'll give it a check out as well. Anything's got to be better than the weird workflow for DSS through a VM.

22nd of June 2012 (Fri)	#1
cmoy Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NY Posts: 560	DSS for Mac's Is there such a thing? I was on their site last night and couldn't find anything for Mac's Thanks guys! __________________ Chris website

22nd of June 2012 (Fri)	#2
A.S.I.G.N. Observatory Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 1,486	Re: DSS for Mac's I think the guy wrote it with a PC so I wouldn't think so. __________________ Australian Wildlife Photographer BA Photography ASIGN Observatory II

23rd of June 2012 (Sat)	#3
atmenterprises Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 43	Re: DSS for Mac's I run it in Crossover (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/) and it works relatively well on a Mac.

24th of June 2012 (Sun)	#4
cmoy Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NY Posts: 560	Re: DSS for Mac's Thanks guys! I may end up downloading it onto my wife's PC. __________________ Chris website

2nd of July 2012 (Mon)	#5
VaiFanatic Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 85 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: DSS for Mac's Another way around it, is to use bootcamp and run windows on your Mac for this occasion. There are virtual OS emulators like Parallels to run a virtual copy of windows, also runs at natives speeds so it's very hard to tell it's a virtualization.

14th of July 2012 (Sat)	#7
VaiFanatic Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 85 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: DSS for Mac's Not a problem! I know I was a bit late, but I hope I answered your question

14th of October 2012 (Sun)	#8
DSimmon Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 55	Re: DSS for Mac's A little late to the game, but I am running DSS in a Virtual Machine (vm) using VirtualBox. I have Mountain Lion as my Host with Windows 7 as my Guest OS. The only problem I ran into is if you leave the images in a folder that is shared between the Guest and Host it's a bit of a no go. You need to move the images into a folder within the Guest OS, and then do the stacking/merging from there. Once I found that out, I was actually getting TIF output files I could open __________________ Canon Rebel XT & T4i EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (Kit Lens) EF 50mm f/1.4 USM EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 EF-S 55-250 f4-5.6 IS

22nd of October 2012 (Mon)	#9
AbPho Goldmember Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,576 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: DSS for Mac's Anyone ever try Keith's Image Stacker for the mac? I would like to get into astro photography, but not having the software to stack the images is holding me back. The Astro tracker is looking rather nice for my needs. __________________ I'm from Canada. Isn't that weird! Website flickr

26th of October 2012 (Fri)	#11
DSimmon Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 55	Re: DSS for Mac's Haven't seen it before, but I'll try pulling down KIS this evening/weekend and playing with it on my Mac. Thanks for the suggestion AbPho. __________________ Canon Rebel XT & T4i EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (Kit Lens) EF 50mm f/1.4 USM EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 EF-S 55-250 f4-5.6 IS

26th of October 2012 (Fri)	#12
AbPho Goldmember Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,576 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: DSS for Mac's Awesome. Let me know how it turns out. I just got an equatorial mount. I want to see how I can use this with my camera to get some longer exposures without star trails. Nothing fancy like taking stacks for deep space objects. Maybe one day. __________________ I'm from Canada. Isn't that weird! Website flickr

27th of October 2012 (Sat)	#13
DSimmon Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 55	Re: DSS for Mac's First impressions, Keiths Image Stacker doesn't read RAW image files, so I need to convert the cr2's to something like tiff or jpeg. I haven't done that yet, and I did find a section on his site where he lays that out. I guess it's time to convert and give it a go. Thanks for the heads up on StarStaX too. I'll give it a check out as well. Anything's got to be better than the weird workflow for DSS through a VM. __________________ Canon Rebel XT & T4i EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (Kit Lens) EF 50mm f/1.4 USM EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 EF-S 55-250 f4-5.6 IS

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