http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/ DeepSkyStacker Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:01:56 GMT Luc Coiffier http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3626 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3626 Hi Sander, ... Yep ;) As soon as I have time for this (I have very few spare time these days). Thanks for the detailed input (as always ;) ). Clear skies, Luc Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:13:16 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3625 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3625 Thanks Mark. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:08:45 GMT Mark Crossley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3624 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3624 No blinking on my system, it re-draws the first time the file dialog opens, but not after that. Running Vista though. Mark [Non-text portions of this message Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:03:29 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3623 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3623 Hi Luc, I remember you have the same graphics card and agree that it's really bizarre. To be clear, DSS runs on the C: drive but my subs etc are on the USB Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:59:35 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3622 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3622 Hi, I took the following image with my WO M110ED, FR-III, IDAS-LPS and QHY-8: full: http://gallery.tungstentech.com/main.php?g2_itemId=698 crop: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:54:04 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3621 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3621 Hi Luc, ok, that makes sense. I couldn't see the problem with my small test set but that can probably be explained statistically. I assume you're going to Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:53:47 GMT Luc Coiffier http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3620 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3620 Hi Sander, I have almost the same system (even the same ATI 3850 graphic card and the latest Catalyst drivers) and after trying to put DSS on an USB driver was Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:49:40 GMT Luc Coiffier http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3619 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3619 Hi Sander, Oops. I think that I have the source of your problem. When you drop the folder, the master frame is added to the list as well. Then something nasty Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:25:21 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3618 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3618 Hi Luc, This test passes as well. That means there's something wrong with the large stack I processed yesterday. That pile of files can't be uploaded so I'll Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:15:20 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3617 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3617 One more question for the group: Does anyone else see DSS 'blink' when you navigate directories for saving files? Everytime I enter a different directory DSS Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:13:09 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3616 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3616 Hi Luc, I made a small testcase with just 2 frames per type and the result is flat as a pancake/crepe. So the issue seems to be related to re-using whole Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:07:21 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3615 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3615 Hi, I had two separate computers where it was easy to make DSS crash while saving files (either dsslists or images). On my laptop this went away after Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:43:08 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3614 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3614 Hi Luc, as we talked about before I created separate directories for my calibration frames. So I have a Flats directory and a DarkFlats etc. I drag these into Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:09:58 GMT Luc Coiffier http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3613 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3613 Hi Sander, Since the behavior is changed by adding the bias frames to the mix it would be interesting to have a look at those frames and specifically to the Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:09:10 GMT Sander Pool http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3612 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/3612 Hi Luc, got a strange one for you. Well, it's strange to me, perhaps immediately clear to you :) I have a stack of all the ingredients: darks, lights, flats,