This e-book teaches you everything about how I plan, shoot and edit high quality astro timelapses.
HOW TO INSTALL STARSTAX CODE
You can use code ‘ilikestartrails’ for $10 off my e-book The Astro Timelapse Guide. I hope you enjoyed this star trails tutorial with StarStax and Photoshop. Apply further edits to the image or just export it from there. As you can see this generates the trails almost instantly.Select all the layers that appear (they make up the smart object) and set the blend mode to Lighten.Let all the images load then double click the newly generated smart object.
HOW TO INSTALL STARSTAX MANUAL
If you want to adjust further the built in manual is very handy and explains all the features in great detail. The standard settings will often do the trick just fine. Adjust your settings in the settings panel on the right.Open up Starstax and import the images using the folder icon on the top left.A TIFF sequence is much larger in file size and slower to edit but they hold much more data than JPEG sequences and thus you will end up with a higher quality photo in the end. Then export them to a JPEG or TIFF sequence to edit in StarStax or Photoshop. Once you’re back home, offload your photos on a drive and give them a quick colour grade using Lightroom. Want to learn the basics of timelapse? Check out my free e-book! Keep the camera rolling for at least an hour to make sure you have enough images.
HOW TO INSTALL STARSTAX ISO
The sequence in the star trails tutorial video used following settings: f2.8 + iso 8000 + 10 second exposure time. Your camera settings for this astro photography shoot will depend on the circumstances and gear used. In the Northern hemisphere its easy to find Polaris aka the north star or pole star using the Ursa Major constellation, in the Southern Hemisphere you can use the Southern Cross constellation to figure out where to point your camera. The stars don’t actually turn, it’s us on our globe spinning around instead. Secondly, you need to find the point around which the stars turn.
Use to see how good or bad your area is.ĭepending on where you live this can mean a few hours of driving or if you live in outback Australia then you can probably shoot from your backyard. To do this you need to find a dark enough spot away from light pollution. First up, you need to shoot photos of the night sky.