On 08 Nov 2007, at 22:48, Joe Bauman wrote:
So what's the secret of assembling mosaics?
The secret? Knowing Jerry Foote. :) Jerry is the one that told me how to do it. Bottom line was learning that I need to work with the FITS files produced by the cameras. I had been trying to use JPGs made from the FITS. That does not work. Hopefully I'll have a few more to share shortly. Before the clouds moved in last night I shot 25 panel mosaics using 5", 10" and 15" exposures. Also shot a 300 panel high resolution mosaic of M-31/32/110. Distributing the whole thing will not be practical since it'll weigh in at over 200 MB (ouch!) but I'm hoping pieces of it will be interesting. 'Course it's going to take forever to process and balance each of those 300 panels and stitch them into a final product so don't expect it anytime soon. Cheers, patrick