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| * | My Favourite Tools |
Imaging, Aligning & Stacking, Post Processing
| * | Name and link | Category | Type |
| * | Animagic | Animation software | Commercial (discontinued) |
| * | Astrowave | Post Processing (rotation angle calculator) | Freeware |
| Autostitch | AUTOMATIC Mosaic construction | Freeware (Demo) | |
| * | Deep Sky Stacker | Post Processing [Aligning and Stacking] | Freeware |
| * | EOS Movrec | EOS Camera Movie Record | Freeware |
| The Gimp | Post Processing | Freeware | |
| * | GuideDog | Autoguiding | Freeware |
| * | iMerge | Mosaic construction | Freeware |
| iPrep | Preprocessing software (synthetic flat frames) | Freeware | |
| * | Irfanview | Post Processing | Freeware |
| Iris | Powerful Alignment, stacking and Post Processing [LRGB !!!] | Freeware | |
| Iris Cookbook | Beginners Tutorial (Cookbook) | Freeware | |
| K3CCDTools 1 | Imaging and Post Processing | Freeware | |
| * | K3CCDTools 3 | Imaging and Post Processing | Low cost license |
| K3CCDTools Tutorial | K3CCDTools Long Exposure Tutorial | Freeware | |
| Loreal | Post Processing | Freeware (click on the screenprint to download) | |
| LXPark | Synchronise the time between Laptop and LX200 | Freeware | |
| Maxim DL | Post Processing | Freeware (Demo version) | |
| MetaGuide | Collimation tool for SCT scopes | Freeware | |
| * | NeatImage | Post Processing | Freeware (Demo version) |
| NeatImage Quick User Guide | NeatImage Tutorial | Freeware | |
| Niteview | Swaps your (laptop)screen in Night Vision mode and back | Freeware | |
| * | Photoshop CS2 | Post Processing | Commercial |
| Photoshop Tutorial by Jerry Lodriguss | Photoshop Tutorial | Freeware | |
| Photoshop Tutorial by Jerry Lodriguss | Photoshop Tutorial "Combining 2 Different Exposures" Note: in the tutorial it says 'VIEW > NEW VIEW'; in Photoshop CS2 this is ''Window > Arrange > New window for .." |
Freeware | |
| Photoshop Tutorial by Jim Misti | Photoshop Tutorial | Freeware | |
| Photoshop Tutorial by Steve Cannistra | Photoshop Tutorial | Freeware | |
| Photoshop Examples by T.G. Tan | Photoshop Tutorial | Freeware | |
| Photoshop : How to handle star bloating | Photoshop Tutorial | Freeware | |
| * | Photoshop : Don Waid's Tutorials | Photoshop Tutorials [live demo] AN ABSOLUTE MUST ! |
Freeware |
| Photoshop : Get Vibrant colors without increasing contrast |
Photoshop Tutorial |
Freeware | |
| * | Photoshop: FITS Liberator plugin
My preference is for version 2.1 [via 'Download past versions '] |
FITS Liberator Download Requires Photoshop CS or Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
Freeware |
| Photoshop: FITS Liberator User Guide | FITS Liberator User Guide | Freeware | |
| Photoshop: FITS Liberator Tutorial | How to by Noel Carboni | Freeware | |
| * | PixInsight LE | Post Processing: my preference for Dynamic Background Extraction | Freeware |
| * | PixInsight LE Processing Scenario by Rob Kantelberg |
PixInsight LE Processing Scenario by Rob Kantelberg | Freeware |
| PixInsight LE Tutorials | PixInsight LE: Tutorials | Freeware | |
| PixInsight LE Quick User Guide | PixInsight LE: Quick User Guide by Dave Nash | Freeware | |
| * | Registax | Post Processing | Freeware |
| StarMax | Startrail Animation | Freeware | |
| * | VirtualDub | AVI Editor | Freeware |
| * | WcCtrl | Control and recording of camera settings | Freeware |
Skycharts, Planetarium, Star Catalogues
| Name and link | Category | Type | |
| Cartes du Ciel (CdC) | Planetarium | Freeware. Recommended | |
| LX200 Object Library | LX200 Object Library | Freeware | |
| * | Megastar 5.0 | Planetarium | Commercial |
| * | Moontool | Moon age and phase | Freeware |
| * | The Planets | Saturn/Jupiter and their satellites | Freeware |
| * | Skymap Pro version 8 DEMO | Planetarium | Freeware (Demo version) |
| Starry Night Pro 5.0 | Planetarium | Commercial | |
| * | USNO-SA2.0 | Star catalog (e.g. Megastar) | Freeware |
| USNO-A2.0 | Extensive 11-CD Star catalog | Freeware | |
| * | Virtual Moon Atlas | Moon Atlas | Freeware |
Utilities, webtools ...
| Name and link | Category | Type | |
| * | AML Free Registry Cleaner | Computer cleanup: registry, duplicate files, unnecessary files etc. | Freeware |
| * | AVG | Virus Protection | Freeware |
| * | Battery Bar | Very nice laptop battery indicator | Freeware |
| * | EasyCleaner | Computer cleanup: registry, duplicate files, unnecessary files etc. | Freeware |
| * | Editpad Pro | Powerful text editor [generic search/replace in all open files, including sub-directories] | Free demo version |
| * | Eusing Free Registry Cleaner | Computer cleanup: registry, duplicate files, unnecessary files etc. | Freeware |
| Glassy Buttons (such as my Sitemap button) | Website: online glass button generator | Freeware | |
| * | GSpot | GSpot reveals inside information about your AVI, such as the Codec used and whether this Codec is installed on your computer. | Freeware |
| * | Macrium Reflect | Partition Image Backup/Restore. | Freeware |
| Manuals Manuals Manuals | A treasure trove of manuals | Free to download | |
| * | Rename Master | Rename master [bulk file rename] | Freeware |
| Scroll | Autoscroller of large images | Freeware | |
| * | SITELEVEL: Site Search Engine | Sitelevel is a Powerful Site Search Engine, which allows you to edit the look of Search Box and the Search Results. You can invoke the crawler whenever you want and also on a regular basis. You can define synonyms, so that e.g. searching for 'Sun' also shows pages containing 'Solar' |
Freeware |
| Skype | Telephone calls via the Internet | Freeware | |
| * | Spybot | Spyware detection and removal. | Freeware |
| * | SUPERAntiSpyware | Spyware detection and removal. | Freeware |
| * | TeamViewer | Remote Access to my observatory computer | Freeware |
| Wallpaper Changer | Changes wallpaper on desk automatically | Freeware | |
| YRefresher | Automatically refreshes any webpage | Freeware |
Links to other astro software: Ashley Roeckelein's links and Sylvain Weiller's links will save you lots of time searching for it.
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