Sequator - The Best Astro Stacking Program?

Just downloaded it and used it. Absolutely brilliant program, especially for wide field lens shots. Many thanks.

Agree, I have used sequator for a while for astro-landscapes and DSOs.

Peter, your demonstration of this software is spot-on. Great job of explaining.

Thanks for the excellent tutorial, Peter. Just new to Sequator and you've saved me a ton of time.

i was looking around for rookie friendly AP programs and i found your channel , and since i am a rookie and you explained this so well that i even understood , i subscribed ,thanks a bunch

This is so easy to use! I came up with a nice picture before I even finish the video.

Best instructional on Sequator! Awesome job Peter

I've been looking for a Windows program that will do what Starry Landscape Stacker (Mac only) does, and this is probably better. You did a great job on the tutorial - it really helped me get started. I do have a few suggested workflow changes and a few comments: * you can do this in Photoshop using layers, smart objects, and the mean or median blend mode. It takes a lot more time that this does, but it is possible (I have not had issues with align layers working) * I'd suggest doing a dark frame at the start and end of the sequence, as the hot pixels are related to the heat developed in the sensor * LR and ACR do have lens profiles for the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8, which is what I assume you're using - you have to manually select the lens (manufacturer, model) and do this on the RAW file (not a TIFF) * I found that Sequator's results were much better when I did (almost) all the edits in post. I apply lens corrections only in LR and export the files as DNGs. The Rokinon 14mm is a fantastic lens for the money, but it does have a lot of barrel distortion. * the light pollution filtering works really well. I had the best results with uneven/100% strength/intelligently-aggressive set * Sequator does a good job of noise reduction (far better than reducing the noise in a single image) but the output files still need some noise reduction (I used Nik Dfine2). The light pollution removal (I think) also added a purplish line on the horizon which was easily removed with a manual chromatic aberration adjustment in LR. * rather than setting all the options from scratch each time, save the project. For a new set, open the project (.sep file), replace the base frame and star images, and re-mask the sky Thanks again for putting this together.

Thanks for your great video. Sequator worked perfectly well to render my milky way shoot at 14mm while Photoshop failed completely. I really appreciate your tutorials. Cheers.

You should do all the instructional videos on the Internet, you have a such a pleasant voice! Many thanks!

I use Sequator all the time. This has been a good refresher.

Thanks Peter for taking your valuable time and sharing it with others. I worked for NASA running the MOTS (MiniTrack Optical Tracking System) at Orroral Valley in Australia. Out spacecraft shots were captured on Kodak F103 10" x 8" Glass plates, Our camera/systems cost would bankrupt small Nations. I mainly use Nikon today, Hasselblad and Linholf rail systems, .. display only now. Time to down-load Sequator.... Thanks again Peter.

great tutorial I was looking for tutorial in how to do stacking with GIMP. I am very glad I found your tutorial. Can't wait to go home and play, thanks.

I use sequator since 1 year but i found your tutorial very interesting as a good refresh about how to manage or the difference characteristics. Thanks

Awesome vid. Just bought a Samyang 16mm f/2.0 for shooting the milky way. This tutorial is excellent and this software seems way less overwhelming than photoshop. Thanks, bro!

Subscribed to your channel! I have been binging on the content! I have a few good shots of the Milky Way w/o using a tracker, and now that I have a tracker I am ready to take the next exciting steps :) Keep up the great work

Great little tutorial, looking forward to getting stuck into your other vids. Subbed ✌️

Never heard of this program. Thanks I can't wait to try it out

That was very helpful. Hadn't heard of Sequator yet and hated the workarounds needed in DeepSkyStacker to get large files to work. Thanks!

Great walkthrough, Peter!