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Aligning images for time lapse

  • 13-12-2011 10:49pm
    #1
    BigCon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭


    Ok, going slightly mad here!

    I took approx 300 images of the moon last week during the eclipse and I want to create a time lapse using them.
    The problem is that even though I used a tripod I was using a cheap 650-1300mm telephoto lens which meant that I had to move the camera every few shots to track the movement of the moon.
    The result is that I have loads of photos of the moon that are all in different positions.
    I have access to Photoshop cs5.1 and I'm sure there's an easy way to automatically move the moon to the center of each image, but I can't figure it out.
    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Open them all into a layer stack and select the layers from File>Scripts. Then select Edit>Auto Align Layers. You might have to select all the layers first.


  • #3
    BigCon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭BigCon


    I tried this and it told me that the layers do not overlap enough, that they must overlap by at least 40%.
    That was even just trying to align 2 images with pretty similarly positioned moons?


  • #4
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Well you could crop the images so the moon occupies more space. Then you could drop the result into the first image.


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