Hi Hammad, I have those 60 images in PS. Do I put them in a Group and then trim? Or trim individually which is extremely time consuming. Please advise. Thanks
Hi Hammad. I tried to create a Star Trail Vortex from one starry night shot. I transformed (with a little tilt) in Photoshop and have created 60 images. Exported into a folder and then opened in StarStax. But when I tried to process those in StarStax, it bring an error message "Processing stopped as images has different dimensions. Expected dimensions 1362X1080 pixels Actual dimensions . 1368X1080 pixels " How do I fix the dimensions of 60 images to process in StarStax? Please help. I subscribed your channel when I first viewed your Vortex Star Trails in UTube.
Hi Harun. The simplest way to make all images the same size would be to crop them in Photoshop before exporting. Just use the Crop tool in PS, change the crop mode to "Front Image" and then input the dimensions in width and height fields. To be on the safe side, let the cropped image dimensions be a bit smaller in width and height, maybe by 10 pixels. Lastly, make sure to check the box "delete cropped pixels" and then apply the crop. This would ensure that once you export the layers, they are all the same size.
Thank you! I just found your tutorial in DPS. I don’t have the option of taking hundreds of photos due to limits on my equipment and budget, so I think this is a great alternative!
Ha ha that's hilarious, all the astro photographers freezing their bollocks off for hours - I don't see any difference between your results and theirs.
Hello, I need you help on the video you showed up is amazing I made a vortex image it's amazing. But now I am facing the problem of dimensions when exporting the layers to files from Photoshop, every file increases its dimension by 1 and starstax shows error different dimensions. How should I fix its dimension when exporting from Photoshop. Thank you for the video and you help. I love the simplified way you teach us.👍
Very nice composition and tutorial. I am new to this method, but overall effect is amazing. Curious, how long did your computer take to convert 90 layers to images? Mine (macbook air, circa 2015) is taking forever, lol. Time for a new (more powerful) laptop.
You can but StarStax gives you more controls and options, that include automatically filling gaps that might be there between the trails as well as creating a gradual trail which looks like a meteor.
Hey Hammad, fantastic video! Any advice for combining trails and milkyway, something such as this? pinterest.com/pin/38351034310972445/?source_app=android
Hi Hammad, I've read through the comments searching for others who may have my same issue -seems there were several yet they were able to find a solution. I get an error running start stax - the images are not the same size. I have tried exporting with and without the 'Trim edges' box checked. Any other thoughts?
Try this before you export the layers from Photoshop. Once you have all your star layers, do the following: - Press Ctrl+A (Cmd+A on Mac) to select the image area - Press "C" to select crop tool. Make sure to check the option "Delete Cropped Pixels" on the tool bar - Press Enter twice and that should crop the image Doing so should guarantee that all the layers are of equal size and StarStax should not return the error you mentioned.
TRIED THIS ABOUT 8 TIMES AND RE DID THE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES AND IT DID NOT WORK. THERE ARE DOTTED LINES AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN IN ALIGNMENT. PLEASE ADVISE. P'SHOP CC. THANKS
Some people have had the same issue with certain versions of Photoshop (below version CC usually). Unfortunately, the issue is not with the action or how to make the action, it's just in the way the action is played in certain versions of Photoshop, and I have no solution for it.
It does not work on my P'shop cc. It does work on P'shop cs6 ! Thanks for the video. I'll be discussing with Adobe in the near future. Thanks again....
For some reason, when I get to the part where you change it from 0.3 to 1, there is a distinct gap between the trails. What am I doing wrong? Followed it step by step
Make sure you are following the steps as follows: - Apply 0.1 degree rotation x 10 times / Merge the 10 new layers - Change the rotation value to 1 degree / Play the action 5 times / Merge the 5 new layers - Change rotation value to 5 degree / Play the action 5 times / Merge the 5 new layers - For the trails to form in CCW direction, change the rotation value to -25 degree / Play the action 1 time
Dont know if it is my version of starstax i downloaded, however, when i import the files into starstax and attempt to run them, i get a message stating @error expected dimensions 1293 x 768 actual dimensions 1294 x768 and therefore it stops the script?
Ian, make sure to check the heck the "Trim Layers" option while exporting the layers from Photoshop. Otherwise, the exported images might have different dimensions and starstax would return the error you mentioned.
Hi Hammad, thank you for the great tutorial! However, when I changed the rotation to 1 degree and apply it, it doesn't make the trail longer but it makes the stars misplaced instead, so that the star trails have gaps on it and it also creates some kind of twin stars. The only way to make it nice is not to change the rotation so I have to keep using the 0.1 degree rotation to make it look good but it takes too much time. Is there any way you can help me ? That would be great! Thanks before! :)
Nevermind, I figured a way when I read the description. If you guys have the same problem you should make a note of the position of the North star and you have to input it each time you transform. Though I hope there's a way that this could be done automatically like in Hammad's video. :))
Some Photoshop users have experienced the same issue in which the position of the pivot point changes every time the action is run. I have not been able to understand the reason for this issue.
If Polaris is behind the camera, then the camera is facing South, which would make the trail appear curvy beginning at lower left of the frame and progressing upwards in a curve to the center and then back down to the lower right in a curve. That, is not possible to simulate for a number of reasons.
Great video! But I get this issue in StarStax: /Users/s/Desktop/vortex stars/vortexstars_0079_Layer-1-copy.png has different image dimensions. Expected dimensions : 3262 x 2248 pixels Actual dimensions : 3260 x 2248 pixels Processing stopped! Any idea?
It's the same as right-clicking. But you can always press the Alt key and then click on the line between the layers to link the top layer to the bottom as I did in this video.
