Elements does appear to be able to convert images as a batch job, so I think that step would be relatively easy.Ī) Adobe Elements actions for stacking star images,ī) ways to automate tasks in Elements, orĬ) good, low cost stacking programs for the Mac. I confess that I'm far from an Elements expert, but as far as I'm aware the program doesn't have a built in macro facility that might make this task easier.Īnother option would be to convert my NEF files to TIFF or JPEG and then use some third-party image stacking application. But, needless to say, for 220 files that would require a lot of tedious pointing and clicking. In theory I could stack the images manually in Elements by loading each file as a layer and combining them using the 'lighten' blending mode. My problem now is that I've got 220 NEF files and am uncertain about the most efficient way to stack them. The wind was quite strong, but I locked down my tripod well, so I'm fairly optimistic about the result. To avoid moonlight without waking the family, I had to venture out of the tent at 2:00 am in 40 degree weather in my skivies! I set my Nikon on a tripod and commanded it to take 220 25 second exposures at 30 second intervals and went back to bed. I went camping last weekend and finally got a chance to try my hand at producing some star trails.

Nef to jpg on mac