Prepare your photos and your project.
Install the app, organize your sequence and get to know development. These guides take you from your first import to your first result.
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Installation, updates and removalStarTrail Studio runs on 64-bit Windows 11. The installer includes .NET, and you can work offline as long as your photographs are on an accessible drive.Read topic →Your first stackIf you are unsure which settings you need, make a stack with effects off first. It will show you what needs attention. Then change one thing at a time so you can tell…Read topic →Workspace, language and themeThe window has three areas: photographs on the left, the viewer in the middle and tools on the right. The bottom bar tells you what the app is doing and lets you cance…Read topic →Importing and selecting photographsA sequence is a set of photographs processed together. For regular trails, use consecutive photos of the same size and keep the framing consistent.Read topic →Viewer and photographic informationUse the viewer to judge both composition and detail. Each scale answers a different question:Read topic →Basic development and RGB histogramDevelopment brings together adjustments to light, color and detail. You can use it at two stages:Read topic →Projects and recoveryThe project is your StarTrail Studio working file. It stores your decisions—included photos, cleanup, masks and settings—and completed stacking versions. An exported i…Read topic →