Laminar
Native planetary imaging capture for macOS and Apple Silicon
48 followers
Native planetary imaging capture for macOS and Apple Silicon
48 followers
Laminar is the first planetary imaging capture app built natively for macOS. Record high-framerate SER video of Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon, and the Sun through your telescope with real-time frame quality analysis, atmospheric seeing scores, and automatic target tracking. Built in Swift with Metal GPU acceleration for Apple Silicon. Supports ZWO ASI and PlayerOne cameras. Free to download with an optional one-time Pro upgrade. A native Mac alternative to FireCapture and SharpCap.
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@andrew_burwell1 How does the live frame quality graph change the setup process in practice? Does it save time tweaking focus under the stars?
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@swati_paliwal What it does it give you the only information you have on how in focus you are for any given moment of seeing. Even if seeing is poor, you can achieve focus, so that when seeing clears up, you'll be a the optimal focus point. It's mainly of benefit to anyone who doesn't have a motorized focuser, and is focusing by hand. Hope that helps!
Hello Andrew 👋
This looks amazing. I’ve struggled with planetary imaging on Mac for years and always had to use windows tools through workarounds. Finally having a native app feels like a game changer.
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@alex_j_jemmy I've been running my personal site where I catalog all applications available on the Mac, and I've been doing it for close to 10 years now. I knew there were gaps in the planetary imaging and processing area, and really wanted to address them with something uniquely Mac. My stacking application is in beta right now, but hope to close out that gap as well, and have a nice pair of Mac native tools. Glad you like it!