Astrophotographer is an emotional bunch, and now they have a new dedicated social media and web platform to share their work, find inspiration and improve their crafts. Picastro It is about showing images of real astronomy from astrophotographers worldwide, whether early or experienced professional.
Diy photography Reports He Picastro Amateur was established by astrophotographer Thomas McCraryWhich is also a dedicated teacher, beyond being a talented astrophotographer. They have written Series of blog posts On the Pickastro’s website that suggests to select the goals of good astrophotography, which improves astrophotography from capture to post-processing, and more.
App launched at the end of last year, and in months, Picastro users have shared a lot Really incredible photosPicastro gallery is a great place for astronomers to find their next goal and get inspiration. It is also a treasure of spectacular photos for all space photography enthusiasts.
Picastro is not based on algorithm and does not have advertisements-Cacori created an app as a clean, accessible platform to highlight high quality astronomy photos, which could lose noise on otherwise specific social media platforms. McCrorie suggests that the app is “distraught” and a beautiful visual experience “free from bots, advertisements, spam and generative AI.”
Furthermore, unlike many social media apps, even taking into account photography, the pickstro supports very high-resolution image uploads. Users can upload JPEG, PNG and webp images to 120 megabyte sizes, which are largely. The team is also working on developing TIFF support, which will increase the quality of the image.
Astrophotographers also want more and different metadata fields for their images, including exact camera and telescope setup information, special filters have been used, the guiding guide technology employed for image capture, and more.
Users can also join specific groups for their own camera setup, their favorite astronomical goals, and more. There is an inherent community aspect for social media, after all, and Picastro are designed to help astrophotographers to join with similar ideologies.
Pricing and availability
Since Picastro does not include advertisements, all its characteristics require membership for complete access. While there is a free “curiosity” scheme, it only allows up to 15 uploads, with the maximum file size 15MB per photo. Free users cannot vote on photographs of other people, which are selected on the platforms of the week and month.
Additional plans, Titan, Colosto, and Ganimade, Cost is approximately $ 5 to $ 10 monthly.
Picastro is available IOS And Android,
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