Superdavo0001 | Evolution Of A Space Photo - Planet Jupiter From Raw Video To Final Image [1080P] @Superdavo0001 | Uploaded 10 years ago | Updated 10 hours ago
Hello everyone!
Been a while since I made a space video, but I decided to make this one because a few people have often wondered how I take images of the stars and planets, so I decided to outline this process in a video (not in too much detail - don't worry!).
The data I used was of planet Jupiter, taken with my DMK 21AU618.AS camera, through my Explorer 200P telescope. The processing used a wide variety of software, which I will link to at the bottom. Anyways, enjoy the video!
Just to outline the process:
1. Use the software PIPP to align the images, and sort them into quality order
2. Stack them in Registax, and sharpen them with the 'wavelets' feature
3. Combine them, and post-process in in Photoshop
Software is all free, except Photoshop
PIPP : sites.google.com/site/astropipp (Norton Security moaned at me when I downloaded this - just ignore it)
Registax: http://www.astronomie.be/registax
Photoshop: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop.html (This is the [ripoff] Creative Cloud version, I'm sure you can find the older versions for yourself)
Music is Venice Beach, by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena (It's a free song in the YouTube standard set)
Hello everyone!
Been a while since I made a space video, but I decided to make this one because a few people have often wondered how I take images of the stars and planets, so I decided to outline this process in a video (not in too much detail - don't worry!).
The data I used was of planet Jupiter, taken with my DMK 21AU618.AS camera, through my Explorer 200P telescope. The processing used a wide variety of software, which I will link to at the bottom. Anyways, enjoy the video!
Just to outline the process:
1. Use the software PIPP to align the images, and sort them into quality order
2. Stack them in Registax, and sharpen them with the 'wavelets' feature
3. Combine them, and post-process in in Photoshop
Software is all free, except Photoshop
PIPP : sites.google.com/site/astropipp (Norton Security moaned at me when I downloaded this - just ignore it)
Registax: http://www.astronomie.be/registax
Photoshop: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop.html (This is the [ripoff] Creative Cloud version, I'm sure you can find the older versions for yourself)
Music is Venice Beach, by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena (It's a free song in the YouTube standard set)
![Evolution Of A Space Photo - Planet Jupiter From Raw Video To Final Image [1080P]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P3lxcBNnZ4w/hqdefault.jpg "Evolution Of A Space Photo - Planet Jupiter From Raw Video To Final Image [1080P]
Hello everyone!
Been a while since I made a space video, but I decided to make this one because a few people have often wondered how I take images of the stars and planets, so I decided to outline this process in a video (not in too much detail - dont worry!).
The data I used was of planet Jupiter, taken with my DMK 21AU618.AS camera, through my Explorer 200P telescope. The processing used a wide variety of software, which I will link to at the bottom. Anyways, enjoy the video!
Just to outline the process:
1. Use the software PIPP to align the images, and sort them into quality order
2. Stack them in Registax, and sharpen them with the wavelets feature
3. Combine them, and post-process in in Photoshop
Software is all free, except Photoshop
PIPP : https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp/ (Norton Security moaned at me when I downloaded this - just ignore it)
Registax: http://www.astronomie.be/registax/
Photoshop: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop.html (This is the [ripoff] Creative Cloud version, Im sure you can find the older versions for yourself)
Music is Venice Beach, by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena (Its a free song in the YouTube standard set)")
![[TAS] Super Mario And The Cursed Castles - 1 Star in 14972](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PTG94Hmf2os/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Super Mario And The Cursed Castles - 1 Star in 14972
This video completes Super Mario And The Cursed Castles, a Super Mario 64 ROMHack created by Foxen, as quickly as possible using any skips available, shaving a little over a minute off the previous best TAS (25207 by Nathan10nathan) using a variety of new strats.
This TAS is the most ambitious single project Ive completed solo, with over 18,000 rerecords and many hours of work. I tried pretty hard to make it as clean as possible, though as is inevitable for a TAS this long, there are definitely still frames out there to be saved.
For the purposes of this run, the end-time was chosen to be the frame Mario enters the crouching animation before entering the warp at the end. The ending beyond that point is not shown in this run as Foxen requested (via a sign in the hack) that it not be shown in streams or videos.
Ill update the description with the usual verbose detail about all of the strats & optimisations after the premiere is done, but for now Id rather just let you enjoy the run without spoilers :-)
Nathan10nathans run: https://youtu.be/mDYSEVjCm5E
Foxens channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujhsrnMLVE4GAIaGlmTClQ
My playlist of TAS runs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbYjr0fKUh3qCSR9CMqyJGhMcaObah7wU
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/superdavo0001
Total re-records: 18,626 (the most Ive ever done!)")
![[TAS] Releasio 64: Slip Slidin Away In 1842 [WR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q6v4vKseWCE/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Releasio 64: Slip Slidin Away In 1842 [WR]
1945 by Ethan White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_0llSTVSko
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1892 by me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQWG9vGkfI
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1842 by me.
15 frames saved on my previous TAS, as I found a faster way to enter the chimney. I do this by jumping and gaining super-speed to move away from it, then press B to gain -4000 speed, moving me to the chimneys warp in a single frame.
This manoeuvre is quite interesting. I suspect that the warp detection is performed 4 times per frame, and since I move at 4,000 speed, this gives 4 possible points where I can launch to the warp, at 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 units away from the warp respectively.
I tested this quite a lot, and found the method used in this run, which I think hits it on the second qframe from 2,000 units away.
If I could hit it on the first qframe (i.e. 1,000 units away), I wouldnt have to travel so far to reach the correct location, saving a few frames (~2-5). However, I couldnt make this work. Basically, at the super-speed, I move 200 units per frame, and theres room in the igloo for 50-100 ish, so only some trajectories line up close enough. After extensive testing, I couldnt find one that would work for the first qframe, so this one on the second was the best I could do.
Note that at the start of the run, I press B to momentarily gain super-speed and move to a different location. This was necessary here, as this was the only way to make everything sync up so I could aim accurately at the chimney and enter the warp. The usual location just wouldnt work for me, unfortunately. However, because this location is further away, its actually quicker to reach 2,000 units away from here than the other spot!
As well as this, I attempted to improve the slide area, by using vertical displacement (like in my Tiny Evil Penguin TAS) to fall faster. Unfortunately, I couldnt find a setup which allowed this glitch to be performed, and which allowed me to fall to the correct location, plus any setups I found to do it at all had a 14-frame cost to begin with, so I had to use the tried-and-true punch-straight-away strategy.
Im not explaining the rest of this TAS fully here, as I explained it in my previous version of it, and nothing has changed.
Rerecords: 429
Dont forget to subscribe - I have a non-SM64-related video in the works!")
![[TAS] Super Mario 64: Treasure Of The Ocean Cave in 1763](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q8a0JLddCtA/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Super Mario 64: Treasure Of The Ocean Cave in 1763
My playlist of TAS runs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbYjr0fKUh3qCSR9CMqyJGhMcaObah7wU
My Twitter (where I often post minor TAS stuff): https://twitter.com/superdavo0001
Super Mario 64 TASing/ABC Discord server: https://discord.gg/ECskvyF
1830 by me: https://youtu.be/9lbPa07tyJc
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1776 by AruaErueru (previous WR): https://youtu.be/gGlQ0NzgHQA
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1763 by me
If youre curious about the full history of this star and its many TAS iterations, Id highly recommend checking out Ukikipedias page on the subject: https://ukikipedia.net/wiki/Treasure_of_the_Ocean_Cave
In this video, I collect the star Treasure Of The Ocean Cave in Jolly Roger Bay in 17.63 seconds, 4 frames faster than the previous record by AruaErueru. This was achieved by:
• Entering the water a frame later, in order to travel further before losing 75% of Marios speed to the water entry, saving 2 frames (I had already saved these frames in my former WR but Eru unfortunately missed this save)
• Improving the movement while collecting the chests, saving an additional 2 frames.
I wasnt expecting to be back here & uploading so soon (Ive been very busy with exams & stuff), but after Eru demolished my oldest TAS WR with this new & awesome strategy for activating the chests, I couldnt resist trying to claim it back :P
In all seriousness, I only wanted to improve the run because I noticed Eru had not used the 2-frame timesave from entering the water late that I found in 2017, so I figured it was worth correcting this mistake. When I reached the chests though, I realised I was able to save another 2 frames!
The new chest strategy involves approaching at a different angle (facing more anticlockwise to be able to turn quicker), and rapidly jumping after clipping under the wall to lose speed. After several jumps, Marios speed drops low enough that he can double-jump with positive vertical speed, and kick high enough to reach the chest platform. With about 95 speed remaining, he can then use this momentum to reach & activate the chests significantly faster than he could with the old forward movement.
Im not entirely sure that this run is fully optimal, as there may be things I didnt fully test. If nobodys improved this star by the time Im free from exams, Ill take some time to thoroughly test everything I can think of.
This run was done using Mario cam rather than fixed-cam because I branched off my old run which does the same. I will need to redo it sometime using fixed-cam so it can be incorporated into the 120-star TAS, but for the moment Im unfortunately too busy.
This video was made using the SM64 Ghost Race (v1.1) hack made by Kaze Emanuar. The ghost shown is the run made by Mickey/VIS which is used in the 2012 120-star TAS, with a time of 1843 (24 frames slower than this run). Using the ghost makes it pretty clear where & how the new strat saves time, as well as showing the 2-frame save at the start. More information about this hack can be found here: https://youtu.be/pNBdr9kZlAE
Total re-records: 5,951 (of which 1,704 were used for this improvement)
Also, this is my 100th published video :O Thank you everyone for supporting my channel for all this time!")
![[TAS] SM64: Cloning A Blue Coin Productively - Without Visiting Parallel Universes](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QdT27ZpQjR0/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SM64: Cloning A Blue Coin Productively - Without Visiting Parallel Universes
****READ DESCRIPTION FOR EXPLANATION****
In this video, I show that in some bizarre reality where PUs and their associated memes do not exist, it is in fact still possible to clone a blue coin productively (i.e. in a way that allows allows the original to be collected too, and therefore allows you to have more coins than youre supposed to). I do this by BLJing, before using the Downward Jump (DJ) glitch twice to reach the pipe & loading-zone before the blue coin blocks timer runs out.
First of all, heres a step-by-step description of what happens:
• I start the run holding a blue-coin clone. If you want to see how this is achieved in practice, see Pannenkoeks video: https://youtu.be/fjY7mEtqvK4
• I use the ceiling of the star box to activate the handsfree glitch. Using this glitch, I can do a variety of moves I shouldnt be able to do while holding an object, which will be useful later. Unfortunately, I cannot walk or stand still for too long, so I have to jump & kick to where I need to be
• I navigate over to the elevator & activate it, as Ill need it to be at the bottom later
• I then navigate to the blue coin block & ground-pound it, activating it, and making the blue coin clone collectable. I then drop the coin from the handsfree state by running, and collect it as I navigate to the elevator
• I then BLJ to ~16,000 speed. I use pause-BLJs both to ensure the elevator doesnt go too high for the trick to work, and that Im far enough away from the end of the elevator to avoid a weird floor glitch that kills all speed
• I then turn & downward-jump to the floor below, keeping as much speed as possible, before downward-jumping again to near the loading zone.
• After the last DJ, I enter the water-entry state, keeping my speed (though not moving because my next quarter-step is oob) & normal collision, and am upwarped to the waters surface above the ceiling. Soon after though, I enter the true swimming state, and water physics applies, which makes the ceiling downwarp back into the pipe. I swim to the loading-zone ASAP, with only 18f to spare. I think I can hit the loading-zone directly, but I was happy to reach it at all.
• I then navigate back to the blue coin block, and collect all the coins, to demonstrate that I can still collect the cloned coin. This process can be repeated indefinitely for infinite coins, but instead I just collect the blue coins.
Backstory
Back in 2014, Pannenkoek2012 made a video (https://youtu.be/1GeID2o7CV0), explaining how blue coin clones work. In that video, he showed that it was seemingly impossible to clone blue coins in a way that allows them to be re-collected, whether by cloning the blue coin block, or the coins themselves. However, he did suggest one possible solution - if you could get to a loading-zone before the block timer runs out, it would be possible to re-activate the blue coin block, making the coin collectable again. At the time though, this seemed impossible - there was nowhere near enough time to get to the loading zone legitimately, and glitches just didnt seem to work.
In 2016, with the discovery of the Parallel Universes glitch, it became possible to reach the loading-zone by BLJing, and using an Overflow Jump to hit the loading-zone, before returning to the main-map. https://youtu.be/fjY7mEtqvK4
A couple of days ago, I re-watched Pannens video, and began to wonder whether it could be possible to do this without ever leaving the main universe. My idea was to BLJ to crazy speeds, and use the downward jump to go straight to the LZ. It was a long shot, but worth a look. I tested it using an Excel-based calculator I made for PU movement, but which is applicable for ordinary hyperspeed too, and unfortunately found that the required speed would put me much too far away to be able to swim to the LZ in time. However, I also realised that it was possible to get there in two steps, using the main floor as a stepping-stone. Furthermore, the speeds required for this worked out extremely well, and no slow punching was required to kill speed anywhere. Further spreadsheet testing showed that it should be possible to make it work, and get to the LZ quickly enough.
I then put it all together a couple of days ago, creating a run that made it to the LZ with just 18 frames to spare, and confirming my idea!
Ive included a description of the Downward Jump glitch in a pinned comment, because I couldnt make enough space in the description lol
Total re-records: 1,330 (Not including lots of testing & problem-solving that was not recorded)
In other news, thanks for 300 subs everyone! Its nice to know you like my content :D If youre new here & you enjoy the tool-assisted shenanigans, you might as well join those 300+ people ;-)
This isnt my 300 sub special btw - Ill make a proper one eventually, but for now Ive got coursework to do...")
![[TAS] Super Mario 64: BLJLess BitDW Entry NEW ROUTE (With Comparison+Explanation)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rgg-pq6LLzg/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Super Mario 64: BLJLess BitDW Entry NEW ROUTE (With Comparison+Explanation)
My playlist of TAS runs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbYjr0fKUh3qCSR9CMqyJGhMcaObah7wU
My Twitter (where I often post minor TAS stuff): https://twitter.com/superdavo0001
Super Mario 64 TASing/ABC Discord server: https://discord.gg/ECskvyF (if you have any questions feel free to bring them here!)
Pannenkoek2012s video on sliding speed conservation: https://youtu.be/LhXONwmKZDI
The current best Any% BLJLess TAS (by Snark122): https://youtu.be/jHezbMNjT6g
CREDITS:
• Tyler Kehne (devised a 0xA variant of this route and suggested trying it for Any% BLJLess): https://www.youtube.com/c/TylerKehne
• 70-star TAS team (responsible for the movement up to the top of the white slope): https://youtu.be/ZV7nJwt2zhc
This video showcases a new and faster route for bypassing the 8-star door in Super Mario 64, without the use of the Backwards Long Jump glitch. Until now, the only suitable method for gaining enough speed to bypass doors was to use a glitch known as Hyperspeed Wallkicks (HSWKs). This technique works because Marios speed is unbounded while airborne, and by always wallkicking on the first frame possible (which conserves Marios speed), Mario can remain in the air indefinitely, allowing his speed to gradually build until he has enough to bypass the door.
This new technique... Well, youll just have to wait & see! :) Ill update this part of the description after the video is done. (If I dont forget :P)
With this new discovery (and other potential ideas) potentially leading to significant changes to the run, it is definitely very likely that a new Any% BLJLess TAS will get completed sometime in the near future. Ill be sure to keep you updated about that when any new information is available :)
Total re-records used: 2222 (nice number)")
![[SM74 ABC] Enter Dice Fortress - 0x A Presses [SM64 Hack TAS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S5qGHNgOu4g/hqdefault.jpg "[SM74 ABC] Enter Dice Fortress - 0x A Presses [SM64 Hack TAS]
Thought Id take the SM74 ABC thing back to the start for this video, doing the very first thing youd have to do in an ABC TAS - enter the first course!
Heres what I do:
• Head to the stairs leading to the DF painting.
• Climb the first step with a dive-recover.
• Climb the second step with another dive-recover, by diving into
the corner. With the correct angle, this allows Mario to keep
running, and dive without bonking his head.
• Dive-recover onto the third step, and store a vertical speed of 6.
• Punch across to the edge, and reactivate the vertical speed, to
allow me to grab onto the next ledge. (Using VSC may not actually
be necessary, as the floor above is only 154 units above the step -
just within the range of a dive-recover).
• I then dive-recover into the painting. Note that this is only
possible because the painting has a glitchy hitbox that extends
lower than it should. I got the idea from Homerfunkys 151-star
TAS, in which he uses it to save time.
Dont understand vertical speed conservation? Heres a brief description:
Vertical speed is a number the game keeps track of. It is the distance vertically the game should move Mario every frame, but its only used while hes airborne. When hes on the ground (including on slopes), Marios movement is calculated differently, so vertical speed becomes redundant.
Because of this, and to prevent glitches should Mario become airborne again, this value is normally set to zero as soon as Mario lands, but in a few situations, including (as used in this video) Mario landing from a dive-recover, the developers forgot to reset it, so the value is conserved. However, it resets as soon as you start walking, so instead I have to punch my way to the edge.
When I reach the edge and become airborne, the game immediately puts Mario into a falling state with the conserved vertical speed. The falling state allows Mario to grab onto a platform above him, allowing me to get to the next step.
For more information on VSC, check out Pannenkoek2012s detailed explanation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6md3RA8bH40
Rerecords: 514
Super Mario 74 is a ROMHack of Super Mario 64 made by Lugmillord in 2011.")
![[TAS] Super Mario 64: Ztar Attack Rebooted - 2 Stars From Crystal Creek](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TkO_wqT8C70/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Super Mario 64: Ztar Attack Rebooted - 2 Stars From Crystal Creek
• Ascend The Mountain: 1012
• Another Mountain Top: 1018
In this video, two stars in SM64: Ztar Attack Rebooted (an amazing Super Mario 64 hack by aglab2) are completed as fast as possible.
I was looking for something to TAS while my Desert Mario 64 TAS was playing, and I chose these stars because they are part of the first level in the route of a full-game, 170-star TAS, and as such for such a TAS to be made, are a priority. Fortunately the stars were pretty cool as well in their own right :-)
Something I hope can be achieved with this strat is ruling out a much more complex strat involving cloning & then cancelling a star before collecting another. The setup for performing that in this stage (taking a penguin to the loading-zone at the exit of the cave) is pretty slow, so its likely that it will not save enough time. This should make things a lot easier for the 170-star TAS, as such a cloning setup would be insanely RNG-dependent and be very difficult to optimise. It would look pretty cool if done though :P
My playlist of TAS runs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbYjr0fKUh3qCSR9CMqyJGhMcaObah7wU
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/superdavo0001
Aglabs channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC77uQeQh3PVdbI4usjFg1rA
Total re-records: 1185 (between both stars)")
![[TAS] Releasio 64: Cavern Of The Metal Cap (+switch pressed) 1635 *WR*](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VkRvLjsQbTc/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Releasio 64: Cavern Of The Metal Cap (+switch pressed) 1635 *WR*
Long time no upload! Apologies for that - Ive got a few projects (SM64 & otherwise) in the works at the moment, but havent had the time & energy to work on them for a while. Theyll be coming soon - sort of.
For now, I have another Releasio TAS! This time, I complete Cavern Of The Metal Cap & activate the switch, in a WR benchmark time!
Heres what I do:
• Upon entering the level, I punch, gaining -4000spd & rapidly moving to the sign.
• I then quick-turn & perform a backflip, which takes me to the small area with the two red coins.
• Once there, I jump repeatedly to let my speed drop until I can start moving again, and collect the red coin.
• I then turn around & use this speed to reach the other red coin, before letting my speed drop to zero
• I then backflip again, which takes me behind the island with the switch. I then start moving forwards, so that I land very close to one of the red-coins
• I then collect the coin & jump, grabbing the switch. I then pull myself up ASAP & deal with the text. This may be skippable, but its not easy to route.
• I then start running forwards & grab the other coin along the way, before running off the edge & bumping into the wall. This moves me back towards the next red coin.
• I then turn around & collect the coins under the water.
• Finally, I collect the star. I quickly jump after collecting the last red coin, which takes me right to where the star spawns, saving a few frames.
Rerecords: 1048
Im not done with this star yet - theres still plenty more to improve. I just thought it was worth showing what I have now - it looks pretty cool even if its not yet optimal!")
