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13618
Brandon, IP will only do a basic RGB merge. For LRGB you will need something like Photoshop (what I use), or a dedicated astronomical image processing program ...
Steve Bell
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Jan 1, 2006
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13619
With all of the clouds lately, I've been putting together projects in my head, and decided to start making this stuff instead of daydreaming about it. I'm...
Steve Bell
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Happy New Year to all! I hope the new year brings some clear skies to Illinois...haven't seen a star for two months! Hope I remember how to work this thing! ...
Steve Bell
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I do have Photoshop 7 but I have to convert the image to 8 bit which I was hoping to avoid. Not that this particular image is going to be that great but down...
Brandon
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Jan 1, 2006
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13622
Hello again all, I am trying to use the DSI guiding option in autostar suite. Have spent several hours updating everything (net framework, dsi drivers from...
scopenew2003
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Jan 1, 2006
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13623
I suggest downloading PS CS (9) upgrade from the Internet. It's offered as a free 30-day trial, works with 16 bit, and makes all the difference in the world. ...
Bob McDuell
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Brandon, The secret is to do most of your histogram stetching before converting to 8 bits. Open each component image (use FitsPlug ...
Steve Bell
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13625
So I've performed a RGB merge in AS IP and get a color image. However, if I close it and open it again it desplays as black and white and if I import the .fts...
Brandon
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Jan 1, 2006
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Hello DSI pro users; I have been reading and see videos and am about ready to start taking some images, but before I do, because I don't have an auto guider,...
Oscar Sifuentes
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Jan 2, 2006
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Oscar, Autoguding is not necessary, at least to start imaging. Use short sub-exposures and a bright target to begin with. (15 seconds is a good starting point)...
Steve Bell
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Jan 2, 2006
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13628
... comes ... I am having the same problem. The way I have had success is to open Autostar Envisage with the Start menu rather than Autostar. After Envisage...
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Jan 2, 2006
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Be sure you use 'Export Display as...' and save it as a bmp or tif file. Fits format is not in color. Steve ... From: Deep-Sky-Imager@yahoogroups.com ...
Steve Bell
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Jan 2, 2006
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13630
Hi Brandon, I believe that fits is a B&W format. You would have to save the image in Tiff or Bmp to retain the color data for repoening later. Buddy Brandon...
Buddy Miller
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Jan 2, 2006
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I don't understand "... FITS format is not in color". I am using FITS, have saved in .jpg, .tif, .bmp., .fts, etc., & have always had color--it doesn't seem...
Bob McDuell
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Jan 2, 2006
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13632
i also do not understand all i work in is fits and i can save a color combined fits file and still have the color there when i re open it up Mark ... FITS,...
Mark
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Jan 2, 2006
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13633
Okay. However, if I save the file as a .tif, Photoshop cannot open it. Anybody experience that? ... the image in Tiff or Bmp to retain the color data for...
Brandon
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Jan 2, 2006
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Could this be the difference between fits and fits3p? I am experiencing that I have to save to .bmp or .tiff to retain the color after I RGB merge. (Although...
Brandon
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Jan 2, 2006
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13635
The question is...can anyone get a color fits file to open up in color in PS? Answer: Not directly in one step (that I know of). You can open a color fits...
Neil Fleming
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Jan 2, 2006
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Try saving it to tiff format instead of tif Mark...
Mark
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Neil is correct this is the only way to open or get a color image in ps using fits liberator Mark ... color in ... color ... duplicate ... time ... again, ... ...
Mark
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Hi Bob, I am not sure why it is. When you merge color channels in fits, you can see the color. However when you save and close the color fits image and try to...
Buddy Miller
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when the image is re opened in ps using the fits plugin it is automatically split into the 3 color channels Mark ... you can see the color. However when you...
Mark
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Jan 2, 2006
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13640
Warm greetings: On this subject, the only form that I know to see an image Fits or Fits3p in color directly, is to use software "Penumbra". With it is possible...
gabriel_vazquezlopez
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Jan 2, 2006
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Mark, I've used both V1 and V2 of the plugin, and cannot seem to get PS to open up more than 1 pane at a time. You using PS2? How are you doing this magical...
Neil Fleming
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Jan 2, 2006
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Neil let me look and recheck to make sure im not telling you a fib Mark ... PS to ... doing this ... What am I ... black and ... ...
Mark
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Jan 2, 2006
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Neil it looks like only 1 pane is open if you dont pay attention when you open up a fits image and liberator opens up look at the top right where it says image...
Mark
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Jan 2, 2006
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13644
Yeah, that is what I've been doing. I thought you found a way to do it all in one step....
Neil Fleming
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Jan 2, 2006
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lol if i found that way id sell it to you they cant make it that easy for us the only thing i still cant figure out is combining the colors for a rgb image im...
Mark
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13646
Hi Steve, Since you're building your own tube, don't forget to use the frocking material on the inside :) I frocked my old 10" sct and it made a noticable...
Dan Wolk
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Jan 3, 2006
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13647
With my 17.5" Dob truss type, I couldnt get enough in-focus so I moved the primary frame and all up higher into the mirror box by 3/4". The camera and all my...
Dan Wolk
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