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I'm sure it's staring me right in the face, but how do you change the image format from .fit (apparently the default) to .tif in APT for my ASI294 MC Pro CMOS camera. I can't find out how to do this for the life of me. I've looked and looked and looked.
I want to do this because it is easier to preview a .tif file than it is to preview a .fit file when you are looking at dozens of images for quality.
My understanding is THAT isn't possible when you are using a CMOS camera. Bet your wanting to visually filter you captures????Download the ASIStudio off the ZWO site if your looking for a better way to look at your RAW data. It works way better for me than FitsLiberator ever did!!!!
OhNo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:41 am
Bet you're wanting to visually filter you captures???? Download the ASIStudio off the ZWO site if you're looking for a better way to look at your RAW data. It works way better for me than FitsLiberator ever did!!!!
You guessed right. I have ASIStudio loaded up on my imaging laptop but have not yet used it for that function, that will change tonight.
Usually, I just put Windows file explorer on extra-large icons to do an initial screening but there is no way to get file explorer to recognize .fit format to give a preview.
Like you I just swapped out the DSLR for a Cooled CMOS, my learnin' curve knowledge graph took a big dive (or jump). With APT I had the preview screen set up to give me a similar image to what I was seeing in the RAW data. With the new setup having me saving data in Fits may be a great reason to ask APT IF we could have a widened choice of tools to display the fits like the Raw data did....
As a response to your thread on pixels and Larry's on Exposure time, my wheels have been turnin'. One of the things I had never noticed before was the Histogram start point. I hadn't really taken note of how the histogram range really worked. The range it uses seems to show what range you've captured that specific image at, not 0-65000 (or whatever). I haven't been able to figure out where this is is set or if it can be set up to meet the individual users preference!!!!
That all said, I can't speak to other computer users out there, but if I had to guess, I probably only use 50% of any programs abilities.
So I started up ASIStudio as you recommended and didn't see a way to view the fits images. But right then a window popped up that says do you want to update ASIStudio so I chose to do that, restarted it again, and viola there was the fits viewer feature. Thank you for making my life a tad bit easier.
OhNo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:41 am
My understanding is THAT isn't possible when you are using a CMOS camera. Bet your wanting to visually filter you captures????Download the ASIStudio off the ZWO site if your looking for a better way to look at your RAW data. It works way better for me than FitsLiberator ever did!!!!
If you post process in PI Blink works well.
That is so useful to know, I’m just about to go through this same learning curve - cheers!