AutoIntegrate v1.76 - Exclusion areas, metrics visualizer

[jarmoruuth]

Changes in AutoIntegrate v1.76 are listed below.

Exclusion areas

• Added exclusion areas for DBE. Exclusions areas define where DBE sample points are not calculated.
• There is a button in the Processing 1 / DBE settings section and in the Lights tab that opens a new dialog for drawing exclusion areas.
• Exclusion areas are used also when selecting a true background sample area.
• Exclusion areas are saved to and restored from the Json file.
• See also: Exclusion area for DBE

Metrics visualizer

• Added subframe selector metrics visualization.
• Metrics visualizer can be started in the Lights tab and in the Processing 2 / Weighting and filtering settings section
• Visualization is shown in a separate dialog. Four different metrics can be chosen.
• Image filtering settings now have four filter values and those metrics are visualized. Filter value zero means that no filtering is done.
• Metrics are calculated during the SubframeSelector step and saved also to the Json file after processing (AutosaveSetup.json). If no metrics are available they can be calculated before starting the Metrics visualizer.
• After the metrics visualizer is run it automatically refreshes the file list filtering.
• See also: Metrics visualizer

RGB stars for narrowband

• Added an option to automatically create RGB stars for narrowband images when RGB data is available.
• When the RGB stars option is selected a starless narrowband image and a stars RGB image are created. At the end of the processing images are combined together.
• See also: Automatic processing of RGB stars

Automatic selection of narrowband palette

• The default narrowband palette is now Auto. With the Auto option the script automatically selects a narrowband palette based on the available data.
• Below are listed mappings available when using the Auto option.
  Input → Output
  SHO → SHO
  SHO + LRGB → SHO, RGB stars
  SHO + RGB → SHO, RGB stars
  HO → HOO
  HO + LRGB ->HOO, RGB stars
  HO + RGB-> HOO, RGB stars
  H + LRGB → max(R,H),G,B
  H + RGB → max(R,H),G,B
• See also: Automatic selection of narrowband palette

Astrobin output

• When script runs a full processing it always generates an AstrobinInfo.csv file. It can be used in Astrobin to describe the imaging session.
• Astrobin filter numbers must be configured manually in the Other / Astrobin section.
• See also: Astrobin session information

Resample for blinking

• Added resample option to resample preview image to a smaller size.
• Resample makes blinking through images faster. Note that heavy resample may alter the image so it may look identical to the original image.
• Resample is done only for the preview image, the original image is not modified.
• Resample target size can be configured.
• See also: Blinking

Updates

• Added options to save the final image as JPG or TIFF.
• Added drizzle drop shrink option. Default is 0.9 for all file types.
• Histogram stretch max iterations changed from 20 to 30.
• Optionally the ColorCalibration process can be run even if SPCC is selected. In Auto mode the ColorCalibration process is not run with SPCC.
• Added an option to clear all selected files in files tabs.
• Added _ADBE as AutoContinue starting extensions
• Calibrate and Integrate only options moved to the Settings page.
• Stopping after calibration could be useful if you for example want to check the quality of calibrated light files and maybe set some filtering rules.
• Stopping after integration could be useful if you for example want to set some exclusion areas for DBE or for finding the true background.
• Measurement information can be seen by hovering over the light files using a mouse when the subframe selector has been run.

Fixes

• Added better checks that image files exist when reading .json file content.
• Improved some error messages