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11/1/2017 9:38 AM
You guys know that we have Maxim DL 5.11 on the Camera computer and it has one of the best image processing programs available for Fit files. We also have a license to upgrade it to Maxim DL 6.11 but because the Telescope computer can't talk to it we did not install it.

It can be used remotely if you just transfer your data to it. You will need a licensed copy of VNC to do that.

Aubrey

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Thanks, Willie!
Jeff
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:39 PM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
I have mentioned Fits Liberator several times recently. I am currently going through several tutorials and guides on using it for image processing.
Here is a brief description from the website followed by a number of links to available resources which will allow one to download data from various online resources and learn how to process your own color images from that data.
It is free, cross-platform & stand-alone (Photoshop not required).
Willie


Fits Liberator notes

The release of version 3 of the popular ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator image processing software has meant that it is even easier and faster to create colour images using raw observations from a range of telescopes, including the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton Telescope.

As with the previous versions of the FITS Liberator, the version 3 makes another leap towards making the creation of colour images from raw astronomical observations easier and faster. The FITS Liberator continues to support the FITS and PDS formats, preferred by astronomers and planetary scientists respectively, which enables data to be processed from a wide range of telescopes and planetary probes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, ESA’s XMM–Newton Telescope and Cassini–Huygens or Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The new FITS Liberator incorporates a faster and more streamlined workflow. The CPU-intensive calculations have been optimised, thanks to significantly improved memory management, and this allows for time savings of up to 35%. For large images the savings in efficiency are even more pronounced, also thanks to a delayed application of stretch functions.

To sustain the future development of the software the entire source code, consisting of nearly 30 000 lines of code is being released as open source, and anyone wishing to contribute to future versions of the programme may do so.

Version 3.0 of the FITS Liberator include the following new features:
FITS Liberator is now a stand-alone application, which means that Photoshop is no longer required.Processing medium-sized images is now up to 35% faster, thanks to significantly improved memory management.Processing large images are also faster thanks to delayed application of stretch functions.FITS Liberator saves TIFF files that open in virtually any image processing software.

http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/
https://www.spacetelescope.org/static/projects/fits_liberator/v301files/userguide.pdf
https://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/download_v301/
https://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/datasets_archives/
https://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/improc/
https://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/stepbystep/
11/1/2017 8:08 AM
Thanks, Willie!

Jeff

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:39 PM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
I have mentioned Fits Liberator several times recently.  I am currently going through several tutorials and guides on using it for image processing.

Here is a brief description from the website followed by a number of links to available resources which will allow one to download data from various online resources and learn how to process your own color images from that data.

It is free, cross-platform & stand-alone (Photoshop not required).

Willie



Fits Liberator notes

The release of version 3 of the popular ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator image processing software has meant that it is even easier and faster to create colour images using raw observations from a range of telescopes, including the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton Telescope.

As with the previous versions of the FITS Liberator, the version 3 makes another leap towards making the creation of colour images from raw astronomical observations easier and faster. The FITS Liberator continues to support the FITS and PDS formats, preferred by astronomers and planetary scientists respectively, which enables data to be processed from a wide range of telescopes and planetary probes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, ESA’s XMM–Newton Telescope and Cassini–Huygens or Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The new FITS Liberator incorporates a faster and more streamlined workflow. The CPU-intensive calculations have been optimised, thanks to significantly improved memory management, and this allows for time savings of up to 35%. For large images the savings in efficiency are even more pronounced, also thanks to a delayed application of stretch functions.

To sustain the future development of the software the entire source code, consisting of nearly 30 000 lines of code is being released as open source, and anyone wishing to contribute to future versions of the programme may do so.

Version 3.0 of the FITS Liberator include the following new features:

  • FITS Liberator is now a stand-alone application, which means that Photoshop is no longer required.
  • Processing medium-sized images is now up to 35% faster, thanks to significantly improved memory management.
  • Processing large images are also faster thanks to delayed application of stretch functions.
  • FITS Liberator saves TIFF files that open in virtually any image processing software.
10/30/2017 8:21 PM
Using the attached guide which I downloaded from the FITS Liberator website and the data found here

https://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/eagledata/

I got the attached result fairly quickly.

Willie
10/30/2017 3:30 PM
I have mentioned Fits Liberator several times recently.  I am currently going through several tutorials and guides on using it for image processing.

Here is a brief description from the website followed by a number of links to available resources which will allow one to download data from various online resources and learn how to process your own color images from that data.

It is free, cross-platform & stand-alone (Photoshop not required).

Willie



Fits Liberator notes

The release of version 3 of the popular ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator image processing software has meant that it is even easier and faster to create colour images using raw observations from a range of telescopes, including the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton Telescope.

As with the previous versions of the FITS Liberator, the version 3 makes another leap towards making the creation of colour images from raw astronomical observations easier and faster. The FITS Liberator continues to support the FITS and PDS formats, preferred by astronomers and planetary scientists respectively, which enables data to be processed from a wide range of telescopes and planetary probes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, ESA’s XMM–Newton Telescope and Cassini–Huygens or Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The new FITS Liberator incorporates a faster and more streamlined workflow. The CPU-intensive calculations have been optimised, thanks to significantly improved memory management, and this allows for time savings of up to 35%. For large images the savings in efficiency are even more pronounced, also thanks to a delayed application of stretch functions.

To sustain the future development of the software the entire source code, consisting of nearly 30 000 lines of code is being released as open source, and anyone wishing to contribute to future versions of the programme may do so.

Version 3.0 of the FITS Liberator include the following new features:

  • FITS Liberator is now a stand-alone application, which means that Photoshop is no longer required.
  • Processing medium-sized images is now up to 35% faster, thanks to significantly improved memory management.
  • Processing large images are also faster thanks to delayed application of stretch functions.
  • FITS Liberator saves TIFF files that open in virtually any image processing software.
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