Process

The commands on the Process toolbar are listed below; click on the icon for more information.

Calibrate – calibrate the currently-selected image. Loads previous settings if Set Calibration has not been activated manually. Only available for monochrome images.

Calibrate All – calibrate all currently uncalibrated open images for which calibration data sets exist.

Set Calibration – invoke the Set Calibration dialog, to create, edit, or delete calibration data sets.

Align – align a set of images.

Stack – align and combine a set of images into a single new image.

Remove Bad Pixels – replace hot or dead pixels due to defects in the CCD array.

Add Noise – add noise to the currently-selected image.

Remove Bloom – remove CCD bloom from bright stars in the currently-selected image.

Remove Pedestal – remove pedestal from currently-selected image.

Resize – change the size and/or aspect ratio of the currently-selected image.

Double Size – double the size of the currently-selected image.

Half Size – reduce the size of the currently-selected image by a factor of two.

Make Pixels Square – resample the currently-selected image so that the resulting pixels subtend the same angle horizontally and vertically.

Stretch – invoke the Stretch dialog to permanently stretch an image buffer.

Histogram Specification – invoke the Histogram Specification dialog to perform a histogram-based stretch.

Curves - perform a user-defined stretch specified by a tone curve.

Threshold – apply a threshold to either limit, or set to zero, pixels outside a specified range.

Pixel Math – add, subtract, multiply, or divide two images, take the minimum or maximum, or scale and offset a single image.