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by jhelum7
Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:36 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: saving flats / darks individually
Replies: 1
Views: 896

saving flats / darks individually

Is there anyway "NOT" to make master flats and darks just as we can save the lights as separate raw files for post processing? The reason is, when I try to post process in pixinsight, it won't allow me to use just "one" master flat and "one" master dark. It requires a m...
by jhelum7
Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:14 pm
Forum: Deep Sky Imaging
Topic: Sharp cap Black and White in DSS with OSC CMOS
Replies: 1
Views: 1323

Sharp cap Black and White in DSS with OSC CMOS

Hi folks When I LIVESTACK in SharpCap Pro and save as .FITS file and open in DSS, no problem, I get color all through workflow into PixInsight. If I capture lights , darks , flats separately in SharpCap using Raw 12 and save, no matter what I do, they show up as MONOCHROME/ Black and white instead o...
by jhelum7
Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:44 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Flats AFTER Livestack problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1221

Re: Flats AFTER Livestack problem

thanks for the quick response and I completely understand. For Darks, I "do my darks first" before the imaging session because I roughly know my livestack settings on certain deepsky objects. Then I point livestack to the dark folder under the pre processing tab. My problem comes in for fl...
by jhelum7
Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:27 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Flats AFTER Livestack problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1221

Flats AFTER Livestack problem

Hi Folks after using live stack and saving ins FITS type file foremat, when I try to capture flats later in sharp cap and THEN try to combine the flats in deep sky stacker with the Lightframe composite from Sharpcap, the DSS gives me an error and says the files are incompatible. How is one supposed ...