How do I set black level to a specific value

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festoon
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How do I set black level to a specific value

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Firstly last night I was very impressed to see the the smart histogram brain funtion to look at optimising the exposure settings on my ZWO CMOS camera...but at the end I have a 'how do I' question :)
I applied the reccomended settings and it changed the exposure and gain as expected. But the smart brain also reccomends a optimum black level. As far as I can tell when the apply button is pressed the black level is not changed when the apply button is pressed (please correct me if I am wrong).
Is there a way of specifically setting the black level to a value e.g. setting to a value of 12.
When I am looking at a live stack histogram there is no scale on the horizontal axis so I do not know what value the black level is actually set to.
Hope this makes sense :)
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Re: How do I set black level to a specific value

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Black level, offset and in the case of ZWO Brightness is the same setting. When you click apply in the "Brain" the suggested black level is applied to brightness setting in the ZWO camera control panel of SharpCap.
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Re: How do I set black level to a specific value

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Hi folks,

You can enter an exact value for any control by typing the value into the box and pressing the return key or the tab key. For exposure times you can even type things like 123ms or 3.4s

Hope this helps, Robin
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Re: How do I set black level to a specific value

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Thanks guys, I never knew Black level was brightness in ZWO cameras
I had presumed it was the black level - lower slider bar - on the histogram
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