darks/flats saving as incorrect color space

[stobiewankenobi]

Hey Robin,

Sure thing

light files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15OHFx ... 6nRTW2JPnF
dark files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1l4_Jj ... QBoAXJ-Gqn_

when I stack this dark with any lights it results in a total loss of data. If I stack this dark with a light to create a DSS master dark, it results in lost data from the resulting stack with actual light images.

Thank you for your help.

[turfpit]

Hello

Dark files link gives Error 404 URL not found. The lights link worked.

Dave

[admin]

Hi,

Yes, same problem here – I can download the light frames but I get a 404 error trying to fetch back the dark frame.

Cheers, Robin

[celvii]

Looks like this discussion ended in November.

Any further determinations on the issue?

I'm trying to run down a few nagging aberrations in my images and noticed the same issue in DSS. I debayered all in PIPP and they stacked fine.
But with this thread's info more questions have been raised:
Will the darks and flats I take inside SharpCap in RAW16 mode (that are grey 16 bit tiffs) work with both the live stacking feature and the still shots saved in tiff, FITS, and png?

I haven't been using SharpCap in any depth until recently so pardon my ignorance.

Great program by the way...fantastic for EAA in my metro area-bad-seeing-back yard.

[admin]

Hi,

I think the standard guideline is to do all your dark/flat processing in the same application - that is either

* Master darks and flats created by SharpCap, Live Stack in SharpCap or capture with darks/flats turned on

or...

* Individual darks/flats captured along with individual lights. Process them all together in DSS or PixInsight or whatever...

On top of that, capture your darks/flats/lights in the same application.

If you start to mix and match (master darks from SharpCap into DSS/PixInsight) then you may run into issues that are hard to get sorted. On the other hand, people do mix and match and often get great results...

cheers,

Robin