I had my camara settings turned to RAW16 and set the exposure for the camera.
Then I went to the Capture tab up top and selected Capture Dark Frame. When the processed finished, it put the dark fits file in the Dark folder. But when I opened it in DSS it shows as a gray scale image now color.
Am I missing something or do I need to capture the Darks as RGB24 and save them as fits for the darks.
btw... ZWO ASI 1600MC-Cool is my camera.
Saving Raw16 for Darks
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Re: Saving Raw16 for Darks
Hi,
not sure I quite understand your problem - when you capture a dark in RAW16 the output FITS file will also be RAW, so will have colour data in it, although I don't think DSS will detect this by default as there is no standard way in a FITS file to specify that the data is RAW not monochrome.
cheers,
Robin
not sure I quite understand your problem - when you capture a dark in RAW16 the output FITS file will also be RAW, so will have colour data in it, although I don't think DSS will detect this by default as there is no standard way in a FITS file to specify that the data is RAW not monochrome.
cheers,
Robin
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Re: Saving Raw16 for Darks
I am trying to stack the images and apply the Darks but DSS complains and does not see the RAW16 Dark as color, so I can't apply the dark file. I just saw though, that I can apply the darks to the image as it comes in on SharpCap, so I'll give that a try.
Any other stacking program that is good that you recommend that I could use to stack and apply darks.
Any other stacking program that is good that you recommend that I could use to stack and apply darks.
Re: Saving Raw16 for Darks
Bob
Have you set the correct Debayer pattern in DSS?
Options > Settings > Raw/FITS DDP Settings
Dave
Have you set the correct Debayer pattern in DSS?
Options > Settings > Raw/FITS DDP Settings
Dave