Correct capture dark frame query

[Howardk]

When building a library of darks for later use in stacking in other programs is it best to tick and so apply the “detect and ignore outlier pixel values in individual darks” box ??

[admin]

Hi,

that's a difficult one to answer, because ideally the handling of that sort of thing should match the handling of the light frames, and it's hard to tell what the other stacking application will do in that regard.

The *very* best thing to do in this case is to get SharpCap to save the individual dark frames and let the other application handle the construction of the master dark from them - that should ensure consistency between the dark and light frame handling in this regard (and possibly in other minor details of how the stacking/averaging works). If you partially process in one application and then do the rest in another then you are taking a bit of a risk and you might need trial and error to get everything right (or you might end up giving up and processing in a single application if it doesn't all work out).

cheers,

Robin

[Howardk]

Thanks Robin

Will see how things work out with scap’s master dark
If it goes weird i will redo my dark library and save the individual frames as you suggest

[archer1960]

I actually let both of my stacking programs make all their own master calibration frames (darks, flat, and bias). Then I just grab the appropriate ones in the program I'm using.

[Howardk]

Good to know
I think i may need scap masters for live stacking in scap and the individual frames for calibration in other stacking software