Specifications

SBIG STF-8300 Manual
To do this using CCDOPS select Utility
--> Single Shot Color --> Extract
Color Channel(s)... The Color Extraction dialog box will open and give
you the option to extract any (or all) of the individual color channels (Red,
Green, Blue) and a synthesized Luminance (greyscale) channel:
Once extracted, the R,G and B frames from a Single Shot Color Camera are
treated the same as RGB frames shot with a monochrome camera and color
filter wheel. The individual color channels are extracted at full resolution
by interpolating the data from the neighboring pixels. Once the individual
color channel images are saved to disk, you can combine them using any
image processing software.
The RGB Combine dialog box will still remain open after the color image is
displayed, allowing you to adjust the color balance of the final image. Each
time you click on “Do It” the image will update and display your changes.
Select File -> Save As to save the final color image as a TIFF file.
Processing separate RGB images to create a color image involves the
following steps:
1. Co-aligning the images
2. Normalizing the Sky Background
3. Setting the White Balance.
CCDOps makes this relatively easy. Here's a step-by-step procedure for
quick and easy RGB Processing:
1. Co-align the images - Open the Red, Green and Blue images and then
open the Crosshairs.Visually identify a common star or feature in the
images to serve as an alignment reference. Starting with the Red image,
position the Crosshair on the reference position, using the peak pixel
brightness on a star for example, then right-click the mouse. Select the Set
RGB Red Position item to mark the reference position. Do the same in the
Green and Blue images, selecting the Set RGB Green Position and Set RGB
Blue Position respectively. This tells CCDOps how it will co-align the
images
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