Calibration Menu
The Calibration menu contains commands related to calibrating images. Several of these commands are also displayed on the Calibration Tools Toolbar. Commands that require a displayed image or an image set may not be available and will appear grayed out as shown below.
Calibration Menu Commands
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Applies several types of bias, dark, flat field, and cosmetic corrections to images. |
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Combines many Bias frames to create a master bias frame for removing the electronic offset of the sensor. |
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Combines many dark frames to create a master dark frame for removing the thermal signature from images. |
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Combines many flat field frames to create one or more master flats for correcting both illumination and wavelength-dependent sensitivity variations across the sensor. |
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Combines a displayed image set into a single image using a variety of combining methods and parameters. This command is available only for an Image Window displaying an image set of more than 1 image. |
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Combines many files into a single image using a variety of combining methods and parameters. |
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Scans an image for high or low pixel values to save as a "pixel mask". The pixel mask contains the coordinates of bright or dark artefacts. These artefacts are corrected by using the mask in the Apply Pixel Mask command. |
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Edits a pixel mask or creates a new pixel mask containing the locations of bright or dark point source image artefacts. These artefacts are corrected by using the mask in the Apply Pixel Mask command. |
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Apples a pixel mask to correct point artefacts in an image. |
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Edits a blemish mask or creates a new blemish mask containing the description of image artefacts. These artefacts are corrected by using the mask in the Apply Blemish Mask command. |
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Apples a blemish mask to correct extended artefacts in an image. |
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Opens (or closes) theInteractive Repair command toolbar for removing artefacts by clicking on them. This interactive command is available only for an Image Window displaying an image. |
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Changes the values of image header keywords, adds new keywords and values, or renames keywords already present in the image header. |
Contents, Repairing Artefacts and Cosmetic Defects, Calibration Tools Toolbar