The exposure tolerance in the post processing panel THAT has been worth the price of entry! Have had outputs similar to what you were showing, 2x each of a channel and we know imageintegration requires three files. Great to know about this part!
Just getting started with this new set of videos. As always very comprehensive and approachable. I am also a subscriber to your website but for various reasons I tend to start here on TH-cam. As always, thanks for the work you do for the community.
The cosmetic correction template part is something new to me and to be honest could have used a touch more info. Once I watched another video of how to create a cc template this made more sense. Felt like a big ah-ha for the change to quality output
Adam, fantastic series! Apologies if you answer these questions later on. Previously, I've done my workflow steps through Lights Integration manually, to learn how the individual Processes work. Guided by your tutorials, this will be my first time using WBPP. I like your suggestion of not running the full WBPP pipeline at first - I could take it through calibration, compare those outputs with previous experiences... Is it possible to then pick up and continue from where one left off in WBPP? For example, I'm now happy with WBPP through calibration, can I now have it naturally continue post-calibration on the same project, starting from where I left off? Secondly, is there a natural way to group several different sequences of Flats (and their respective Master-Flats) based on time? For example, when imaging over several weeks, I often create new Flats one or more times to pick up changes in "dust" in the path - otherwise identical in all respects. I'd now like to match a Master Flat with Lights taken near it in time, while other Lights are calibrated with a different Master Flat for a different time-frame. Doesn't need to be automatic like the temp or filter matching you've demonstrated, but I'd like to do it in the context of a single configuration and "run" of WBPP. Cheers, Bob
Hello Adam! This is an absolutely wonderful guide to WBPP. How good or bad is for WBPP calculate the Output Pedestal instead of me going through the process of calculating a specific one for my sensor? I am really trying to keep things as simple and automated as possible. ;-)
I should think it will work well. I have not used it- but the math is simply. It checks for negative values and compensates with the appropriate pedestal. It can only improve matters really if a pedestal is needed.
You can use a SuperBias as a masterbias frame that you create "manually". ..but you are asking for WBPP to *automatically* create a superbias on the fly. In some sense this doesn't make sense- you should just make a superbias once and use it for a very long period of time since it is characterizing a per column (or spatio-frequency) bias (it would not make sense to make new superbiases all the time for a particular sensor). But I digress, you are correct this is not an option. I personally would not want this option. My experience is that superbiases can introduce problems with some kinds of data. (See Bernd's guide on calibration)
@@AdamBlock thanks! I’ll check out the guide as I had not been thinking about superbias the way you describe and I clearly need to “recalibrate” my thinking 🙂
I've noticed that the version of WBPP you are using in this video is 2.4.5. Here I am in October of 2022 running the Windows version of PI, 1.8.8-11, about a year old now, the WBPP version is v2.3.1. When I click the RESOURCES/Updates/Check for Updates tab, it says "no updates are currently available for your installation". Do you happen to know if the WBPP versions are operating system dependent? What OS are you using? Thanks - Dave
WBPP is PI version dependent. You need to update your PI software to be running the latest and greatest stuff. Version 1.8.9-1 is a very big new version of the software with many fundamental changes (that I have been covering in my videos and presentations).
The exposure tolerance in the post processing panel THAT has been worth the price of entry! Have had outputs similar to what you were showing, 2x each of a channel and we know imageintegration requires three files. Great to know about this part!
Just getting started with this new set of videos. As always very comprehensive and approachable. I am also a subscriber to your website but for various reasons I tend to start here on TH-cam. As always, thanks for the work you do for the community.
Thank you.
The cosmetic correction template part is something new to me and to be honest could have used a touch more info. Once I watched another video of how to create a cc template this made more sense. Felt like a big ah-ha for the change to quality output
Yeah... it is tough. There are many many things I cannot explain fully in this focused videos- which is why I do have more at my website.
I have now added a section on Cosmetic Correction in response to your feedback.
Adam, fantastic series! Apologies if you answer these questions later on. Previously, I've done my workflow steps through Lights Integration manually, to learn how the individual Processes work. Guided by your tutorials, this will be my first time using WBPP. I like your suggestion of not running the full WBPP pipeline at first - I could take it through calibration, compare those outputs with previous experiences... Is it possible to then pick up and continue from where one left off in WBPP? For example, I'm now happy with WBPP through calibration, can I now have it naturally continue post-calibration on the same project, starting from where I left off? Secondly, is there a natural way to group several different sequences of Flats (and their respective Master-Flats) based on time? For example, when imaging over several weeks, I often create new Flats one or more times to pick up changes in "dust" in the path - otherwise identical in all respects. I'd now like to match a Master Flat with Lights taken near it in time, while other Lights are calibrated with a different Master Flat for a different time-frame. Doesn't need to be automatic like the temp or filter matching you've demonstrated, but I'd like to do it in the context of a single configuration and "run" of WBPP. Cheers, Bob
I'm getting a debater fail error when I go to process. Have CFA checked as I'm using a One-Shot color, I've tried VNG and RGGB.
Hello Adam! This is an absolutely wonderful guide to WBPP. How good or bad is for WBPP calculate the Output Pedestal instead of me going through the process of calculating a specific one for my sensor? I am really trying to keep things as simple and automated as possible. ;-)
I should think it will work well. I have not used it- but the math is simply. It checks for negative values and compensates with the appropriate pedestal. It can only improve matters really if a pedestal is needed.
Adam, is there a reason that WBPP does not enable the creation and use of a SuperBias?
You can use a SuperBias as a masterbias frame that you create "manually". ..but you are asking for WBPP to *automatically* create a superbias on the fly. In some sense this doesn't make sense- you should just make a superbias once and use it for a very long period of time since it is characterizing a per column (or spatio-frequency) bias (it would not make sense to make new superbiases all the time for a particular sensor). But I digress, you are correct this is not an option. I personally would not want this option. My experience is that superbiases can introduce problems with some kinds of data. (See Bernd's guide on calibration)
@@AdamBlock thanks! I’ll check out the guide as I had not been thinking about superbias the way you describe and I clearly need to “recalibrate” my thinking 🙂
I've noticed that the version of WBPP you are using in this video is 2.4.5. Here I am in October of 2022 running the Windows version of PI, 1.8.8-11, about a year old now, the WBPP version is v2.3.1. When I click the RESOURCES/Updates/Check for Updates tab, it says "no updates are currently available for your installation". Do you happen to know if the WBPP versions are operating system dependent? What OS are you using? Thanks - Dave
WBPP is PI version dependent. You need to update your PI software to be running the latest and greatest stuff. Version 1.8.9-1 is a very big new version of the software with many fundamental changes (that I have been covering in my videos and presentations).