Loading images
RegiStax allows the users to load the images they want to process in many different
ways. On this page we will sum up how images can be loaded into RegiStax.
There are 3 main ways to select and use images.
- Load images using the SELECT-button
- Load images using the MRU-button
- Load images using Drag&Drop
1. Load images using the SELECT-button
This is the most used option, after pressing SELECT a dialog will be presented to the user. The dialog will allow the user to load the following
single frame filetypes:
BMP, JPG, FIT(8,16,32 bits integer and 32 bits floating),
TIF(16 bits uncompressed), PNG(8, 16 bits) and the following
DSLR-RAW image formats: CRW, CR2, NEF, DNG, MRW.
For single frame formats the user can choose a single file by simply clicking
on the filename in the dialog. When a file is choosen a preview can be seen in the dialog. Double-clicking the filename will load the file into RegiStax and process it also. Most of the time the user will however want to user multiple images in RegiStax to align and stack. This can be achieved by selecting all the filenames in the dialog using the default windows functionality for selecting multiple features in a list. Using the shift-key pressed a group of files can be selected by the user. The user starts this by selecting the first filename of the group then press the shift-key (keep it pressed) and then bring the cursor to the filename at the end of the group that needs to be selected. The user can also select files using the ctrl-key (keep it pressed), every file that is to be included in the selection needs to be selected (clicked). After selecting the files press the "OPEN" button in the selection dialog. The filenames will now be loaded (not the files themselves !) into RegiStax.
multiple frame filetypes:
AVI, SER (8..16 bits) and RFL (RegiStax Framelist format).
All these formats have multiple-frames in one file and thus are the easiest way to process large groups of images. The RFL format is new and was added to allow users to use large groups of single frame filetype images without the need to select all individual files again. RFL-files can be created when a group of files is saved as a framelist from the Framelist-window (Show Framelist).
2. Load images using MRU (most recently used)
This is new in RegiStax. The MRU-button will show (when pressed) the last 10 files loaded into RegiStax. If a groups of single-frame files was selected only the 1st filename will be shown and selecting that filename will NOT loading the group again. So only AVI,SER and RFL filenames in the MRU-list will directly lead to the loading of a group of frames. All other formats will lead to loading a single frame.
3. Load images using Drag&Drop
Drag and drop was used in previous versions of RegiStax by users that had problems selecting many frames in the RegiStax dialog. The user opens RegiStax and also opens a separate windows explorer dialog. In that dialog the user selects all the files of a single-format filetype he/she wants to process. After selecting the files the user drags the files to the registax window and drops them overthere. Several groups can be dropped onto RegiStax in succession to create a larger group.