Tutorial

It is advisable to read the tutorial in the sequence presented, even if you do not anticipate using every feature discussed. Each section presents concepts that are generally useful. File names, numbers of files, camera names, etc. will not correspond to yours.

See also:

· Introduction

· Getting Help

Starting out:

· Start Stacker Unlimited

· View an image file

· Prepare for processing: Create Profile

Create Calibration Masters (optional):

· Create Dark Master

· Create Flat Master

Stacking:

· Grayscale (monochrome camera)

Using Forms

· RGB Color (monochrome camera)

· Bayer Color (one shot color)

· AVI (movie)

Start Stacker Unlimited

The opening screen contains only three possible actions (other than closing):

Help

New Job opens the Control Editor

Open Job or View Image

View an image file

Click (Open Job or View Image) to open a File Dialog (actual apearence may vary according to Windows version):

Use the File Type drop-down box to select “all images”. Navigate to the desired folder and select an image file. If more than one file is selected then a separate Viewer will be created for each file.

Take some time to become familiar with Viewer controls. Other than looking at the image, there is not much you can do with it except to save it in another format (e.g. save a JPEG from the scaled display). A viewed image is not automatically used for stacking or other processing, so you cannot start a stack by selecting files from that dialog.

Prepare for processing: Create Profile

Click(New Job) to open the Select Task form:

Stacker Unlimited needs some information to profile the image source, usually a Camera. To create a profile, press the Utilities button:

Press the Manage Profiles button and follow the instructions here.