Celestron Nightscape CCD Camera AstroFX Imaging Software Manual - Page 13

SHARE Is the seventh and last tab from the left (Figure 10). By now you have Snapped, Stacked, Stretched, Smoothed, Sharpened and Saturated your way to a fine astro image. Now it is time to share it with the world! You have used SHARE to save your pristine master file and perhaps subsequent versions as well. Celestron suggests you use descriptive names when doing so, such as Master.fit, Stretch.fit, Smooth.fit, etc. You get the idea. (Figure 10 - SHARE Screen) Now that you are finished, SHARE can be used to export your images for different purposes. As you already know, a 16-bit FITS is always saved by default, so be sure to name files carefully, as not to risk overwriting the master or other versions you have saved. You can alternatively place the master in its own folder for safekeeping. In addition to FITS, AFX can save your images in TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) formats. TIFF is a "lossless" format, while JPEG is "lossy". JPEG deliberately discards data in order to compress the file size. Formats offered are 16 and 8-bit TIFF and three sizes of JPEG. If further processing is to be done to your FITS in a program such as Adobe Photoshop, a FITS plugin is required. You can alternatively use a 16-bit TIFF version in place of FITS without the need of a plugin. If you are ready to post your image to a website, choose JPEG. Choose from Small, Medium, and Large JPEG image sizes to share online. Simply check the desired version(s) and hit Save. Enjoy imaging and image processing with Celestron's Nightscape camera and AstroFX! For more information, visit http://celestronsites.com/astroimaging/. 12 www.celestron.com