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Calibration Menu


The Calibration menu contains commands related to calibrating images. Several of these commands are displayed on the Calibration Tools Toolbar.

Calibration Menu Commands

Create Master Bias Frame

Combines many bias frames to create a master bias frame for removing the electronic offset of the CCD sensor.

Create Master Dark Frame

Combines many dark frames to create a master dark frame for removing the thermal signature from images.

Create Master Flat Frame

Combines many flat field frames to create a master flat frame for correcting sensitivity and illumination variations across the CCD sensor.

Express Image Calibration

Applies master bias, dark , and flat field frames to images to perform image calibration.

Combine Image Set

Combines a displayed image set into a single image using a variety of combining methods and parameters.

Combine Files

Combines many files into a single image using a variety of combining methods and parameters.

Create Pixel Mask

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 artifacts. These artifacts are corrected by using the mask in the Apply Pixel Mask command.

Edit Pixel Mask

Edits a pixel mask or creates a new pixel mask containing the locations of bright or dark point source image artifacts. These artifacts are corrected by using the mask in the Apply Pixel Mask command.

Apply Pixel Mask

Apples a pixel mask to correct point artifacts in an image.

Edit Blemish Mask

Edits a blemish mask or creates a new blemish mask containing the description of image artifacts. These artifacts are corrected by using the mask in the Apply Blemish Mask command.

Apply Blemish Mask

Apples a blemish mask to correct extended artifacts in an image.

Interactive Repair

Opens (or closes) theInteractive Repair command toolbar for removing artifacts by clicking on them.

Clean Image Set

Cleans transient point artifacts that do not repeat among the images of an image set.

Modify Keywords

Changes the values of image header keywords, adds new keywords and values, or renames existing keywords.

Trim Image Section

Crops an image using the region description stored in a trim section type keyword in the image header.

Related Topics

Contents, Repairing Artifacts and Cosmetic Defects, Calibration Tools Toolbar