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How to Easily Automate Your PixInsight Integration Workflow with AutoIntegrate

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AutoIntegrate, developed by Jarmo Ruuth, is a superb PixInsight plugin for the easy integration of frames. It's particularly effective with pre-calibrated data, like that from TelescopeLive, offering improvements over WBPP.

This tool is ideal for PixInsight beginners, streamlining pre-processing and simplifying some post-processing steps, allowing for a quicker start.

For installation, add https://ruuth.xyz/autointegrate/ to your repositories.

Comprehensive documentation is available at https://ruuth.xyz/AutoIntegrateInfo.html
SPECIFICATIONS
Tutor .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Jarmo Ruuth
Parts .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 videos
Duration .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0h 31m
Image type .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Deep Sky Imaging
Difficulty level .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Beginner
Category .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Getting Started
Tier .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Premium
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PART 1
Introduction
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Introduction
PART 1
Introduction
5 minutes
LRGB Processing
PART 2
LRGB Processing
20 minutes
HSO Processing
PART 3
HSO Processing
6 minutes
PART 1

Introduction

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The problem with SpectrophotometricColorCalibration that is visible in the LRGB video is fixed in PixInsight version 1.8.9-2 build 1601.

Good evening Jarmo, I continue to appreciate the work you did with AutoIntegrate, but if I missed it I apologize, it's possible with AutoIntregate to simultaneously process the Halfa channel with the LRGB channel?

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Hi Walter! With HaLRGB you can try ‘max(R,H),G,B’ narrowband color palette, sometimes it works fine. Remember to add mapping for L also. You can try ‘Narrowband to RGB mapping’ but I have not got good results with that.

In the next version I have a separate ‘Ha to RGB mapping’ section. It is in my test repository https://ruuth.xyz/test/autointegrate/. Test version documentation is here: https://ruuth.xyz/test/AutoIntegrateInfo.html#ha_rgb. It may work a bit better with Galaxy images.

Jarmo

Well, this is exactly what I suggested as a tutorial in the recent survey, I idid actually mentioned your plugin saying I was aware of it and trying to use it!...and that's the issue, I have been unable to load into PI?! Using Mac, I'm sure it must be easy? but a little help would be very welcome please to get it up and running?

Hi John! First you need to add the link https://ruuth.xyz/autointegrate/ to the PixInsight repository at Resources / Updates / Manage Repositories. Then you need to check for updates from Resources / Updates / Check for Updates, or restart PixInsight. After updates are loaded you need to restart PixInsight again to apply the updates. After that you find AutoIntegrate from the Script / Batch Processing menu.

I have instructions also in https://ruuth.xyz/AutoIntegrateInfo.html#downloading.

Great tutorial Jarmo, on an amazing tool you've developed (and great and inspiring coding resource :) ) . I thought I knew it all (in terms of AutoIntegrate) but yet the Extra Processing flow was something I had not used a lot until now, especially after finishing the main processing - I was using these settings more with AutoContinue, but love the Apply to target and Undo/Redo options.

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By the way, in my run, the flowchart wasn't available until after all the processes completed - if I tried to click on show flowchart while the process was still going it would say something like it's not available. Is it possible for it to be available and highlight where in the flowchart it is at the time (I know you show it as text status at the top, and obviously the console too, but if the flowchart can be displayed (and exited for those that want to see current preview image) it would be great)

Good idea! I have been thinking if the flowchart would be a good way to see the progress. Right now you can get the flowchart before processing, just after processing and you can load it from the json file. The script already collects flowchart information during processing so it would be possible to print the current processed flowchart. Printing the full flowchart and graying out non-processed parts could be nice too but I need to check if that gets too complicated.

There was a time when you had to manually type commands on a computer to perform basic tasks like copying a file. Then windows came along and made those tasks easy. That's what autoIntegrate does for my astroprocessing.
It now allows for a relatively high level of customisation and makes experimenting with different settings and colour combinations much easier and quicker.
This is my #1 must-have script.
Thank you for all of your hard work Jarmo.

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