Main windows
-Main window show loaded images. On the left there isImage info which display detailed about actual image. -File system display all images from current dir. -On top is main menu and under it Stretch panel. All panels can be closed and moved around. Closed panel can be -opened again through menu Docks. -
+The main window shows the currently loaded image. On the left is the Image info panel which displays details about the loaded image. +The File system panel shows other images in the same directory as the loaded image. At the top is the main menu and below that is the +Stretch panel containing various options for auto-stretching linear image data.
+All panels in the interface can be moved around and/or closed. Any closed or non-visible panel can be +re-opened through the Docks menu at the top.
Opening and saving images
-To open image select menu File->Open. After file selection this file is displayed in main windows -Panel File system is populated with rest of images in current directory.
-Currently displayed image can be saved into different format with File->Save as. There is selection for -of formats JPEG, PNG FITS and XISF. In case of JPEG or PNG first stretch function is applied. FITS and XISF are converted -without format stretch.
+To load an image select File->Open and choose the file. After a file is loaded, it becomes visible in the main image panel, and the +File system panel will show the other images in the same directory.
+The loaded image can be exported to a different format with File->Save as. Any of the formats JPEG, PNG FITS and XISF can be selected. +In the case of saving JPEG or PNG, the stretch function is applied to the saved image. FITS and XISF are saved/converted without applying the stretch. +To open an image, you can also drag and drop it to main window.
View
-Menu View affect size and scale displayed images. Zoom In/Zoom Out magnify and shrink image. -For this mouse wheel can be also used. Best fit display image so it is shown across whole window. -100% display image in 1:1 scale. Fullscreen show main window on whole screen. -Thumbnails show small thumnails for all images from current dir. +
The View menu has options to control the size and scale of displayed images: +
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- Zoom In and Zoom Out magnify and shrink the image. The mouse wheel can be also used to zoom freely. +
- Best fit auto-zooms the image to fit the current size of the window. +
- 100% will zoom to 1:1 scale. +
- Fullscreen enlarges the main window to the whole screen. +
- Thumbnails will display small thumbnails for all images in the current directory. +
Stretch toolbar
-This panel change how images are displayed. First there is slider scale with three points settings.
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This panel changes how images are displayed.
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Starting on the left, there is slider scale with three adjustable points to manually control the stretch.
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- black point - all pixels with value lower that set will be black -
- mid point - all pixels with this value will be shown with 50% intensity -
- white point - all pixels with value above this will be white +
- black point - all pixels with lower value (darker) than this setting will be clipped black +
- mid point - defines the value to be stretched to 50% intensity +
- white point - all pixels with higher value (brighter) than this will be clipped white +
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- Auto Stretch automatically apply black and mid points to render the image with optimal brightness. +
- Reset reset three values for black, mid and white point to default. +
- Invert invert colors to display the image as negative. +
- Super pixel CFA average 2x2 pixels into one (suitable for images from colour camera). +
- Apply Auto stretch on load toggle automatically applying Autostretch for each image when loaded.
Marking imagesv
-Images can be marked in menu Select. List of marked images can be shown with -Select->Show marked. This dialog serve to clear marks from images. Marked images have * character in -main window title bar. Marked images can be copied or moved to selected directory with File->Copy/Move marked files. -After copy or move list of marked files is cleard. Program will remember list of marked files after quit.
+Marking images
+Images can be marked in the Select menu. To show a list of only the marked images, use Select->Show marked. +This dialog can be useful to clear marks from images. Marked images show a * character in the title bar of the main window. +Marked images can be copied or moved to a selected directory with File->Copy/Move marked files. +After copying or moving, the list of marked files is cleared. The list of marked files will be remembered after quitting the program.
Database of FITS/XISF files
-Program can search direcory and index meta data from FIST and XISF images into internal database. This database can be then -searched. To index directory with FIST/XISF images select it through File->Index directoryr. -Selected directory is then searched and meta data from FITS and XISF images are stored into database. -To refresh database you can run File->Reindex. This will update any changed meta data and remove any record about -deleted files. To index new files run index directory again.
-To show database select Docks->FITS/XISF database. Database is shown as table where each column is different property. -AT bottom of database panel is button to select which propertis are displayed. Next are three combo boxes and text inputs. -Combo box select which property to search and text input what value to search. +
Tenmon can scan a directory of FITS/XISF files and index metadata from FITS headers into it's internal database. This allows searching and sorting images based on that metadata.
+To populate the database, select a directory of FITS/XISF files with File->Index directory. +After the selected directory is searched, metadata parsed from the images will be stored in the database. +To refresh the database, run File->Reindex. This will update any changed metadata and remove any record of +deleted files. To index new files, simply run Index directory again.
+The database is viewed through a panel which is not visible in the default layout. To add the database panel to the view, +toggle Docks->FITS/XISF database. Once visible, database panel shows the database as a table with a column for each property. +Below the table is button to select which columns/properties are displayed.
+ +Also at the bottom of the database panel are three combo boxes and text inputs used for filtering. +Select the property to filter on with the combo box and in the adjacent text box enter a string to search for in that property. +
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- % (percent) is a wildcard representing zero or more of any characters. +
- _ (underscore) is a wildcard for exactly one of any character. +
- Without wildcard characters, the exact string must match. +
-In this example it search for files that have "Bias" in their file name and property OBJECT is M_42 and DATE begin with 2022. -Character % (percent sing) is wildcard represent zero, one or many characters. Character _ (underscore) is second wildcard character that -represent single character. Without wildcard character exact string is searched. +This example filters for files where: "Bias" is in the file name, the OBJECT property is "M_42" (where the underscore can be any single character), and the DATE property begins with "2022". + +
PS: Kanji in icon means astronomy in Japanese