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PixInsight => Announcements => Topic started by: Alejandro Tombolini on 2014 March 24 09:18:57
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Hello Newby! we would like to introduce PixInsight Resources (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/)
This website is dedicated to provide practical resources to PixInsight image analysis and processing plataform. Tutorials, videos and resources offered here do not represent official resources. They were created by Alejandro Tombolini (Próxima Sur (http://proxima-sur.blogspot.com.ar/)) and Enzo De Bernardini (Astronomía Sur (http://www.astrosurf.com/astronosur/)) with several contributors in order to provide useful material to PixInsight community.
The heart of the website is a series of short Video Tutorials (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/) dedicated to recognize the interface, carefully organized and where it has tried to maintain a close relationship with PixInsight nomenclature.
In order to facilitate the learning of those who do not handle the English language fluently and as our native language is Spanish, decided to make it in both languages. Finally we add the French because family and friends offered to assist with this (under construction).
There may be misspellings or own language expressions that could be drawn differently, we apologize about it and if you want to suggest any corrections let us know through the contact form (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/contact-us.html).
The Video Tutorials (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/) section is ordered alphabetically and contains a search engine that filters while you type a word, which is extremely flexible and practical. For example, typing the word "mask" will be shown all the videos that contain that word in their title.
In turn, each video has related documentation, for example the video "Add To Favorites" will be related to "Remove From Favorites" and "Set Default Favorites", and all those videos will be part of the family "process".
Processing Examples (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/processing-examples.html) are some that have been published in this forum (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=5283.msg36369#msg36369) and we will add the rest and those new to come.
The site has been carefully adapted to make it comfortable to navigate with phones and tablets. The aim is that those who are familiarizing with the use of the interface can watch the videos in short periods of time and at the place where they are without the need of a computer.
From Home can be accessed through two comfortable icons to sections Video Tutorials and Processing Examples, as well as directly to the latest updates of them.
If you wish, from the browser of the device may add a shortcut to the page which will have as icon the PixInsight Resources logo :).
Enjoy!
PS: We recommend viewing in Firefox or Chrome.
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Hello Newby! queremos presentarles PixInsight Resources (http://pixinsight.com.ar/es/)
Este sitio web se encuentra dedicado a brindar recursos prácticos a los usuarios de la plataforma de análisis y procesamiento de imágenes PixInsight. Los tutoriales, videos y recursos ofrecidos aquí no representan recursos oficiales. Fueron creados y organizados por Alejandro Tombolini (Próxima Sur (http://proxima-sur.blogspot.com.ar/)) y Enzo De Bernardini (Astronomía Sur (http://www.astrosurf.com/astronosur/)) junto con varios colaboradores con el fin de aportar material útil a la comunidad de PixInsight.
El corazón del sitio web es una serie de Tutoriales en Video (http://pixinsight.com.ar/es/docs/) de corta duración con conceptos básicos dedicados al reconocimiento de la interfaz, organizados cuidadosamente y donde se ha tratado de mantener una relación estrecha con la nomenclatura de la aplicación.
Con el fin de facilitar el aprendizaje de quienes no manejan fluidamente el idioma Inglés y como nuestra lengua nativa es el Español, decidimos hacerla en ambos idiomas. Finalmente agregamos el Francés ya que familiares y amigos se ofrecieron a colaborar con esto (en construcción).
Es posible que existan errores de escritura o expresiones propias del idioma que podrían redactarse de otra manera, les pedimos disculpas al respecto y si desean sugerir alguna corrección nos lo hagan saber a través del formulario de contacto (http://pixinsight.com.ar/es/contact-us.html).
La sección de Tutoriales en Video (http://pixinsight.com.ar/es/docs/) está ordenada alfabéticamente y contiene un buscador que filtra a medida que se va escribiendo una palabra, lo cual es extremadamente ágil y práctico. Por ejemplo, escribiendo la palabra "mask" (máscara) aparecerán todos los videos que contienen esa palabra en su título.
A su vez cada video tiene documentación relacionada, por ejemplo el video "Add To Favorites" estará relacionado con "Remove From Favorites" y "Set Default Favorites", y todos estos formarán parte de la familia de videos "process"
Los Ejemplos de Procesamiento (http://pixinsight.com.ar/es/processing-examples.html) son algunos que han sido publicados en este foro (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=5283.msg36369#msg36369) y agregaremos el resto y los nuevos que vendrán.
El sitio ha sido cuidadosamente adaptado para que resulte cómodo de navegar con teléfonos y tabletas. El objetivo es que quienes se están familiarizando con el uso de la interfaz puedan mirar los videos en cortos períodos de tiempo libre y en el lugar en que se encuentren sin necesidad de disponer de un ordenador.
Desde el Inicio se puede acceder a través de dos cómodos iconos a las secciones de Tutoriales en Videos y Ejemplos de Procesamiento, así como también directamente a las últimas actualizaciones de los mismos.
Si lo desean, desde el navegador del dispositivo podrán añadir un acceso directo a la página que tendrá como icono el logo de PixInsight Resources :).
Diviértanse!
PD: Recomendamos la visualización con Firefox o Chrome.
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Wow! Excellent! Thank you.
Looked at one of your galaxy processing tutorials. Now I have to redo everything ;)
regards
Mats
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Alejandro, fantastic work. Congratulations.
Just one question. Audio is not available?
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Hi Zoran,
No audio available. The videos have a text that synthesize the explanation of each one. O:)
Saludos,
Alejandro.
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Great idea Alejandro! Thank you for your effort and help.
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Really great job, the bunch of short videos will be extremelly useful, especially for beginners, but also for no so beginners.
Thanks for your hard work
-- bitli
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Absolut phantastic idea. Thats what we need!
Thank you very much for doing such great work.
Kind regards
Claus
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Excellent resource! I love it!
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Very nice !!! Thank you for your hard work ! :police:
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Hi
Not had a chance to look at everything , but its obvious that you have put in a lot of work 8)
Many thanks for this and I think plenty of people will appreciate it
Kind regards
Harry
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Excellent effort, Alejandro and Enzo!
The site looks very nice and feels very efficient. I like the design and functionality, very searchable and straight to the point.
It is going to become a goto reference, for sure.
Ignacio
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nice work guys, very polished looking, and of course lots of good content.
rob
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Excellent, very useful :) :D
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Wow! gracias!
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Thanks Alejandro. This looks like a really useful resource.
Geoff
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Hello all,
I too would like to congratulate you on your considerable effort in putting together this valuable resource.
The appearance of the website looks very modern and a nice colour scheme and works well.
Top marks to all.
Regards
Martin
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Hello,
Thank you very much everyone for your kind comments. It's great to know that both the content and the design of the website have been welcomed by PixInsight community. And a special thanks to Juan for his support!
Thanks! :D
Enzo.
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Hi all,
We have been working in some updates of the site. Here a quick list of the news :)
1) New section "Articles" is now present from Resources>Articles. There are four articles presents on it.
Frequently used short names (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/17/frecuently-used-short-names.html)
RAW de-Bayer Interpolations (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/16/raw-debayer-interpolations.html)
Resizing and Publishing (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/14/resizing-and-publishing.html)
PixelMath Blending Modes (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/7/pixelmath-blending-modes.html)
2) Several new videos has been added:
Apply Inverted Mask (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/150/pixinsight-apply-inverted-mask.html)
Cancel (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/151/pixinsight-cancel.html)
Contextual Menu (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/152/pixinsight-contextual-menu.html)
Drag Over View Selector Tray (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/153/pixinsight-drag-over-view-selector-tray.html)
Edit Instance Source Code (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/154/pixinsight-edit-instance-source-code.html)
Iconize Image (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/166/pixinsight-iconize-image.html)
JPG Settings (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/167/pixinsight-jpg-settings.html)
Maximize (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/168/pixinsight-maximize.html)
Pan Mode (1) (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/155/pixinsight-pan-mode-1.html)
Pan Mode (2) (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/156/pixinsight-pan-mode-2.html)
Shade Image (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/169/pixinsight-shade-image.html)
Shift To Move Up (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/170/pixinsight-shift-to-move-up.html)
Tools - Pan Mode (1) (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/157/pixinsight-tools--pan-mode-1.html)
Tools - Pan Mode (2) (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/158/pixinsight-tools--pan-mode-2.html)
Tools - Zoom Controls (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/165/pixinsight-tools--zoom-controls.html)
Tools - Zoom In Mode (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/161/pixinsight-tools--zoom-in-mode.html)
Tools - Zoom In Out Mode (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/164/pixinsight-tools--zoom-in-out-mode.html)
Tools - Zoom Out Mode (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/148/pixinsight-zoom-out-mode.html)
Zoom In Mode (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/159/pixinsight-zoom-in-mode.html)
Zoom In Out Mode (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/163/pixinsight-zoom-in-out-mode.html)
Zoom Out Mode (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/148/pixinsight-zoom-out-mode.html)
3) More Video Tutorials have been translated to French.
Saludos,
Alejandro
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Superb work... and indeed very helpful... thank you!!!
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Alejandro and Enzo, this is absolutely amazing work! The "forum" tutorials you produced up to this point have been the most complete reference that has been made available, so it comes as no surprise that you have taken it to yet a higher level. This reference site should help just about anyone become familiar with basic and advanced operations within PI.
I'd go so far to say it should be referenced in all the built-in PI documentation that isn't completed yet. Even if it's just hyperlinks to the external site.
Thank you both for your generosity to the PI community. You should have good karma flowing your way for some time to come.
Craig
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Thank you very much for the motivating comments!, We have many ideas to follow including useful material on the page. :)
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Yes a fantastic resource, thank you.
I can watch the videos at home fine, but at work on an XP machine using the latest FireFox browser, I can't see any of the videos, I just get an error message "No video with supported format and MIME type found".
Have you any idea what I need to do to get this working.
Mike
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Hi Mike, we have added an additional video format for the all serie. Now each one has associated two video files. It should works in Firefox running under XP.
Hope you can now see all.
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Thank you very much, extremely helpful.
I found many functions, I didn´t use until now.
Gerhard
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Alejandro,
Thank you very much, the videos now work fine in Firefox running on Windows XP.
Mike
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Hi Mike, that is very good news!. :)
There are some updates in the page:
1) As announced in the previous post, now all videos are in two formats (.mp4 and .webm) to support Firefox in XP.
2) A new processing example was published, this time with the inclusion of some videos on it. Crux - Southern Cross (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/19/crux-southern-cross.html)
3) Some more new videos have been translated to French.
Saludos,
Alejandro.
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I couldn't see the videos before, but now I can. What a great instructional resource! Thanks very much for creating this!
- Marek
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Hi all, news in PixInsight Resources:
1) Two new processing examples have been added, Messier 106 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/21/messier-106.html) and M16 - Eagle Nebula (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/22/m-16-eagle-nebula.html).
2) New videos have been translated to French.
3) New videos have been added.
WSC Sigma High (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/176/pixinsight-wsc-sigma-high.html)
WSC Sigma Low (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/175/pixinsight-wsc-sigma-low.html)
Apply Process (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/174/pixinsight-apply-process.html)
Icon Instance (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/173/pixinsight-icon-instance.html)
Real Time Preview (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/172/pixinsight-real-time-preview.html)
4) PixInsight Resources Home page have now the "Newbie? Start Here" section which incluide a "Getting started with PixInsight (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/18/starting-with-pixinsight.html)" guide. This article attempts to provide a start guide to begin using PixInsigth from the first and most basic steps.
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Really great stuff Alejandro. Should go a long way towards combating the "steep learning curve" myth.
Geoff
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Hi all, news in PixInsight Resources since the last update:
1) A new article was written: "Crop and Resize with DynamicCrop (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/26/crop-resize-dynamiccrop.html)"
2) Two new processing examples have been added, NGC1097 Gallaxy (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/25/ngc-1097-galaxy.html) and NGC 6823 and NGC 6820 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/24/ngc-6823-ngc-6820.html)
3) New videos have been added:
Error File Checksum Failed (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/178/pixinsight-error-file-checksum-failed.html)
Script Window Size
(http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/177/pixinsight-script-window-size.html)
4) In PixInsight Resources Home page "Newbie? Start Here" name was changed to "Newcomer? Start Here" This section incluide a "Getting started with PixInsight (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/18/starting-with-pixinsight.html)" guide and "BPP - Batch Preprocessing (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/tag/11/bpp--batchpreprocessing.html)" videos.
5) As always latest news are added in the "News" section in the Home page (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/).
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Alejandro,
This resource just gets better and better. Thanks for the great effort.
Jim
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Estimado Alejandro,
Un sitio muy esperado y que nos ayuda mucho, mis felicitaciones a todo el equipo.
Cordiales saludos,
Leandro
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Hi all, news in PixInsight Resources since the last update:
1) A new article was written: "Frequently used shortcuts (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/30/frequently-used-shortcuts.html)"
2) New processing examples have been added:
NGC 6960 - Blue Halos Reduction (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/27/ngc6960-blue-halos-reduction.html)
MaskedStretch and Stars Cores Reparation (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/28/maskedstretch-stars-sores.html)
Pre-processing and Linear post-processing of M101 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/29/preprocessing-linear-postprocessing-m101.html)
M 101 - Blue Halos Reduction (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/31/m101-blue-halos-reduction.html)
Messier 77 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/32/messier-77.html)
3) New videos have been added:
Fits Settings (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/185/pixinsight-fits-settings.html)
Search (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/184/pixinsight-search.html)
Benchmark (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/183/pixinsight-benchmark.html)
Ram Disk (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/182/pixinsight-ram-disk.html)
New Version of PixInsight (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/181/pixinsight-new-version-of-pixinsight.html)
BPP - (13) Bayer Drizzle (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/180/pixinsight-bpp--13-bayer-drizzle.html)
BPP - (12) Generate Drizzle Data (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/179/pixinsight-bpp--12-generate-drizzle-data.html)
4) PixInsight Resources has now a completely redesigned search engine and it can be accessed from de home page. The search engine takes into account the selected language, and the search is performed in sections Video Tutorials, Processing Examples and Articles.
It also allow search from the explorer into the site. To add the site as a search option, from the home page select Add: "PixInsight Resources Search" and the logo will be among the favorites. See "Search (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/184/pixinsight-search.html)"
5) As always latest news are added in the "News" section in the Home page.
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Excelent work, Alejandro! Big hugs for all the team :)
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Very nice and extremely useful work. Thank you so much, your contribution to PixInsight is fantastic.
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Hi all, updates in PixInsight Resources! :)
1) New processing examples have been added:
Protecting background and stars (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/35/mask-background-stars.html)
Shooting from light polluted areas (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/36/shooting-light-polution.html)
vdBH 15 Reflection Nebula (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/37/vdbh-15.html)
Lovejoy Comet (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/38/lovejoy-comet.html) Going further with DBE here! >:D
Engage (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/39/engage.html) Having fun here! :)
2) New videos have been added:
Background Neutralization (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/186/pixinsight-background-neutralization.html)
DBE - BN - CC (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/187/pixinsight-dbe--bn--cc.html) (this video is a pilot test for the new series of subtitled videos that could be implemented if it result useful)
3) As always latest news are added in the "News" section in the Home page.
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Amazing stuff; I love it!!
Thanks for the great effort, as always!!
Best,
Jim
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My favorite place to be informed about processing news.
Always something to learn.
Thank you Alejandro & Enzo.
Antoine
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One of (if not the best) sites for PixInsight info. Keep up the great work you both put into your site.
Reference grade material for sure.
Craig
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Great source of learning.
Keep up!
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Thank you all for the support!, we are very happy with PixInsight Resources and even more knowing it is useful.
More processing examples and contents are coming soon! ;)
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Alejandro,
If any of the new ones coming along are as good as the background neutralization tutorial, that will be a great addition. I found that tutorial fascinating.
Best,
Jim
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Hi all, updates in PixInsight Resources! :)
1) New processing examples have been added:
M33 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/45/m33.html) - Image of Steve Herrman published in Image Processing Challenges (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=9020.0)
M15 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/44/m15.html) - Image of Brane (canevane) publicated in Image Processing Challenges (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=8958.0)
Jewel Box (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/42/jewel-box.html) - A star cluster with the complication of a very bright star on the field.
Conjuntion (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/41/conjuntion.html) - One shot image
M104 Sombrero Galaxy (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/processing-examples/40/sombrero-galaxy.html)
2) New repository!!!
It is possible to add additional repositories to the official ones, to download through updates system new versions of scripts and documentation. PixInsight Resources (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/) has now a new repository with unofficial scripts, this feature is specially useful when you recieve a new version of PixInsight and want to quickly restore scripts not yet included in the official distribution that have been published in PixInsight Forum (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?board=15.0).
To add the respository and download the scripts first see the ManageRepositories (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/47/pixinsight-manage-repositories.html) video. Once downloaded the scripts, you can choose which ones to add and which ones to remove. (May be you have already installed it from the forum)
If you notice that there is some not included scripts, please let us know and we will add it to the repository.
DISCLAIMER: If you add this repository you are adding non official scripts. Compatibility and operation is not guaranteed, and you install them at your own risk. If any of these scripts is included in future official distribution we will disable them from our repository.
3) Some videos have been updated or added French translation:
Background Neutralization (http://pixinsight.com.ar/fr/docs/186/pixinsight-background-neutralization.html) now in French, ManageRepositories (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/47/pixinsight-manage-repositories.html), Add Scripts (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/2/pixinsight-add-script.html), RamDisk (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/182/pixinsight-ram-disk.html), BPP-12 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/179/pixinsight-bpp--12-generate-drizzle-data.html), BPP-13 (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/docs/180/pixinsight-bpp--13-bayer-drizzle.html).
4) New Article added.
Screen Resolution (http://pixinsight.com.ar/en/info/articles/43/screen-resolution.html)
5) As always latest news are added in the "News" section in the Home page.
Saludos, Alejandro.
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Hi Alejandro,
When I was last active in the PixInsight community - none of your resources were available. Now that "I'm back", I am amazed at how much information has been gathered into this one repository (and that comment is not intended to belittle repositories that other PixInsight contributors have also worked so very hard to build).
Now I find myself constantly dipping into these vaults of treasure as I try and remember how to actually drive the PixInsight beast (yes, I sometimes feel like an eye-surgeon who has access to a titanium-melting laser, yet who has to work looking through dirty spectacles >:D )
Keep up the good work.
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Just : great !
Thank you !
Philippe LAURENT