PixInsight Class Library (PCL) version 1.0.1.70 (Release Candidate 3) is now available for download:
http://pleiades-astrophoto.com/download/STD/index.html This release incorporates bug fixes, optimizations, and important enhancements made to PCL classes.
IMPORTANT: Existing modules must be recompiled and linked against PCL build 70 before attempting to install them on the latest build 207 of the core application. This is because we have made slight changes to the low-level API that allows communication between modules and the core PixInsight application.
The new PixInsight Standard Distribution package includes:
* PixInsight Standard 1.0.1.207 time-limited beta application. It expires on 2006 June 30. A new release will be available before the expiration date of this version.
* The entire PCL framework version 1.0.1.70 RC3, ready for production of PixInsight modules.
* The complete source code of the following standard PixInsight modules:
- Standard File format modules: FITS, JPEG, JPEG2000 and TIFF
- Standard process modules: Geometry, Global, Image, and TransferCurves.
Note that the TransferCurves module includes the complete source codes of the HistogramTransform, CurvesTransform, DigitalDevelopment, and ExponentialTransform processes and their interfaces, among others. The Geometry module includes complete sources for all geometric transformations. This is indeed a good amount of source code, including many advanced algorithms and sophisticated implementations that we are releasing as free reference material for PixInsight developers.
The source codes of the DynamicCrop and TransferCurves processes and interfaces provide you with enough information and coding examples to implement virtually any image processing tool on the PixInsight/PCL framework, even extremely sophisticated ones.
Feel free to write your own versions of these processes. For example, if you modify the HistogramTransform interface to adapt it to your specific needs, and you manage to enhance it in a significant way, we would be glad to see it if you want to share your work with us - that could be your fastest way to a free PixInsight license :wink:
Enjoy it!
The Pleiades Development Team
