Author Topic: Keep Losing my STF window  (Read 1745 times)

Offline jerryyyyy

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Keep Losing my STF window
« on: 2018 May 20 08:55:31 »
For some reason my STF process vanishes off my screen.  If I restart PI it will reappear, but not in a previous project. 

I move between different systems with different screens.  It seems it saves the screen configuration from a project from one set of screens then gets lost on another set of screens and the process windows are somehow off the screen.

Help?  This is a real PITA and I spend more time looking for the processes that using them. 
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Re: Keep Losing my STF window
« Reply #1 on: 2018 May 20 11:15:48 »
you might be able to fix this by editing the project's xosm file

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   <ProcessInterface id="ScreenTransferFunction" workspace="Workspace04" trackView="true">
      <geometry visible="true" left="2560" top="861" width="1991" height="146" status="normal"/>

if you were to set left/top to something smaller than what you find in your xosm file, maybe it would be visible. however, this might not work because of the project checksum / sealed project code. not sure if it would entirely refuse to load an edited project or give you the option to continue. i guess to get around that you could save the project with "sealed" turned off and then edit the xosm file. above all i would make a backup copy of the original xosm file before you start making changes, in case PI refuses to load the hacked file.

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Re: Keep Losing my STF window
« Reply #2 on: 2018 May 20 12:25:15 »
Thanks, I think I am going to just start afresh.  Probably quicker than trying to hack something. 

I was really irritated that I could not control the background noise and came across this tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfrMV1JCYVo

It is for DSLs but I think it will work for CCD images too.  Big insight is to reduce L and RGB separately. 
Takahashi 180ED
Astrophysics Mach1
SBIG STT-8300M and Nikon D800
PixInsight Maxim DL 6 CCDComander TheSkyX FocusMax