PixInsight 1.8.8 Released

[jeffweiss9]

If anyone remembers the secret command to turn print on, I'd appreciate a post.
Thanks.
CS/Jeff

[Herbert_W]

Hi Jeff!

In my transcript the following line is noted:

"C:\Program Files\PixInsight\bin\PixInsight.exe" --with-printer

I used it sometime in win7 - no idea where to put that line in win10

Best regards!
Herbert, Austria

[bulrichl]

The parameter "-- with printer" has to be added to Target in the Shortcut Tab of Pixinsight, see https://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=13904 , reply #2 for Mac, reply #6 for Windows.

Bernd

[Juan Conejero]

Congratulations on such a great update on what is, without doubt, the finest astro processing software currently available. I am astounded on how fast the software now loads on my Dell precision laptop.

I agree. Pixinsight is by default THE BEST software for Astro imaging. Thank you very much to Juan and all of the development team for the effort of improving it constantly.

Congratulations on such a great update on what is, without doubt, the finest astro processing software currently available. I am astounded on how fast the software now loads on my Dell precision laptop.

Thank you so much for your very nice words. I really appreciate your support, which encourages me to continue working hard on PixInsight each and every day.

[Juan Conejero]

Hi Jeff, and to the rest of users asking for the printing feature,

Juan-
What happened to print?  I just noticed after updating to 1.8.8, that there was no print option in the file menu.  Checking, 1.8.7 didn't have it either.  Is it no longer possible to print from PI?

A few years ago I decided to 'hide' the File > Print command by default. The reason is that the current implementation of this feature is not up to my baseline quality standards. It kind of works on Linux and FreeBSD, but is definitely not something I'm proud of on macOS and Windows.

This feature requires a complete redesign and reimplementation on all platforms. I'd love to invest the time necessary to do this, but since I have many priorities and much more important things to work on in PixInsight at present, don't hold your breath.

[jeffweiss9]

Thanks, Herbert-

I just added
    --with-printer
to the the target in the properties
of the PixInsight Shortcut on my Win10 desktop and it worked fine;
i.e., the printer commands are back on the file menu.

Clear Skies,
Jeff

[jeffweiss9]

Thanks, Juan-
I understand the print options are below PixInsight standards, but it's just handy to have the options there once in a while for a quick snapshot of something.
The recent updates are great.
CS/Jeff

[Mark de Regt]

I would like to install this update on my laptop, but I'm concerned about what you said in the announcement about it not working well with laptops.  Should I stick with 1.8.7 on my laptop?

[Juan Conejero]

Hi Mark,

If 1.8.7 works well, there is no reason for 1.8.8 not to do the same on the same machine. Both versions share the same graphics engine, which is the only thing that can cause problems on Windows (not on the rest of platforms).

At any rate, upgrading to version 1.8.8-1 is absolutely essential if you want to keep in synch with the next tools and features we'll implement during the coming months.

[Mark de Regt]

Thanks; will do!

[Enzo De Bernardini]

Amazing work Juan, thanks!

You can now zoom the real-time preview image by clicking and dragging with the mouse to define a rectangular selection.

Beautiful! Is there a way to set exactly 1:1 zoom in the preview? (match 1:1 of main image)

Best regards,

Enzo.

[rbohart]

I down loaded PI 1.8.8 and installed it. When I lanched PI after installation there were a number of updates that need to be down loaded and installed. During the update process My computer Avast virus protection software stop the update install to ask for permission to go forward. When I answered yes the update stopped. When I lanched PI again I got an error message"Authentication error. Server response: 'INVALID AUTHORIZATION CODE'". I have tried to repair , modify and uninstall to no avail. I have also uninstalled PI 1.8.8 replaced with PI 1.8.7 and get the same message.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thankas...........rb

[Juan Conejero]

Hi rbohart,

The best thing you can do in this case is uninstalling PixInsight, install it again, delete your trial license file if it exists (see FAQ 2.23) and request new activation codes for your license (FAQ 2.10).

[Juan Conejero]

Thank you so much Enzo.

You can now zoom the real-time preview image by clicking and dragging with the mouse to define a rectangular selection.

Beautiful! Is there a way to set exactly 1:1 zoom in the preview? (match 1:1 of main image)

There is no specific way to do this. However, the pixel dimensions and zoom factor of the preview image are now shown between the view selector and the quality combo box. Real-time previews never upsample original data, i.e. the maximum zoom factor applied is 1:1.

[rbohart]

When I tried to submit a new request for trial lic. with my info I got the following error message. Any thoughts?

Trial License
*** Error: The specified email corresponds to an already activated license.

We cannot proceed.