Confused about Dynamic Processes

[Sean]

I'm a bit confused about Dynamic Processes like Crop and DBE. What exactly are Dynamic Processes and how are they different from "normal" processes? Why can't more than one be open at the same time? Specifically, why is Crop a Dynamic Process - why can't you simply  crop an image and leave the crop tool open, and then run DBE?

Inquiring minds would like to know!

Thanks, Sean

[Nocturnal]

The difference is that with a dynamic process you interact with the image before the process gets applied. You place the crop rectangle and dbe sample squares on the image for example. With a non-dynamic process you don't do any of that. I'm not sure why you can't do dbe on one image while doing a crop on another. That's probably a limitation of the framework although I doubt Juan will call it that

[Juan Conejero]

Hi Sean,

Sander has described it perfectly.

I'm not sure why you can't do dbe on one image while doing a crop on another. That's probably a limitation of the framework although I doubt Juan will call it that

It is indeed a limitation of the current PixInsight platform. I plan on overcoming it in some 1.7.x release (after Summer).

[Nocturnal]

To be clear I don't think it's a severe restriction but it would be nice to resolve it. It would perhaps make the interface a bit more intuitive for new users although I think the current model is easy enough to explain but apps like Paint Shop Pro can crop multiple images at the same time and that can cause some confusion.