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Save process settings in PixInsight

Posted on by chrisvdberge
Save process settings in PixInsight

For a lot of processes in PixInsight you’ll have some basic values for the settings you want to use or at least start with, every time. But how do you remember these values? If you are anything like me you’ve written them down somewhere, or stored a bookmark to some article that discusses certain values. Every time you use the process you need to look up these values. Wouldn’t it be great if you could…

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Working with previews in PixInsight

Posted on by chrisvdberge
Working with previews in PixInsight

When working in PixInsight you probably make use of Previews a lot. And I really mean a lot! Most processes can take quite a bit of trial and error to get the right settings and fine tune them for the optimal result. We run these processes on previews so that it is much faster to see the effects compared to running it on the complete picture. Furthermore, we can use multiple copies of the same…

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Improve the performance of PixInsight with swap file storage

Posted on by chrisvdberge
Improve the performance of PixInsight with swap file storage

There is an easy way to increase the performance of PixInsight by optimising the swap file storage. I’ll explain a bit more about what it is and what it does, along with my personal tests and results in this article. For those who are just interested in the improvement I’ll start with the short instruction what you’ll need to do. Add Swap storage directories In PixInsight, go to Edit -> Global Preferences. This will open…

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