PixInsight - Alignment and Integration

Debayer Function

updated: updated: 2021-08-20


Purpose

Demosaicing (also de-mosaicing, demosaicking or debayering) algorithm is a digital image process used to reconstruct a full color image from the incomplete color samples output from an image sensor overlaid with a color filter array (CFA). It is also known as CFA interpolation or color reconstruction.

Remark: This function is only intended for color RAW picture from CCD or DSLR cameras, JPEG files are already debayered!

Activation

Menu Process 🡺 All Processes 🡺 Debayer

Input

Calibrated light frames with "*_c" postfix from subfolder "2_CalibratesLightFrames"

Output

Debayered light frames with "*_c_d" postfix  in folder "3_Debayered"

Previous Step

Frame Selection

Next Step

Star Alignment

Tutorial

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUx-OM3TWs0 (Part 4)



Step

Action

Description

1
Add Light Frames

Add all subs from the previous step from subfolder "approved" that you want to include. 


Then select the correct Bayer/Mosaic pattern and the Demosaicing method (typically VGN.


Leave all remaining settings.

2
Set Output Folder to "Debayer"

and set Postfix to _d

3

Start the debayer process



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