FBPP Fast Batch Preprocessing

PixInsight - Image Post Processing

FBPP - Weighted Batch Preprocessing

updated: 2024-08-14

Purpose	This script will add all the light frames, the flats, the darks and the bias frames, register them, stack them, debayer them and return a single stacked image. This FBPP batch pre-processing script is much faster than the WBPP but users report it's slightly less accurate. FBPP was introduced in June 2024.
Menu	Script 🡺 Batch Processing 🡺 FastBatchPreprocessing
Input	Batch of original pre-selected Light frames + master Dark, Flats and Bias frames
Output	integrated picture, file name “*_i.xisf” into sub folder "\_Astro\2021 Astro\20210814 M101\AutoCal\master"
Previous Step	Picture Shooting
Next Step	Picture Post Processing
Documentation	New Fast Batch Preprocessing (FBPP) 1.0.0 script \| PixInsight Forum
Tutorial	Fast Batch Preprocessing I (youtube.com) Fast Batch Preprocessing II (youtube.com)

Notice: The image solver capability has been removed from PCC. FBPP will automatically generate the astrometric data needed for annotation or SPCC in one of the next steps only if the light frames contain this information.

I encountered the problem of missing astrometric data (OBJCTRA and OBJCTDEC missing) in the light frames since March 2024 when using different capture modes of ASIAIR. It's not clear yet if the live mode is the reason for the missing astrometric data.

In case of missing astrometric data: in order to use PCC in the next step, you must run the SPCC Spectrophotometric Color Calibration or PCC - Photometric Color Calibration process you have to run the Image Solver script (Script > Image Analysis > Image Solver) on the final master light image to update the master file with astrometric data.

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