Download the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator v1.01

Automatic installation

Here you will find installation files for Windows and for Mac OS X 10.2+:

WINDOWS: FITS_Liberator_WIN.zip (0.6 MB)
Mac: FITS_Liberator_MAC.zip (0.5 MB)

Manual installation

The installation contains the following files. Feel free to install them manually, i.e. download the files and save them in the indicated directories (close Photoshop first).

Mac

License: License.txt (by copying the SOFTWARE onto your computer hard
drive, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement)
FitsFormatMac.zip: the main plug-in file (unzip and save the file in your File Format Plug-in directory, e.g. /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS/Plug-ins/File Formats )
Colour_composite.atn: A Photoshop CS2/CS/7.0 "Action" for producing colour images from a Photoshop file with three greyscale layers (save the file in your Actions directory, e.g. /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS/Presets/Photoshop Actions).
- Load the Action: In the Action Window (Window -> Action) select Load Actions -> Colour_composite.atn (the small arrow in the upper right corner)
- Open e.g. three (aligned) greyscale exposures of the same object in Photoshop.
- Copy the three files into three layers of the same file.
- For each layer:
  - Select the layer, for instance the Blue layer
  - Play the "Blue Layer" part of the Action.
  - Answer "Don't Merge", if that question comes.
- Adjust layers as appropriate

Windows

License: License.txt (by copying the SOFTWARE onto your computer hard
drive, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement)
cfitsio.dll: NASA's CFITSIO library (save the file in your main Photoshop directory, e.g. c:\program files\Adobe\Photoshop CS )
FitsFormat.8Bi: the main plug-in file (save the file in your File Format Plug-in directory, e.g. c:\program files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Plug-ins\File Formats )
Colour_composite.atn: A Photoshop CS2/CS/7.0 "Action" for producing colour images from a Photoshop file with three greyscale layers (save the file in your Actions directory, e.g. c:\program files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Presets\Photoshop Actions).
- Load the Action: In the Action Window (Window -> Action) select Load Actions -> Colour_composite.atn (the small arrow in the upper right corner)
- Open e.g. three (aligned) greyscale exposures of the same object in Photoshop.
- Copy the three files into three layers of the same file.
- For each layer:
  - Select the layer, for instance the Blue layer
  - Play the "Blue Layer" part of the Action.
  - Answer "Don't Merge", if that question comes.
- Adjust layers as appropriate

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