Download the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator v2.0

Here you will starting 08.08.05 find installation files for Windows and for Mac OS X 10.3+.

There are two ways of installing the FITS Liberator, either manually or by using a setup program. In both cases you must be a local administrator to install the plug-in. By default all users on Windows XP and Mac OS X machines are local administrators.

Automatic installation

WINDOWS: FITS_Liberator_v2_WIN.exe (1.5 MB)
Mac: FITS_Liberator_v2_MAC.dmg (1.1 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)
Mac: FITS_Liberator_v2_MAC.dmg (1.1 MB)
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 appropriat

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 Photoshop directory e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2. Please make sure you have no other cfitsio.dll in your Photoshop directory).
gdiplus.dll: GDI+, this file is only required if you are not using Windows XP. Save the file in your Photoshop directory e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2 (license for gdiplus.dll: gdipluslicense.txt).
FitsLiberator.8bi: the main plug-in file (save the file in your File Format Plug-in directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS2 \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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