v5.2 [Oct 27, 2008]
Guiding: New Adaptive pier flip autoguiding option.
PinPoint Astrometry: Solve output now displays an extra digit accuracy.
Canon: Added a new feature to automatically select newer or older Canon drivers, since Canon's newer DLLs do not support older camera models. Fixed an issue with Canon 1D Mark III.
Fixes: Fixed a crash that occurs when a deleted file is selected from the MRU list. Fixed a crash in Process menu Stack when using the new automatic color convert settings. Fixed a problem with Batch processing. Fixed problem with Photometry graphs not displaying properly when manual axis settings were selected. Uninstalling an image processing plug-in will now request UAC elevation if required.
v5.1 [Dec 18, 2008]
Version 5 adds a host of new capabilities, to make imaging and processing faster and easier than ever before possible.
New processing features:
- New image file thumbnails and both XP and Vista/7 style open/save dialog boxes
- Load and save complete program configures
- Processing log window
- Star profile graph
- New Stack command
- Automatically or manually generate multiple stack groups, including complete LRGB groups
- Automatically grade all images for quality, and only include images meeting your criteria
- View grading information for individual images, with manual override
- Export image grading information
- Pre-measure alignment for all images prior to stacking
- Calibrate on-the-fly during stacking; saves time and disk space - New Drizzle capability
- Automatically perform LRGB stack after combine
- All images in LRGB set are aligned to single reference image
New Program Levels:
- MaxIm DL Basic: webcams, DSI-style cameras, image processing
- MaxIm DSLR: Basic plus DSLR support, focuser control, telescope control, astrometry, enhanced image processing
- MaxIm DL Pro: all features including DSLR and CCD control, mini planetarium, AO, filter wheels, rotator, dome, photometry
- MaxIm DL Pro Suite: Pro with MaxPoint telescope mount modelling and pointing refinement
- MaxIm DL IP: all image processing and analysis features, no equipment control, reads DSLR Raw frames
New Equipment Control Features:
- Built-in Rotator control
- Built-in Dome control with slaving, shutter operation
- Support for second focuser and filter wheel for autoguider
- Built-in mini planetarium with All Sky view and Zoom view
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