In the previous article, I’m started to describe my Raw2Fits converter. It was a brief note about GTK user interface development. Now I want to talk about the LibRaw library. This is a great library for reading RAW files from digital photo cameras (CRW/CR2, NEF, RAF, DNG, and others). Take a look at the LibRaw project web page and official…
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Converting DSLR RAW images into scientific FITS format. Part 1: UI
FITS is an open standard defining a digital file format useful for storing, transmitting, and processing scientific and other images. FITS is the most commonly used digital file format in astronomy. Unlike many image formats, FITS is designed specifically for scientific data and hence includes many provisions for describing photometric and spatial calibration information, together with image origin metadata. (Wikipedia…