Download the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator v2.2

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. FITS Liberator is a freeware plug-in.

Automatic installation

WINDOWS: FITS_Liberator_v22_WIN.exe (5.3 MB)

Mac: FITS_Liberator_v22_MAC.dmg (6 MB - CS3 only!)

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 (Photoshop CS3 ONLY!)

License: License.txt (by copying the SOFTWARE onto your computer hard
drive, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement)

FITS Liberator.plugin.zip (1.7 MB) the main plug-in file (save the file in your File Format Plug-in directory, e.g. /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS3/Plug-ins/File Formats )

Colour_composite.atn : A Photoshop CS3/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 CS3/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

FITS Concatenator.zip : This Adobe Photoshop script will combine the metadata from two or more individual exposures after the FITS Liberation process (unpack files to Photoshop scripts dir, e.g. /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS 3/Presets/Scripts).

Individual XMP panels for the "File Info" dialog box. These text files should be placed into the following directory for Photoshop (and Bridge):
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-1-Creator.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-2-Content.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-3-Observation.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-4-Coordinates.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-5-Publisher.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-6-FitsLiberator.txt

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)

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 ).

cfitsio.dll : NASA's CFITSIO library (save the file in your Photoshop directory e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS3. Please make sure you have no other cfitsio.dll in your Photoshop directory).

FitsLiberator.8bi : the main plug-in file (save the file in your File Format Plug-in directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS3\Plug-ins\File Formats )

Colour_composite.atn : A Photoshop CS3/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 CS3\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

FITS Concatenator.zip : This Adobe Photoshop script will combine the metadata from two or more individual exposures after the FITS Liberation process (unpack files to Photoshop scripts dir, e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS3\Presets\Scripts).

individual XMP panels for the "File Info" dialog box:

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-1-Creator.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-2-Content.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-3-Observation.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-4-Coordinates.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-5-Publisher.txt

/static/projects/fits_liberator//static/projects/fits_liberator/AVM-6-FitsLiberator.txt

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