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Display settings for PI, to eliminate the display quantization error.

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Chris White- Overcast Observatory avatar
Chris White- Overcast Observatory avatar
I'm not much of a computer guy, so maybe it's not even QE, but when I'm zoomed out on an image in PI it looks like posturization error.  Zooming in and this goes away and details display nicely, but it's super annoying because I cant work on an image with a full view of the frame.

I tried a couple monitor display settings, but that didnt change it.  Is there a setting somewhere in PI or somewhere else "in the computer" that I can make this better? 

Thanks,



pfile avatar
pfile avatar
try turning on 24-bit LUTs for this image… that might solve it. in the global settings you can also just tell PI to use 24b LUTs for all images.

rob
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Chris White- Overcast Observatory avatar
Chris White- Overcast Observatory avatar
try turning on 24-bit LUTs for this image... that might solve it. in the global settings you can also just tell PI to use 24b LUTs for all images.

rob



Hi Rob! That worked, I'm so glad I asked.  Thank you for your help. 
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Dark Matters Astrophotography avatar
Dark Matters Astrophotography avatar
Don’t forget to turn it on as default so you don’t have to keep clicking that.
Gleb Polyakov avatar
Gleb Polyakov avatar
Ooh I didn't realize you could default to have it always on. Where in the global settings is that?
starpixels avatar
starpixels avatar
Edit menu — Preferences — Miscellaneous Image Window… “use 24 bit…”
Gleb Polyakov avatar
Gleb Polyakov avatar
Ah! Thank you
Mark Germani avatar
Mark Germani avatar
Edit menu — Preferences — Miscellaneous Image Window… “use 24 bit…”

Awesome thank you! I wish preview windows used 24-bit preview as well... maybe in a future update.

CS!
Chris White- Overcast Observatory avatar
Chris White- Overcast Observatory avatar
Mark Germani:
Edit menu — Preferences — Miscellaneous Image Window… “use 24 bit…”

Awesome thank you! I wish preview windows used 24-bit preview as well... maybe in a future update.

CS!



Yeah, i was bummed to see that toggling that setting did not also apply to the preview window.