HOU-IP functions:
| View/Display
Controls |
Zoom, Color Palettes, "MinMax"
brightness controls, Log scale. |
Transformations/Mathematical
Manipulations |
Flip, Rotate, Transpose, Shift,
Resize, Blur, Filters, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide. |
| Data/Analysis Tools |
Slice (graph brightness vs distance along a line), Image info, Sky parameters,
Axes, Find objects, Aperture (brightness measuring tool), Histogram |
Standard Software Features |
Open and Save FITS format files (FITS is astronomical "industry standard"
format for images), Print, Save as bit map. |
Recent Mac
operating systems no longer support "Classic" environment,
so the Mac version of the old HOU IP will not function on newer
Macs. We have available now HOU
IP 2.0 Image Processing software for Mac OSX and Windows. Differences between the
old HOU IP and HOU IP 2.0 are given below:
HOU IP 2.0 |
Old HOU IP |
Control Bar |
Display Controls Bar |
Control Bar: |
No Zoom factor box or Redraw |
Zoom/Redraw |
Color Palette |
Palette is in Tool Bar |
"Pixel Coordinates" in
Control Bar |
"Status Bar" [toggle
in View Menu] |
Menus: |
"Transform" menu |
"Manipulation" menu |
"Analysis" menu |
"Data Tools" menu |
Menu Items: |
"Centroid" |
"Axes" (Analysis/Data
Tools) |
"Zoom Factor" in
View menu and Tool Palette |
Zoom factor in Display Controls
Bar |
No Zoom Box |
Zoom Box in Data Tools menu |
"Tools" palette
on left |
No Tools palette |
In addition ...some of the
following image processing software programs have Mac OSX
versions—some
available for free:
- MicroObservatory
Image software (free—OSX and Windows)- MicroObservatory project.
- Makali'i (free-Windows
only) —
Subaru Image
Proecessor.
- DS9 Data
Analysis Software (free—OSX and Windows) - Chandra Education
- MIRA
AL from
Mirametrics (Windows
only; ≈ $250)
- CCDSoft and
The Sky (OSX and Windows; from $99) from Software Bisque
- MaxImDL from
Diffraction Limited (Windows
only; from $199)
-
Photoshop Fits Liberator (free—OSX unix and Windows)
- SalsaJ software
(free—OSX and Windows) from EUHOU (European HOU). Based
on Image
J.
To try it out, below are detailed instructions, involving
getting latest java support software from Apple (for
free):
- Check the version of Java that you currently
have.
Under the Apple menu,
select About This Mac. When the basic window
appears, click More Info…
System
Profiler will open. Once the program is open, click on
the Applications tab. A list of all the applications
available on your computer will eventually show up. The
list is alphabetical.
Scroll down to view the version of Java that is installed. If
you do not have at least version 1.4, go to step 2. If
you have version 1.4 or version 1.5, go on to step
3.
- Update Java software on
your Mac (you will need an Internet connection
for this step).
Open System Preferences (under the Apple menu)
and click on Software Update.
Click “Check Now”.
Any software than can be updated will eventually
be listed. If Java related software is listed,
install these updates.
You will need to restart your computer after these
updates are completed.
- Download the Salsa J software
from the Global
HOU web site.
Click on the SalsaJ_V1.1-Mac link. The
program should automatically download to your desktop
(or other location you have designated for downloads).
Also, click on the salsaj_1.3beta_Java1.4 link. This
is a file that you will need if you are running
Java 1.4 instead of Java 1.5 (Java 1.5 will only
run on System 10.4 an above, so earlier systems
will have updated to Java 1.4).
Locate the Salsa J folder on your desktop. Open
it.
In the Salsa J folder, locate the file salsaj.jar
and remove it from the Salsa J folder. Place
the salsaj_1.3beta_Java1.4 file you downloaded
into the folder to replace it.
- Run the program!
Double click on the salsaj_1.3beta_Java1.4 icon. The
program should start up.
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