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Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch is a Pixinsight script designed to provide a comprehensive and integrated environment in which to design, appraise and apply image stretches. It takes its name from the generalised hyperbolic equations that provide greater control than traditional approaches, eg histogram transformation. I have today released version 2.1.0 of GHS. A number of features have been included in this update, including the following:
Plus a number of other changes/improvements/fixes. The script can be obtained by adding the following repository to your Pixinsight>Resources>Updates>Manage Repositories list: https://www.ghsastro.co.uk/updates/. Alternatively it can be installed manually via the Feature Scripts facility from the following download: https://github.com/mikec1485/GHS/releases/tag/v2.1.0 Many of the changes introduced in this release have been motivated by the excellent and helpful feedback we have received from users. I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has downloaded GHS and particularly those who have taken the time and trouble to provide their feedback. Your feedback helps to make GHS as useful as it can be for everyone, and your comments help motivate Dave and I in developing the script. Clear skies and happy stretching Mike |
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| Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's amazing how quickly you add new and very useful features. GHS is by now an absolutely indispensable part of my workflow. |
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's amazing how quickly you add new and very useful features. GHS is by now an absolutely indispensable part of my workflow. That's great to hear - thanks for the feedback. CS Mike |
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| A big thanks from me, too. I’ve always been struggling a bit with stretching and using GHS I feel I have much better control over the process. I think it brings the “PI experience” (data-driven tools - working with numbers instead of ”visual impressions”) to stretching. |
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Torben van Hees: Thanks Torben - I completely agree with your comments there. I think @David Payne's insight of using the GH equations in the stretching process has been something of a game changer! CS Mike |
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's amazing how quickly you add new and very useful features. GHS is by now an absolutely indispensable part of my workflow. There is no keeping up with @Mike Cranfield . In general I am testing something he put in four beta versions ago. Thanks and kudos from me too, Mike. |
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| This is a great and timely update! I updated yesterday, used it, and only later read the above about recording the stretches in the history. This turned out to be very fortunate since I had to go back to linear to fix a problem, but really REALLY liked what I had. NO problem. Fixed my issue then dragged the stretches from the previous onto the update. Saved me a boatload of time. https://astrob.in/eb2u7o/0/ |
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Jeff Ridder: Wow - that is an absolute cracker Jeff - I love it - I'm so glad we got the update out in time to save that! |
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| I’m going to try it! It sounds very good! |
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Hi, I don't know where to submit a bug report. Just downloaded v2.2.3, where the script is also available as a module. But the module fails when loading: <* failed *> *** PixInsight API Error: Module: /[...]/PixInsight/bin/GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch-pxm.so Cannot load library /[...]PixInsight/bin/GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch-pxm.so: (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.33' not found (required by /[...]/PixInsight/bin/GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch-pxm.so)): Module load error Running linux mint 20, kernel 5.4.0. System completely updated but glib reaches only 2.30 version m |
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Miguel G.: Hi Miguel Unfortunately there are several different versions of Linux available. The GHS module has been compiled based on Kubuntu 22.04. Unfortunately it seems your installation has a version of glibc earlier than 2.33 so will not run the new module. Sorry about this. |
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Hi Mike. Thanks for the reply. Yes, just as suspected. My mint version is based on ubuntu 20, which is an LTS version supported until 2025. Kubuntu 22.04 seems pretty new. Just wondering if other users with LTS versions but lower than yours would face a similar issue. It's just a guess and of course I can deal with this since I can still happily use the script version  |
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I know I am late to the game on this topic but feel I need to add some gratitude for the tool, as well as the online resources via youtube and your website on how to properly use it. I have seen a dramatic improvement in post processing as a result of being able to put a proper stretch to the data. I am learning that you can really make or break the data in this crucial step. All the hard work, time, and money spent on data acquisition (equipment purchased, finding good backfocus, eliminating tilt, collimation, good guiding, acquiring a good amount of total exposure time, getting to a dark site, etc, etc, etc...) can all be undone or wasted with a poor stretch. Thank you again for providing such a controllable, and repeatable method to help us get t he most out of our data. Dave |
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Thank you Dave for the kind words, and you are very welcome. It has been a lot of fun. I think @Mike Cranfield's work on porting the functionality over to a module/process is a giant leap for GHS. It will be interesting, now, to see if other scripts make use of the transforms. I agree that stretching is the single biggest transformation that we make to the data, yet in some ways it is one of the simplest because an individual pixel output brightness is only dependent on the input pixel brightness and the transform. Most other processes are more sophisticated in that they not only look at an individual pixel brightness, but also the brightness of pixels surrounding it (eg. noise reduction, sharpening, deconvolution, wavelet transforms). Clear Skies! Dave |
