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I'm not familiar with FitsPlug. What's the features/difference with the NASA FITS Liberator importer?
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Fitsplug was written by me and was around long before Liberator. For 7 years it was only the Fits plugin for Photoshop that was available.
Liberator is a strict FITS importer whereas Fitsplug does things that are more tailored to amateurs that dont strictly adhere to the FITS spec.
The main differences are:
- It's completely transparent. Images are loaded as-is with no intermediate interface, so bulk loading FITS images is easy.
- loads 3-plane RGB FITS files as RGB colour images, Liberator requires a seperate PS Action to recombine the colour planes into an RGB image.
- Fitsplug is also a FITS exporter allowing any loaded image to be saved as FITS.
- Fitsplug is a commercial product that sells for USD$30
Fitsplug is also recognised by the FITS committee as a valid FITS reader and is listed alongside Liberator as an available FITS reader for Photoshop on all the official supported FITS application listings.
That's the story of Fitsplug!