problem with tiff file

[brrttpaul]

I tried out the ZWOASI224 camera along with firecapture last night so I have ended up with a load of tiff files from a timelapse, trouble is the only programme i can open them in is pixinsight and I cant seem to figure out how to batch convert them or seve them. I have tried photoshop, photoscape, irvanview, nothing reads them except pixinsight all I want to do is convert them so i can run it through startrails, help

[carastro]

Photoshop should be able to open tiff files, are you sure they are tiff?

Carole 

[tooth_dr]

I’ve found something happened similar to me, files were .TIFF and not .TIF 

[brrttpaul]

oooh think they may be TIF,  Its that frustrating part where you bang you head on the wall, I just clicked capture as tif rather than AVI or jpeg as I just presumed it would have more dynamic range.  are they useless now then? dont see much point in having that option if nothing opens them

[tooth_dr]

15 minutes ago, brrttpaul said:

oooh think they may be TIF,  Its that frustrating part where you bang you head on the wall, I just clicked capture as tif rather than AVI or jpeg as I just presumed it would have more dynamic range.  are they useless now then? dont see much point in having that option if nothing opens them

This happens with me when I use GIMP. I just rename them and they open up ok. 

[brrttpaul]

Im not sure I understnad what you mean just rename them? surely if its a different format then its a different format?

[Star Struck]

It is not a different format, just a twist on the file suffix naming. It is still a tiff file.

I had the same problem a while back. The renamed file worked perfectly in Photoshop and other programs.

 

Tony

 

[brrttpaul]

well I never knew that, thought it was diferent in some way, so all I have to do is rename them then?

[Grierson]

Photoshop should recognise both .TIF and .TIFF extensions.

[Star Struck]

I have just had a quick look at firecapture and I cannot see where you set it to create tiff files.

In the settings page for image formats, it lets you create bmp  jpg or fits files.

A fits file is not a misnamed tif file, it is a totally different format that is astro specific.

You can download software called FitsLiberator to process it and if needed convert to a tiff file.

Tony

 

[brrttpaul]

Soon as I read this I went straight out to check and your right its fits file, I feel so stupid and can only blame it on lack of sleep and long day, (could have sworn it said tiff) . Thanks very much everyone . going to look for a bag to put over my head now. EDIT downloaded fits liberator but can only do one file at a time is there anyway to do multiple files?

[Oddsocks]

5 hours ago, brrttpaul said:

is there anyway to do multiple files?

I think you had Maxim at one time? if you still have it use the Batch Save and Convert tool.

 

 

 

 

[brrttpaul]

Hmm I am pretty sure I got rid of it when i changed cameras, I wonder if I still have the disc

[Grierson]

If you don’t have Maxim the ‘demo’ version should work!

[wimvb]

(PixInsight has FITSFileManager. It's under Scripts --> utilities)

In Windows: open the command tool (search "cmd")

go to the directory with the images and enter

ren *.tiff *.fits

(note the spaces) Or replace the extension (tiff, and fits) with any other extension. Mind you, this only changes the file extension, it doesn't do any conversion. This command will change all the files that have the extension .tiff, to extension .fits

[Oddsocks]

12 minutes ago, wimvb said:

PixInsight has FITSFileManager. It's under Scripts --> utilities)

In Windows: open the command tool (search "cmd")

go to the directory with the images and enter

ren *.tiff *.fits

(note the spaces) Or replace the extension (tiff, and fits) with any other extension. Mind you, this only changes the file extension, it doesn't do any conversion. This command will change all the files that have the extension .tiff, to extension .fits

 

1 hour ago, brrttpaul said:

Hmm I am pretty sure I got rid of it when i changed cameras, I wonder if I still have the disc

PixInsight also has a Batch format conversion tool under Script which will do what you want, I forgot about that when I read your original opening post.

 

[wimvb]

@Oddsocks:

Never used that yet. Good to know it's there.

(Btw, I like your avatar. ?)

[brrttpaul]

Thanks guys for your help, as it happens I found the maxim disc and have now converted them, I thought pi would have had it somewhere nice to know where it is thanks very much