How do you turn a SER file into a master dark frame?

[Ags]

I shot a dark SER sequence last night, but now I see Autostakkert wants a still image as a master dark file - it does not accept the SER file. Is there any way to get Autostakkert to turn my SER file into a master dark?

Otherwise I guess I have to turn the SER file into a sequence of PNGs using VLC and then stack in DSS?

[vlaiv]

5 minutes ago, Ags said:

I shot a dark SER sequence last night, but now I see Autostakkert wants a still image as a master dark file - it does not accept the SER file. Is there any way to get Autostakkert to turn my SER file into a master dark?

Otherwise I guess I have to turn the SER file into a sequence of PNGs using VLC and then stack in DSS?

Maybe it would be best to do calibration in PIPP and then run calibrated thing in Autostakkert

In any case, you can use PIPP to turn SER file into FITS sequence and then stack FITS in some other software. Make sure that you turn off all processing in PIPP and select FITS files as output.

[Davey-T]

Autostakkert will turn the SER file into a dark if you click on the calibration at the top and save it as dark frame then load  it to use when running  your normal image file.

Dave

[ngwillym]

+1 for autostakkert