http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/31/iya-taking-shape/ Blogging one sidereal day at a time Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:21:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/31/iya-taking-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-23900 Blue Collar Scientist » Blog Archive » International Year of Astronomy: Second Impressions Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:04:11 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/31/iya-taking-shape/#comment-23900 [...] Today I learn that Pamela Gay, one of the really truly helpful people in the world of astronomy education, has been hired into the IYA’s bureaucratic apparatus. [...] [...] Today I learn that Pamela Gay, one of the really truly helpful people in the world of astronomy education, has been hired into the IYA’s bureaucratic apparatus. [...]

]]> http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/31/iya-taking-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-23899 Richard B. Drumm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:53:39 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/31/iya-taking-shape/#comment-23899 Oh, wait! It says here: http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/download_v22.html PhotoShop CS3 only! (for Macs) I have PhotoShop 7! Aagh! :( Rich Oh, wait! It says here:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/download_v22.html
PhotoShop CS3 only! (for Macs)
I have PhotoShop 7!
Aagh!
Rich

]]> http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/31/iya-taking-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-23898 Richard B. Drumm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:46:57 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/31/iya-taking-shape/#comment-23898 Ooh! V2.2 just might help me find a particular barred spiral! Gotta get busy with that! I'd tried it before and got bogged down. Now maybe I can FITSLib to my heart's content! Hat's off to NASA/ESA/ESO! I'll see if Zolt Levay's site: http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/services/articles/2005-02-10/ has it yet... Back in a sec... They have the usual links, and NASA/ESA says here: http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/ that they're taking suggestions for V 3.0! I might suggest working directly with Adobe (I think we know somebody who works with those guys.. ;-D ) to have FITS functionality in all PhotoShop versions, not just as a plug-in. Rich Ooh! V2.2 just might help me find a particular barred spiral!
Gotta get busy with that! I’d tried it before and got bogged down. Now maybe I can FITSLib to my heart’s content! Hat’s off to NASA/ESA/ESO!
I’ll see if Zolt Levay’s site:
http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/services/articles/2005-02-10/
has it yet… Back in a sec…
They have the usual links, and NASA/ESA says here:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/
that they’re taking suggestions for V 3.0! I might suggest working directly with Adobe (I think we know somebody who works with those guys.. ;-D ) to have FITS functionality in all PhotoShop versions, not just as a plug-in.
Rich

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