IC Capture.AS - Camera control software

IC Capture.AS is authored by The Imaging Source and has been specifically designed for use with astronomy cameras. The software ships with all the astronomy cameras sold on this web site. Using IC Capture.AS, you can do the following:

Set all camera parameters
See the live image data stream from the camera
Retrieve singular images from the camera and save them as BMP or JPG files.
Capture image sequences and save the single images as enumerated BMP or JPG files.
Capture image sequences and save them as lossless, uncompressed AVI files. These files can be post-processed in other astronomy applications, such as RegiStax.

Software requirements

PIII/800 MHz, 128 MB
Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit
DirectX® 9.0c or higher
USB Cameras:
- Windows XP or Vista (32 & 64 bit)
FireWire Cameras:
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista (32 & 64 bit)

Download IC Capture.AS

If you run this software on a laptop with Windows Vista, set the power setting to "High Performance" to get the maximum framerate from The Imaging Source USB astronomy cameras.

In order to save image sequences, a host computer with a fast CPU and fast secondary hard disk is required.

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AVI file generation

With IC Capture.AS you can save the images outputted from the camera as an AVI file. There are two approaches to achieve this:

If you would like to save a compressed AVI file, simply select the appropriate codec in IC Capture.AS (DivX, for example).
If you prefer uncompressed AVIs, simply select the shipped codec (uncompressed Y800, uncompressed RGB24, uncompressed RGB32, uncompressed UYVY).

Screenshots

The following screenshots show IC Capture.AS in operation:

Live 60fps color image display

Capture of an AVI file

Video format selection

Live image stream with histogram display

Selection of the camera