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Introduction

K3CCDTools is a Windows application dedicated for astro-imaging.
It includes video-capturing (supporting wide range of video capture devices), auto-guiding and frame aligning and stacking / summing.
It also provides simple image post-processing.
However, K3CCDTools is not limited to astro-imaging domain,
it offers to be used in various fields of video / image processing (digital photography, video pre-processing).
It also valuable software for processing of microscopical photos.


     HOT NEWS!   
       
[17.02.2008] K3CCDTools 3.5.10.1081 is here!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

It has fixed some bugs introduced in version 3.5.9.1080.

   
[01.11.2007] K3CCDTools 3.5.9.1080 is here!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

New features:
1, Added higher vertical resolution to the Drift Explorer graph - now you can directly select a more detailed scale for fine polar alignment
2, The limit of repeat count in the Video Capture Timer increased from 1000 to 100000.
3, Updated the Artemis.ini file to support the ATK-16HR cameras which return an empty Description string.
Note: If you install the new version over your existing one, the actual Artemis.ini is not overwritten, because it may contain your own settings.
So if you want to update it, back up it first, then delete it and finally install the new K3CCDTools version over your current version.
   
[15.07.2007] K3CCDTools 3.4.7.1078 is here!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

It has fixed some old bugs. You can look at the features of the 3.4.7
here.
   
[26.04.2007] K3CCDTools 3.4.7.1077 is here!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

You can look at the
new features.
   
[21.12.2006] K3CCDTools 3.3.6.1061 is here!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

You can look at the
new features.
   
[26.10.2006] K3CCDTools 3.3.6 is in beta stage!
Release version will be available soon.

It brings again several new features and enhancements.
You can look at the
new features.
   
[31.07.2006] K3CCDTools 3.2.5.1028 was just released!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

It fixes some bugs of the previous version (look at the bottom of the
new features).
   
[14.07.2006] K3CCDTools 3.2.5.1026 is here!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

You can look at the
new features.
   
[22.05.2006] K3CCDTools 3.1.4.1007 is here!
You can download the trial version from
download page.

You can look at the
new features.
   
[22.02.2006] K3CCDTools 3.0.3.986 is here!

Minor update which fixes some bugs + enhanced DSI camera support.
   
[21.12.2005] K3CCDTools 3.0 is just released!

You can download the trial version from download page.
You can look at the
new features.

   
[04.12.2005] K3CCDTools 2.4.9.896 is here!

This is a minor update which fixes FIT file orientation.
   
[12.09.2005] K3CCDTools 2.4.9 is here!

This is a minor update which fixes 200% Zoom problems in WDM capture mode.

Have a look at new features in more details.

   
[14.07.2005] K3CCDTools 2.4.8 is here!

This is a minor update which fixes some bugs.

Have a look at new features in more details.

   
[09.04.2005] K3CCDTools 2.4.7 is here!

This is a minor update which fixes some bugs.

Have a look at new features in more details.

   
[03.03.2005] K3CCDTools 2.4.6 is here!

Main new features
  • Meade DSI RAW FITS reading and processing (de-bayering)
  • Enhanced Long Exposure Batch Capturing

Have a look at new features in more details.

   
[15.12.2004] K3CCDTools 2.3.5 is here!

Main new features
  • Autoguiding - support for KITSRUS autoguiding interface
  • "Illuminated" guiding buttons
  • Digital camera control interface (e.g. Canon EOS)
  • Zoom tool in Sequence processing mode
  • Meade DSI FITS reading and processing

Have a look at new features in more details.

   
[16.11.2004] K3CCDTools 2.2.4 is here!

Main new features
  • Long exposure autoguiding
  • Support for 2 long exposure cameras via 1 parallel port
  • Meade LPI support
  • Autoguiding - support for new Meade LX200GPS command set
  • Autoguiding - support for ST4 interface (parallel port)
  • Parallel port monitor - for easier checking of parallel port problems
  • Enhanced Dark Frame Processing

Have a look at new features in more details.

   
[26.09.2004] K3CCDTools 2.1.3 is here!

Have a look at new features.

   
[02.08.2004] K3CCDTools printable manual is available for downloading from download page.
   
[30.07.2004] K3CCDTools 2.1.2 is here!
Have a look at
new features.


License Policy

I have tried to prepare licence policy which meets expectations of different categories of users.
This policy offers the following approaches:

K3CCDTools 1 (Lite version)
K3CCDTools 1 version is free of charge for personal, non commercial use.
It is protected by a key which limits its running period for 3 months and is prolongated every 2 months FOR FREE.
Actual free key is available on
K3CCDTools Download Page.
 
K3CCDTools 3
K3CCDTools 3 is the latest version with a lot of new features.
35 days trial version is available for free on K3CCDTools Download Page.

Look at the actual registration fees in the K3CCDTools Registration Page.

 


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Last Update: February 17, 2008