CabraScripts

Advanced automation scripts, interactive utilities, and complete processing cockpits developed to streamline your workflow in PixInsight.

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PI Workflow

v2.0

PI Workflow is a comprehensive astrophotography processing interface that unifies the entire post-processing pipeline into a single environment. It organizes the processing steps dynamically while eliminating the clutter of dozens of temporary preview windows. It is designed to provide a smooth, structured transition from linear pre-processing to nonlinear stretching, star splitting, and final channel combination.

Universal Shared Preview Canvas

A single, high-performance, interactive preview panel shared across all tabs and tools. No more workspace clutter. Slider adjustments update in real-time via downsampling, with full-resolution calculations occurring only when you commit changes.

Interactive Split-Screen (Split View)

Divide the preview canvas with a vertical slider to inspect and compare "before" (original source) and "after" (processed candidate) details in real-time.

Multi-Algorithm Comparison Grid

Run and compare multiple tools simultaneously (e.g. ABE, DBE, and GraXpert for gradients; or BlurXTerminator and LHE for sharpening) in an integrated comparison grid.

8-Slot Transient Memory

Save up to 8 processing stages per tab and toggle between them instantly with simple left/right clicks to evaluate subtle parameter adjustments.

Video Tutorial

PI Workflow PixInsight Walkthrough

Watch how to install the CabraSpace script and navigate the interactive panels to perform a complete broadband and narrowband processing workflow.

What's New

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2.0 2026-07-20

PI Workflow 2.0 — the modular rewrite. Major release (build 32): the public version number resets from the v8.x series to 2.0 to mark the modular rewrite.

Changed — architecture

  • Modular rewrite. The monolithic two-file build is replaced by a thin loader (PI Workflow.js) that includes an engine/ tree (28 modules) and a UI shim that includes a ui/ tree (11 modules).

Added

  • Image Enhancement tab.
  • Configuration tab — user-configurable defaults and per-stage algorithm selection.
  • Continuum Subtraction — scaled continuum removal for narrowband data.
  • Batch "Apply all" in Pre-processing — Gradient/Deconvolution across every loaded slot, plate-solve propagation, and Star Split across all images.
  • Layer-mask export and an on-export processing log.
  • Bilingual EN/ES interface with hot language switching.
  • SyQon V3 engines — Starless (Axiom V3) runs fully hidden; Parallax v1.5 gains a Natural/Defined Model Style selector; Prism verified.

Fixed

  • AI tools no longer fail silently — BXT/SXT/NXT/DeepSNR/StarNet2 now throw when the AI engine fails instead of leaving the image untouched and reporting success.
  • SyQon Starless was broken with the new executable (opened a visible window, used obsolete flags): reintegrated to run hidden; fallback window leaks closed.
  • Image Enhancement sections opened expanded on entry → corrected.
  • SSSC was missing from Configuration → Color Correction → added.
  • DeepSNR was undocumented in the help → documented (EN + ES).