Plugin for Stand-Alone RC-Astro tools
for Astroart 9 / 8 / 7 / 6, version 2.5.
LICENSE
This plugin is released as freeware.
This plugin is provided "AS IS". It's not guaranteed that it will work properly on all PCs
and related hardware. This plugin and its documentation are provided without warranty of any kind,
either express or implied, including the fitness for every purpose.
About the RC-Astro Stand-Alone ("CLI") tools, you will need a demo or full license, see below.
Please note that these tools require a modern CPU with AVX instructions and Windows 10/11 64 bit.
ABOUT
This plugin connects with RC-Astro Stand-Alone tools, a software suite (BlurXterminator, NoiseXterminator, StarXterminator) for advanced image sharpening, image denoising and star removal.
See: https://www.rc-astro.com/.
RC-ASTRO INSTALLATION
If you don't have the tools, visit the web site: https://www.rc-astro.com/ and request a demo version. It's also possible to install only one of the three tools. After the installation, open the terminal and launch rc-astro.exe to verify that everything is OK.
PLUGIN INSTALLATION
To install this plugin (after having installed RC-Astro Stand-Alone, see above) copy the files pircastro.dll,
p64ircastro.dll and this guide (Plugin-RCAstro-Readme.htm) into the Astroart installation directory,
usually C:\ProgramFilesX86(..)\Astroart.
USAGE
In Astroart, click the menu Plugins, then click: RC-Astro BXT NXT SXT.
About the parameters, visit the RC-Astro web site, then click "INFO" for documentation and tutorials.
As a first test, use an image smaller than 2000x2000 pixels, because the processing may take a while and cannot be stopped. You may also crop a region from your image.
If you have a slow GPU, try also the option "CPU only" to execute the filters on the CPU. Usually the speed is still acceptable.
HISTORY
2026/09/02: 1.00 The first release.