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--- stacker:docs:slabbing [2021/12/06 16:17]
rjlittlefield expand note about parameters left by aborting
+++ stacker:docs:slabbing [2022/08/16 15:25]
rjlittlefield adjust wording
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   * Launch Zerene Stacker, load source files, and File > Save Project.
-  * Click on Batch > Slabbing... to open the Slabbing panel of the Preferences dialog.
+  * Click on Batch > Slabbing... to open the Preferences dialog.
-  * In the Slabbing panel, adjust the slab size and overlap as desired. \\ // (Note that the Preferences > Slab Saving panel can only be reached when the Preferences panel is opened through Batch >  Slabbing.  Otherwise that slot is occupied by the normal Image Saving parameters.) //
+  * In the Slabbing panel, adjust the slab size and overlap as desired.
+  * in the Slab Saving panel, adjust the file type and naming convention as desired.  \\ // (Note that the Preferences > Slab Saving panel can only be reached when the Preferences panel is opened through Batch >  Slabbing.  Otherwise that slot is occupied by the normal Image Saving parameters.) //
+  * Adjust whatever other preferences you need, such as DMap Settings if you are generated slabs with DMap.
   * Click OK to close the Preferences dialog. This results in silently constructing a bunch of batch tasks to create the slabs.
   * In the menu bar, click on Batch > Show Batch Dialog. The last entry in Queued Batches will have a batch of tasks, one task per slab, generated by the Batch > Slabbing... operation.
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   * Retouch as needed.
-One caution: if you interrupt the batch script while slabbing is being done, then the output image saving parameters may be left as they were for slabbing, not restored to their values used for normal stacking.  This is most likely observed by the naming template eft as something like "Slab {outseq} PMax", rather than its default value of "{datetime} ZS {method}" or whatever else you had it set to.  This can result in some confusion, as then subsequent normal outputs will be named as if they were slabs.  This behavior is on the list of bugs to be fixed in a subsequent release.  Until that happens, please check and reset the value of the output naming template if you need to interrupt the slabbing process.  It is located at Options > Preferences > Image Saving > Template.  The other file saving parameters, such as file type, compression level (for JPEG), and bit depth and compression type (for TIFF) may also be left set incorrectly.
+The default values of 10 frames per slab and 3 frames overlap mean that the first slab will be frames 0-9, the second will be 7-16, the third will be 14-23, and so on, where frame 0 means the first frame in the Input Files list after alignment has been done.  In the Batch dialog, you can select a Task, click the Details button, and scroll down to confirm the Selected Input Indices near the bottom of the Task Details list.
+One caution: if you interrupt the batch script while slabbing is being done, then the output image saving parameters may be left as they were for slabbing, not restored to their values used for normal stacking.  This is most likely observed by the naming template left as something like "Slab {outseq} PMax", rather than its default value of "{datetime} ZS {method}" or whatever else you had it set to.  This can result in some confusion, as then subsequent normal outputs will be named as if they were slabs.  This behavior is on the list of bugs to be fixed in a subsequent release.  Until that happens, please check and reset the value of the output naming template if you need to interrupt the slabbing process.  It is located at Options > Preferences > Image Saving > Template.  The other file saving parameters, such as file type, compression level (for JPEG), and bit depth and compression type (for TIFF) may also be left set incorrectly.