New keyboard shortcuts for AA5 and AA6

[Forum_2016]

Hello, here are some new keyboard shortcuts for AA5 and AA6 :

Open an image then:

CTRL + NUMPAD 5 : selectes a rectangle in the center of the image, then CTRL + NUMPAD_PLUS and MINUS to change the size. May be useful for centering.

CTRL + NUMPAD ENTER : Toggles the grid.

CTRL + SHIFT + F9 : Sets a slightly darker Windows Palette, just like "Night visualization".

[Forum_2016]

The following commands are documented in the manual, (Image Window) :


Keyboard shortcuts

[+] (Numeric keypad). Zooms in the image.

[-] (Numeric keypad). Zooms out the image.

[Arrows]. Moves the image when it's zoomed. Press Shift for fast movements.

[PAG_UP] , [PAG_DOWN]. Changes the visualization (white threshold). Press Ctrl for finer control.

[SHIFT + PAG_UP / DOWN]. Changes the visualization (black threshold). Press Ctrl for finer control.

Mouse commands

Right click + drag. Pans the image if it’s zoomed.

Wheel rotation. Changes the visualization (white threshold). Press Ctrl for finer control.

Wheel rotation + [Shift]. Changes the visualization (black threshold). Press Ctrl for finer control.

Wheel click + rotation. Changes the visualization (black threshold). Press Ctrl for finer control.

Wheel click + drag. Zooms the image.

Right click. Displays the context menu.

Left click. Selects a point. If clicked over a star selects the star.

[Ctrl] + left click. As above with inverted logic.

Left click + drag. If some points are selected, deletes them otherwise it selects a rectangle or a line.

[Shift] + left click. Restores deleted points or copies them from another image.

Two installations in the same PC

For AA6: If you need to use two installations in the same PC with different configurations, create in the second installation a folder called CONFIG. All configuration files will be stored there.
(if not they will be shared, from the folder: C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/Astroart)