I just posted some upcoming changes to the Mosaic and Framing Wizard that are now part of v4.6. This decision was more out of necessity to ensure that MFW continues to work as designed. That said, if it’s important to your setup, it could potentially make the MFW operate in full offline mode.
SGPro 4.6 Upcoming Mosaic and Framing Wizard Changes - Sequence Generator - Main Sequence Software
Anyhow…
To review the scope of SGPro 4.6, as planned is:
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Stabilization and bug fixes: SGPro is complex and periodically we need to pause and take a look at general stability and UX issues. While there will likely be more of these fixes and quality of life fixes that pop up into 4.6 this is largely done and in beta now.
Status: Done-ish (in beta now)
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MFW Changes: see above
Status: Done (in next beta)
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Auto Focus Data Collection Overhaul: SGPro auto focus is generally pretty stable once things are tuned, but for new rigs or new users can sometimes be insanely frustrating. SGPro 4.6 aims to fix all of this by overhauling how it collects the AF data samples. In short, AF should be WAY more robust in real world scenarios like waiting too long to re-focus or not having enough distance between data points or even starting way out of focus. In addition to this, it turns out that the new data collector is very likely to have extensive knowledge of settings and parameters your rig needs to run AF smoothly and, as such, it will present them to you after manual focus runs and ask if you want to use the new parameter set. Essentially, a truly smart and robust data collector coupled with an Auto Focus “tuner” of sorts.
Status: Mostly done (in beta next week I hope)
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Polar Alignment Wizard: Have SGPro guide you to polar alignment using visual feedback with easy to follow instructions.
Status: A bare bones Proof of Concept is done and we will dive in deeper here when the AF overhaul is in beta. A little bit more about the Polar Alignment Wizard can be found here:
Here’s a shot of the PoC:
