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That is exactly what the user requested. Thanks Mark!

On 8/15/23 21:29, Mark Rivers wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I have made the following changes to NDPluginProcess.  Note that these break backwards compatibility, because I think it would otherwise add confusion and complexity.
>
>   * Renamed LowClip to LowClipThresh and HighClip to HighClipThresh.
>   * Added LowClipValue and HighClipValue.
>   * Pixels whose values are greater than HighClipThresh are replaced with HighClipValue.
>   * Pixels whose values are less than LowClipThresh are replaced with LowClipValue
>
> I have attached these screenshots:
>
>   * NDProcess.png                 The medm screen with the new and modified widgets.  The LowClipThresh=300, LowClipValue=0, HighClipThresh=1000, HighClipValue=0.
>   * WithoutClipping.png       SimDetector image with low and high clipping disabled.
>   * WithClipping.png             SimDetector imaging with low and high clipping enabled.
>
> The new version is in the enhance_clip branch of ADCore on Github.
>
> https://github.com/areaDetector/ADCore/tree/enhance_clip <https://github.com/areaDetector/ADCore/tree/enhance_clip>
>
> Please let me know if this seems OK.
>
> Mark
>
> *From:* Marco A. Barra Montevechi Filho <marco.filho at lnls.br <mailto:marco.filho at lnls.br>>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 15, 2023 11:37 AM
> *To:* Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu <mailto:rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>>; Wang Xiaoqiang <xiaoqiang.wang at psi.ch <mailto:xiaoqiang.wang at psi.ch>>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <mailto:tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
> *Subject:* Re: Is there a maximum threshold plugin for areaDetector?
>
> Specifically for Sirius applications, it would be useful to set all values above upper threshold to zero. If i understand the current plugin, it only replaces the values above upper threshold with the upper threshold value itself, right?
>
> Im thinking about a threshold that determine which plugins will be replaced and the actual replacement value
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Marco
>
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> *From:*Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu <mailto:rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>>
> *Sent:* 15 August 2023 12:40
> *To:* Wang Xiaoqiang <xiaoqiang.wang at psi.ch <mailto:xiaoqiang.wang at psi.ch>>; Marco A. Barra Montevechi Filho <marco.filho at lnls.br <mailto:marco.filho at lnls.br>>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <mailto:tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <mailto:tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>>
> *Subject:* RE: Is there a maximum threshold plugin for areaDetector?
>
> I agree that the clipping should be made more flexible.  I think it would be good to make this more general that replacing with 0 or the clip value.  Users might want to replace the clip values with non-zero user-specified values, for example -1, -2, etc.
>
> I will work on this soon.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov <mailto:tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov>> On Behalf Of Wang Xiaoqiang via Tech-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 1:18 AM
> To: Marco A. Barra Montevechi Filho <marco.filho at lnls.br <mailto:marco.filho at lnls.br>>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <mailto:tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
> Subject: Re: Is there a maximum threshold plugin for areaDetector?
>
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> In the NDPluginProcess, there is a clipping option. It clamps the pixel values within a given range.
>
> If by masking you mean zero the pixel value, there is no plugins I know of. I had such a need and wrote a request here,
> https://github.com/areaDetector/ADCore/issues/492 <https://github.com/areaDetector/ADCore/issues/492>
>
> Best
> Xiaoqiang
>
> On 8/14/23 21:11, Marco A. Barra Montevechi Filho via Tech-talk wrote:
>  > Hi all!
>  >
>  > Im using BadPixel plugin to mask some bad pixels in our detectors. The thing is some pixels only show broken values from time to time...
>  >
>  > Is there any plugin that would mask any pixel with a value above a certain configurable threshold value?
>  >
>  > In a similar line of thought, I noticed the statistics plugin allows the user to configure a minimal value (centroidThreshold) below which the pixel value is not going to be considered. Is there something similar for a *maximum* value?
>  >
>  > Thanks for any hints,
>  >
>  > Marco
>  >
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