Output Tab

ALS Preferences Output Tab Documentation

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The settings governing ALS outputs are presented in the Output tab.

Overview

This tab is divided into 2 sections:

Save

Here are the output file format, output folders, and autosave function settings.

Format

ALS saves the main output images in one of the following formats:

TIFF
PNG
JPEG

🖱️ use the Format buttons to set the main output file format

ℹ️ Default: JPEG

Output Folders

ALS uses two output folders:

work folder

Destination of the main output
web folder

Destination of the server output

Work Folder

🖱️ click Work Folder... to configure the work folder

ℹ️ Default: ∅

Web Folder

ℹ️ By default, the web folder is an alias leading to the work folder

You have the option to actually separate the two ALS outputs by using a dedicated web folder

Dedicated Web Folder

🖱️ check Dedicated Web Folder to display the dedicated web folder settings
🖱️ click Web Folder... to configure the dedicated web folder

ℹ️ Default: OFF

Autosave

Timestamped Result on Session Stop

Activates the saving, on each session stop, of the last processing result:

output: main output
name: composed of stack_image + _final + timestamp suffix
Format: Configured output format

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This function is useful when you chain sessions on different targets

At each session stop, the best image for that target is saved in a file that is not at risk of being overwritten

🖱️ check Timestamped Result on Session Stop to activate the autosave function

ℹ️ Default: ON

Server

Here are the settings for the ALS image server.

Displayed Address

Defines the network address shown in the Main controls panel, the status bar, and the QR code window when the image server is running.

The list contains Auto - recommended, followed by the network addresses discovered on the system running ALS. Each listed address belongs to one detected network adapter.

Listed addresses are ordered by likely usefulness:

Addresses likely to be reachable from another device on a local network.
Addresses from common Wi-Fi or Ethernet adapters.
Addresses from other adapters, including hotspot, sharing, bridge, virtual, Docker, VPN, and tunnel adapters.
Link-local addresses, when no better local address is available.
Loopback addresses, as a last fallback for local-only access.

🖱️ Choose Auto - recommended to use the first address in the ordered list
🖱️ Choose a specific address when another device must connect through a particular network, such as a Wi-Fi hotspot or a dedicated local network

ℹ️ Default: Auto - recommended

Troubleshooting

If another device cannot browse the image server while it is running, open the Output preferences and select another Displayed address. Choose an address that belongs to the same network as the browser device, click OK, then retry the URL or QR code.

The displayed address can be changed without stopping the image server.

Port Number

The image server listening port is configured here

Allowed values: 1024 to 65535

⌨️ Enter the port number on which the ALS image server will be accessible

ℹ️ Default: 8000

Changing the port number requires stopping the image server first.