shinestacker 0.3.0__tar.gz → 0.3.3__tar.gz

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ This page reports the main releases only and the main changes therein.
 
 ---
 
+## [v0.3.2] - 2025-08-13
+**Fixes and code refactoring**
+
+### Changes
+
+* fixed ```from shinestacker import *```
+* restored jupyter support and updated examples
+* several bug fixes
+* several code refactoring reduces interclass dependencies
+* updated documentation
+* added new sample images and project files
+* examples removed from PyPI distribution
+
+---
+
+## [v0.3.1] - 2025-08-12
+**Fixes and code refactoring**
+
+### Changes
+
+* some GUI fixes
+* some code refactoring and cleanup
+
+---
+
+## [v0.3.0] - 2025-08-11
+**Filters added to retouch GUI**
+
+### Changes
+
+* added filters for sharpening, denoise and white balance
+* updated documentation
+* some bug fixes
+
+---
+
 ## [v0.2.2] - 2025-07-28
 **More stability and improved tests**
 

shinestacker-0.3.3/MANIFEST.in

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+prune examples
+prune tests

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: shinestacker
-Version: 0.3.0
+Version: 0.3.3
 Summary: ShineStacker
 Author-email: Luca Lista <luka.lista@gmail.com>
 License-Expression: LGPL-3.0
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Dynamic: license-file
 
 <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies_stack.jpg' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 
+<img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coins.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coins_stack.jpg' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 > **Focus stacking** for microscopy, macro photography, and computational imaging
 
 ## Key Features
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ The GUI has two main working areas:
 
 <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/gui-project-run.png' width="600" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 
-* *Retouch*: interactive final refinements to final blended image from individual frames.
+* *Retouch*: select interactively details from individual frames and apply final filters to the blended image.
 
 <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/gui-retouch.png' width="600" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies_stack.jpg' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 
+<img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coins.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coins_stack.jpg' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 > **Focus stacking** for microscopy, macro photography, and computational imaging
 
 ## Key Features
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ The GUI has two main working areas:
 
 <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/gui-project-run.png' width="600" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 
-* *Retouch*: interactive final refinements to final blended image from individual frames.
+* *Retouch*: select interactively details from individual frames and apply final filters to the blended image.
 
 <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/gui-retouch.png' width="600" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/docs/alignment.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ alignment_config = {
 * ```refine_iters``` (optional, default: 100): refinement iterations. Used only if ```transform=ALIGN_RIGID```.
 * ```align_confidence``` (optional, default: 99.9): alignment algorithm confidence (%). Used only if ```transform=ALIGN_RIGID```. 
 * ```max_iters``` (optional, default: 2000): maximum number of iterations. Used only if ```transform=ALIGN_HOMOGRAPHY```. 
-* ```subsample``` (optional, default: 1): subsample image for faster alignment. Faster, but alignment could be less accurate.
+* ```subsample``` (optional, default: 1): subsample image for faster alignment. Faster, but alignment could be less accurate. It can save time, in particular for large images.
 * ```fast_subsampling``` (optiona, default: ```False```): perform fast image subsampling without interpolation. Used if ```subsample``` is set to ```True```.
 * ```border_mode``` (optional, default: ```BORDER_REPLICATE_BLUR```): border mode. See [Adding borders to your images](https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/dc/da3/tutorial_copyMakeBorder.html) for more details.  Possible values are:
   * ```BORDER_CONSTANT```: pad the image with a constant value. The border value is specified with the parameter ```border_value```.

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/docs/gui.md

@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ Adjust in the top toolbar:
 3. **Verify**:
    - Toggle master view (`M`) to check results
    - Compare before/after with `L`/`M` toggle
-3. **Export**:
+4. **Filters**:
+   - Improve the final image with sharpening, denoise and color balance
+5. **Export**:
    - ✅ Final image: Single TIFF/JPEG 
    - 🗂️ Editable: Multilayer TIFF (large)
 
@@ -123,9 +125,4 @@ See help menu for complete list of shortcuts.
 **EXIF metadata**:
 * EXIF data can be imported from source images and saved with final file.
 
-## Final retouch
-
-The final retouch, including color and luminosity balance, sharpness enhancement and
-so on can be applied with your favorite image processing application, like [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/)
-or other.
 

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/docs/job.md

@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
 
 Create a job, then schedule the desired actions in a job, then run the job.
 
+Quick start example:
+
+```python
+from focus_stack import *
+
+job = StackJob("job", "E:/Focus stacking/My image directory/", input_path="src")
+job.add_action(NoiseDetection())
+job.run()
+
+job = StackJob("job", "E:/Focus stacking/My image directory/", input_path="src")
+job.add_action(Actions("align", actions=[MaskNoise(),
+                                         AlignFrames(),
+                                         BalanceFrames(mask_size=0.9, i_min=150, i_max=65385)]))
+job.add_action(FocusStackBunch("batches", PyramidStack(), frames=10, overlap=2, denoise=0.8))
+job.add_action(FocusStack("stack", PyramidStack(), postfix='_py', denoise=0.8))
+job.add_action(FocusStack("stack", DepthMapStack(), input_path='batches', postfix='_dm', denoise=0.8))
+job.add_action(MultiLayer("multilayer", input_path=['batches', 'stack']))
+job.run()
+```
+
 ```python
 job = StackJob(name, working_path [, input_path])
 ```

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/docs/main.md

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/github/lucalista/shinestacker/graph/badge.svg?token=Y5NKW6VH5G)](https://codecov.io/github/lucalista/shinestacker)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/shinestacker/badge/?version=latest)](https://shinestacker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 
-<img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies.gif' width="400">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies_stack.jpg' width="400">
+<img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/flies_stack.jpg' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
+
+<img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coins.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coins_stack.jpg' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
 
 > **Focus stacking** for microscopy, macro photography, and computational imaging
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ job.run()
 ## Requirements
 
 * Python: 3.12 (3.13 may not work due to garbage collection issues)
-* RAM: 16GB+ recommended for >15 images of 20Mpx respolution
+* RAM: 16GB+ recommended for >15 images at 20Mpx resolution
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -116,6 +118,6 @@ pip install ipywidgets
 
 | Issue    |  Workaround    |
 |----------|----------------|
-| Balance modes ```HSV```/```HLS``` fail with 16-bit images | convert to 8-bit or use ```RGB``` or luminosity |
+| Balance modes ```HSV```/```HLS``` don't support 16-bit images | convert to 8-bit or use ```RGB``` or luminosity |
 | PNG support untested  | Convert to TIFF/JPEG first |
 | GUI tests limited     | Report bugs as GitHub issuse |

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/pyproject.toml

@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ shinestacker = "shinestacker.app.main:main"
 shinestacker-project = "shinestacker.app.project:main"
 shinestacker-retouch = "shinestacker.app.retouch:main"
 
+[tool.setuptools.exclude-package-data]
+"*" = [
+    "examples/*",
+    "tests/*"
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools]
 package-dir = {"" = "src"}
 packages = [

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/__init__.py

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ from ._version import __version__
 from . import config
 from . import core
 from . import algorithms
-from .config import __all__
-from .core import __all__
-from .algorithms import __all__
+from .config import __all__ as config_all
+from .core import __all__ as core_all
+from .algorithms import __all__ as algorithms_all
 from .config import *
 from .core import *
 from .algorithms import *
 
 __all__ = ['__version__']
-#__all__ += config.__all__
-#__all__ += core.__all__
-#__all__ += algorithms.__all__
+__all__ += config_all
+__all__ += core_all
+__all__ += algorithms_all

shinestacker-0.3.3/src/shinestacker/_version.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.3.3'

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/balance.py

@@ -133,17 +133,16 @@ class Correction:
         self.corrections = np.ones((size, self.channels))
 
     def calc_hist_1ch(self, image):
+        img_subsample = image if self.subsample == 1 else image[::self.subsample, ::self.subsample]
         if self.mask_size == 0:
-            image_sel = image
+            image_sel = img_subsample
         else:
-            height, width = image.shape[:2]
+            height, width = img_subsample.shape[:2]
             xv, yv = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, width - 1, width), np.linspace(0, height - 1, height))
             mask_radius = (min(width, height) * self.mask_size / 2)
-            image_sel = image[(xv - width / 2) ** 2 + (yv - height / 2) ** 2 <= mask_radius ** 2]
-        hist, bins = np.histogram((image_sel if self.subsample == 1
-                                   else image_sel[::self.subsample, ::self.subsample]),
-                                  bins=np.linspace(-0.5, self.num_pixel_values - 0.5,
-                                                   self.num_pixel_values + 1))
+            image_sel = img_subsample[(xv - width / 2) ** 2 + (yv - height / 2) ** 2 <= mask_radius ** 2]
+        hist, bins = np.histogram(image_sel, bins=np.linspace(-0.5, self.num_pixel_values - 0.5,
+                                                               self.num_pixel_values + 1))
         return hist
 
     def balance(self, image, idx):

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/noise_detection.py

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ class NoiseDetection(FrameMultiDirectory, JobBase):
             progress_callback=progress_callback)
         if not config.DISABLE_TQDM:
             self.bar.close()
+        if mean_img is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Mean image is None")
         blurred = cv2.GaussianBlur(mean_img, (self.blur_size, self.blur_size), 0)
         diff = cv2.absdiff(mean_img, blurred)
         channels = cv2.split(diff)

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/utils.py

@@ -47,10 +47,14 @@ def img_bw(img):
 
 
 def get_img_metadata(img):
+    if img is None:
+        return None, None
     return img.shape[:2], img.dtype
 
 
 def validate_image(img, expected_shape=None, expected_dtype=None):
+    if img is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Image is None")
     shape, dtype = get_img_metadata(img)
     if expected_shape and shape[:2] != expected_shape[:2]:
         raise ShapeError(expected_shape, shape)

shinestacker-0.3.3/src/shinestacker/algorithms/white_balance.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import numpy as np
+
+
+def white_balance_from_rgb(img, target_rgb):
+    img_float = img.astype(np.float64)
+    target_bgr = (target_rgb[2], target_rgb[1], target_rgb[0])
+    target_gray = sum(target_bgr) / 3.0
+    scales = [target_gray / val if val != 0 else 1.0 for val in target_bgr]
+    for c in range(3):
+        img_float[..., c] *= scales[c]
+    max_val = np.iinfo(img.dtype).max
+    img_float = np.clip(img_float, 0, max_val)
+    return img_float.astype(img.dtype)

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/app/open_frames.py

@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ from PySide6.QtCore import QTimer
 
 def open_files(editor, filenames):
     if len(filenames) == 1:
-        QTimer.singleShot(100, lambda: editor.open_file(filenames[0]))
+        QTimer.singleShot(100, lambda: editor.io_gui_handler.open_file(filenames[0]))
     else:
         def check_thread():
-            if editor.loader_thread is None or editor.loader_thread.isRunning():
+            thread = editor.io_gui_handler.loader_thread
+            if thread is None or thread.isRunning():
                 QTimer.singleShot(100, check_thread)
             else:
-                editor.import_frames_from_files(filenames[1:])
+                editor.io_gui_handler.import_frames_from_files(filenames[1:])
+
         QTimer.singleShot(100, lambda: (
-            editor.open_file(filenames[0]),
+            editor.io_gui_handler.open_file(filenames[0]),
             QTimer.singleShot(100, check_thread)
         ))
 

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/config/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # flake8: noqa F401
+# pylint: disable=C0114
 from .config import config
 from .constants import constants
 from .gui_constants import gui_constants
 
-__all__ = ['config', 'constants', 'gui_constants']
+__all__ = ['config', 'constants', 'gui_constants']

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/config/config.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0116, C0103, R0903, W0718, W0104, W0201, E0602
 class _Config:
     _initialized = False
     _instance = None

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/config/constants.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0116, C0103, R0903
 import sys
 import re
 

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/config/gui_constants.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0116, C0103, R0903
 import math
 
 

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/core/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # flake8: noqa F401
+# pylint: disable=C0114
 from .logging import setup_logging
-from .exceptions import (FocusStackError, InvalidOptionError, ImageLoadError, ImageSaveError, AlignmentError,
-                         BitDepthError, ShapeError, RunStopException)
+from .exceptions import (FocusStackError, InvalidOptionError, ImageLoadError, ImageSaveError,
+                         AlignmentError, BitDepthError, ShapeError, RunStopException)
 from .framework import Job
 
 __all__ = [
     'setup_logging',
     'FocusStackError', 'InvalidOptionError', 'ImageLoadError', 'ImageSaveError',
     'AlignmentError','BitDepthError', 'ShapeError', 'RunStopException',
-    'Job']
+    'Job']

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/core/colors.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0116, C0201
 COLORS = {
     "black": 30,
     "red": 31,

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/core/core_utils.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0116, C0201
 import os
 import sys
 import platform
@@ -10,18 +11,17 @@ if not config.DISABLE_TQDM:
 
 def check_path_exists(path):
     if not os.path.exists(path):
-        raise Exception('Path does not exist: ' + path)
+        raise RuntimeError('Path does not exist: ' + path)
 
 
 def make_tqdm_bar(name, size, ncols=80):
     if not config.DISABLE_TQDM:
         if config.JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK:
-            bar = tqdm_notebook(desc=name, total=size)
+            tbar = tqdm_notebook(desc=name, total=size)
         else:
-            bar = tqdm(desc=name, total=size, ncols=ncols)
-        return bar
-    else:
-        return None
+            tbar = tqdm(desc=name, total=size, ncols=ncols)
+        return tbar
+    return None
 
 
 def get_app_base_path():

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/core/exceptions.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0301
 class FocusStackError(Exception):
     pass
 

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/core/framework.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0116
 import time
 import logging
 from .. config.config import config
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ def elapsed_time_str(start):
     ss = dt - mm * 60
     hh = mm // 60
     mm -= hh * 60
-    return ("{:02d}:{:02d}:{:05.2f}s".format(hh, mm, ss))
+    return "{:02d}:{:02d}:{:05.2f}s".format(hh, mm, ss)
 
 
 class JobBase:

{shinestacker-0.3.0 → shinestacker-0.3.3}/src/shinestacker/gui/action_config.py

@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ FIELD_TYPES = [FIELD_TEXT, FIELD_ABS_PATH, FIELD_REL_PATH, FIELD_FLOAT,
 
 
 class ActionConfigurator(ABC):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
         self.expert = expert
+        self.current_wd = current_wd
 
     @abstractmethod
     def create_form(self, layout: QFormLayout, params: Dict[str, Any]):
@@ -35,9 +36,10 @@ class ActionConfigurator(ABC):
 
 
 class FieldBuilder:
-    def __init__(self, layout, action):
+    def __init__(self, layout, action, current_wd):
         self.layout = layout
         self.action = action
+        self.current_wd = current_wd
         self.fields = {}
 
     def add_field(self, tag: str, field_type: str, label: str,
@@ -159,6 +161,9 @@ class FieldBuilder:
             if field['type'] == FIELD_REL_PATH and 'working_path' in params:
                 try:
                     working_path = self.get_working_path()
+                    working_path_abs = os.path.isabs(working_path)
+                    if not working_path_abs:
+                        working_path = os.path.join(self.current_wd, working_path)
                     abs_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(working_path, params[tag]))
                     if not abs_path.startswith(os.path.normpath(working_path)):
                         QMessageBox.warning(None, "Invalid Path",
@@ -370,8 +375,9 @@ class FieldBuilder:
 
 
 class ActionConfigDialog(QDialog):
-    def __init__(self, action: ActionConfig, parent=None):
+    def __init__(self, action: ActionConfig, current_wd, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
+        self.current_wd = current_wd
         self.action = action
         self.setWindowTitle(f"Configure {action.type_name}")
         self.resize(500, self.height())
@@ -397,18 +403,18 @@ class ActionConfigDialog(QDialog):
 
     def get_configurator(self, action_type: str) -> ActionConfigurator:
         configurators = {
-            constants.ACTION_JOB: JobConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_COMBO: CombinedActionsConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_NOISEDETECTION: NoiseDetectionConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_FOCUSSTACK: FocusStackConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_FOCUSSTACKBUNCH: FocusStackBunchConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_MULTILAYER: MultiLayerConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_MASKNOISE: MaskNoiseConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_VIGNETTING: VignettingConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_ALIGNFRAMES: AlignFramesConfigurator(self.expert()),
-            constants.ACTION_BALANCEFRAMES: BalanceFramesConfigurator(self.expert()),
+            constants.ACTION_JOB: JobConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_COMBO: CombinedActionsConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_NOISEDETECTION: NoiseDetectionConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_FOCUSSTACK: FocusStackConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_FOCUSSTACKBUNCH: FocusStackBunchConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_MULTILAYER: MultiLayerConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_MASKNOISE: MaskNoiseConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_VIGNETTING: VignettingConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_ALIGNFRAMES: AlignFramesConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
+            constants.ACTION_BALANCEFRAMES: BalanceFramesConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd),
         }
-        return configurators.get(action_type, DefaultActionConfigurator(self.expert()))
+        return configurators.get(action_type, DefaultActionConfigurator(self.expert(), self.current_wd))
 
     def accept(self):
         self.parent()._project_buffer.append(self.parent().project.clone())
@@ -428,8 +434,8 @@ class ActionConfigDialog(QDialog):
 
 
 class NoNameActionConfigurator(ActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def get_builder(self):
         return self.builder
@@ -444,17 +450,17 @@ class NoNameActionConfigurator(ActionConfigurator):
 
 
 class DefaultActionConfigurator(NoNameActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action, tag='Action'):
-        self.builder = FieldBuilder(layout, action)
+        self.builder = FieldBuilder(layout, action, self.current_wd)
         self.builder.add_field('name', FIELD_TEXT, f'{tag} name', required=True)
 
 
 class JobConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         super().create_form(layout, action, "Job")
@@ -464,8 +470,8 @@ class JobConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
 
 
 class NoiseDetectionConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         super().create_form(layout, action)
@@ -492,8 +498,8 @@ class NoiseDetectionConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
 
 
 class FocusStackBaseConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     ENERGY_OPTIONS = ['Laplacian', 'Sobel']
     MAP_TYPE_OPTIONS = ['Average', 'Maximum']
@@ -583,8 +589,8 @@ class FocusStackBaseConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
 
 
 class FocusStackConfigurator(FocusStackBaseConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         super().create_form(layout, action)
@@ -599,8 +605,8 @@ class FocusStackConfigurator(FocusStackBaseConfigurator):
 
 
 class FocusStackBunchConfigurator(FocusStackBaseConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         super().create_form(layout, action)
@@ -614,8 +620,8 @@ class FocusStackBunchConfigurator(FocusStackBaseConfigurator):
 
 
 class MultiLayerConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         super().create_form(layout, action)
@@ -635,8 +641,8 @@ class MultiLayerConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
 
 
 class CombinedActionsConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         DefaultActionConfigurator.create_form(self, layout, action)
@@ -659,8 +665,8 @@ class CombinedActionsConfigurator(DefaultActionConfigurator):
 
 
 class MaskNoiseConfigurator(NoNameActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         DefaultActionConfigurator.create_form(self, layout, action)
@@ -675,8 +681,8 @@ class MaskNoiseConfigurator(NoNameActionConfigurator):
 
 
 class VignettingConfigurator(NoNameActionConfigurator):
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         DefaultActionConfigurator.create_form(self, layout, action)
@@ -699,8 +705,8 @@ class AlignFramesConfigurator(NoNameActionConfigurator):
     METHOD_OPTIONS = ['Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC)', 'Least Median (LMEDS)']
     MATCHING_METHOD_OPTIONS = ['K-nearest neighbors', 'Hamming distance']
 
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def show_info(self, message, timeout=3000):
         self.info_label.setText(message)
@@ -713,7 +719,6 @@ class AlignFramesConfigurator(NoNameActionConfigurator):
         match_method = {k: v for k, v in zip(self.MATCHING_METHOD_OPTIONS,
                                              constants.VALID_MATCHING_METHODS)}[self.matching_method_field.currentText()]
         try:
-            print(detector, descriptor, match_method)
             validate_align_config(detector, descriptor, match_method)
         except Exception as e:
             self.show_info(str(e))
@@ -855,8 +860,8 @@ class BalanceFramesConfigurator(NoNameActionConfigurator):
     CORRECTION_MAP_OPTIONS = ['Linear', 'Gamma', 'Match histograms']
     CHANNEL_OPTIONS = ['Luminosity', 'RGB', 'HSV', 'HLS']
 
-    def __init__(self, expert=False):
-        super().__init__(expert)
+    def __init__(self, expert, current_wd):
+        super().__init__(expert, current_wd)
 
     def create_form(self, layout, action):
         DefaultActionConfigurator.create_form(self, layout, action)