shinestacker 0.3.4__tar.gz → 0.3.6__tar.gz

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,28 @@ This page reports the main releases only and the main changes therein.
 
 ---
 
+## [v-.-.-] - 2025-08-17
+**Unreleased changes, for next release round**
+
+### Changes
+
+* fixed a bug that prevented a complete clean up when "New Project" action is called
+* fixed the management of project file path while loading and saving
+* removed duplicated code, code clean up
+
+---
+
+## [v0.3.5] - 2025-08-17
+**Bug fixes**
+
+### Changes
+
+* fixed a bug that prevented to add sub-actions
+* vignetting constrains model parameter in order to prevent searching for dark areas at the center of the image instead of at periphery
+* updated sample images and documentation
+
+---
+
 ## [v0.3.4] - 2025-08-16
 **Code consolidation and fixes**
 

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: shinestacker
-Version: 0.3.4
+Version: 0.3.6
 Summary: ShineStacker
 Author-email: Luca Lista <luka.lista@gmail.com>
 License-Expression: LGPL-3.0
@@ -37,25 +37,22 @@ Dynamic: license-file
 [![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/shinestacker?color=success)](https://pypi.org/project/shinestacker/)
 [![Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/shinestacker)](https://pypi.org/project/shinestacker/)
 [![Qt Versions](https://img.shields.io/badge/Qt-6-blue.svg?&logo=Qt&logoWidth=18&logoColor=white)](https://www.qt.io/qt-for-python)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/github/lucalista/shinestacker/graph/badge.svg?token=Y5NKW6VH5G)](https://codecov.io/github/lucalista/shinestacker)
 [![pylint](https://img.shields.io/badge/PyLint-9.98-yellow?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker/blob/main/.github/workflows/pylint.yml)
+[![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" 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/coffee.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coffee_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
 - 🚀 **Batch Processing**: Align, balance, and stack hundreds of images
-- 🎨 **Hybrid Workflows**: Combine Python scripting with GUI refinement
 - 🧩 **Modular Architecture**: Mix-and-match processing modules
 - 🖌️ **Retouch Editing**: Final interactive retouch of stacked image from individual frames
-- 📊 **Jupyter Integration**: Reproducible research notebooks
+- 📊 **Jupyter Integration**: Image processing python notebooks
 
 ## Interactive GUI
 
@@ -76,16 +73,21 @@ The GUI has two main working areas:
 
 # Credits
 
-The main pyramid stack algorithm was initially inspired by the [Laplacian pyramids method](https://github.com/sjawhar/focus-stacking) implementation by Sami Jawhar that was used under permission of the author for initial versions of this package. The implementation in the latest releases was rewritten from the original code.
+The first version of the core focus stack algorithm was initially inspired by the [Laplacian pyramids method](https://github.com/sjawhar/focus-stacking) implementation by Sami Jawhar that was used under permission of the author. The implementation in the latest releases was rewritten from the original code.
 
 # Resources
 
 * [Pyramid Methods in Image Processing](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/246727904_Pyramid_Methods_in_Image_Processing), E. H. Adelson, C. H. Anderson,  J. R. Bergen, P. J. Burt, J. M. Ogden, RCA Engineer, 29-6, Nov/Dec 1984
 Pyramid methods in image processing
 * [A Multi-focus Image Fusion Method Based on Laplacian Pyramid](http://www.jcomputers.us/vol6/jcp0612-07.pdf), Wencheng Wang, Faliang Chang, Journal of Computers 6 (12), 2559, December 2011
-* Another [original implementation on GitHub](https://github.com/bznick98/Focus_Stacking) by Zongnan Bao
 
 # License
 
 The software is provided as is under the [GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/lgpl-3.0/).
 
+# Attribution request
+📸 If you publish images created with Shine Stacker, please consider adding a note such as:
+
+*Created with Shine Stacker – https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker*
+
+This is not mandatory, but highly appreciated.

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/README.md

@@ -6,25 +6,22 @@
 [![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/shinestacker?color=success)](https://pypi.org/project/shinestacker/)
 [![Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/shinestacker)](https://pypi.org/project/shinestacker/)
 [![Qt Versions](https://img.shields.io/badge/Qt-6-blue.svg?&logo=Qt&logoWidth=18&logoColor=white)](https://www.qt.io/qt-for-python)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/github/lucalista/shinestacker/graph/badge.svg?token=Y5NKW6VH5G)](https://codecov.io/github/lucalista/shinestacker)
 [![pylint](https://img.shields.io/badge/PyLint-9.98-yellow?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker/blob/main/.github/workflows/pylint.yml)
+[![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" 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/coffee.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coffee_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
 - 🚀 **Batch Processing**: Align, balance, and stack hundreds of images
-- 🎨 **Hybrid Workflows**: Combine Python scripting with GUI refinement
 - 🧩 **Modular Architecture**: Mix-and-match processing modules
 - 🖌️ **Retouch Editing**: Final interactive retouch of stacked image from individual frames
-- 📊 **Jupyter Integration**: Reproducible research notebooks
+- 📊 **Jupyter Integration**: Image processing python notebooks
 
 ## Interactive GUI
 
@@ -45,16 +42,21 @@ The GUI has two main working areas:
 
 # Credits
 
-The main pyramid stack algorithm was initially inspired by the [Laplacian pyramids method](https://github.com/sjawhar/focus-stacking) implementation by Sami Jawhar that was used under permission of the author for initial versions of this package. The implementation in the latest releases was rewritten from the original code.
+The first version of the core focus stack algorithm was initially inspired by the [Laplacian pyramids method](https://github.com/sjawhar/focus-stacking) implementation by Sami Jawhar that was used under permission of the author. The implementation in the latest releases was rewritten from the original code.
 
 # Resources
 
 * [Pyramid Methods in Image Processing](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/246727904_Pyramid_Methods_in_Image_Processing), E. H. Adelson, C. H. Anderson,  J. R. Bergen, P. J. Burt, J. M. Ogden, RCA Engineer, 29-6, Nov/Dec 1984
 Pyramid methods in image processing
 * [A Multi-focus Image Fusion Method Based on Laplacian Pyramid](http://www.jcomputers.us/vol6/jcp0612-07.pdf), Wencheng Wang, Faliang Chang, Journal of Computers 6 (12), 2559, December 2011
-* Another [original implementation on GitHub](https://github.com/bznick98/Focus_Stacking) by Zongnan Bao
 
 # License
 
 The software is provided as is under the [GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/lgpl-3.0/).
 
+# Attribution request
+📸 If you publish images created with Shine Stacker, please consider adding a note such as:
+
+*Created with Shine Stacker – https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker*
+
+This is not mandatory, but highly appreciated.

shinestacker-0.3.6/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+THIRD-PARTY LICENSES
+====================
+
+This application bundles several third-party Python packages.  
+Each package is copyrighted by its respective authors and distributed under the following licenses.  
+Full license texts are reproduced below when required.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+matplotlib
+License: PSF license + BSD style
+https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/project/license.html
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+imagecodecs
+License: BSD-3-Clause
+https://pypi.org/project/imagecodecs/
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+jsonpickle
+License: BSD-3-Clause
+https://github.com/jsonpickle/jsonpickle
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+numpy
+License: BSD-3-Clause
+https://numpy.org/
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+opencv-python
+License: Apache License 2.0
+https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+pillow
+License: Historical PIL Software License (similar to MIT)
+https://python-pillow.org
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+psdtags
+License: MIT
+https://pypi.org/project/psdtags/
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PySide6
+License: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (LGPL-3.0)  
+or commercial license from The Qt Company
+https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/
+
+Full license text follows:
+
+--- BEGIN LGPL-3.0 LICENSE ---
+<qui incolla il testo completo della LGPL-3.0>
+--- END LGPL-3.0 LICENSE ---
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+scipy
+License: BSD-3-Clause
+https://scipy.org/
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+tifffile
+License: BSD-3-Clause
+https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+tqdm
+License: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
+https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm
+
+Full license text follows:
+
+--- BEGIN MPL-2.0 LICENSE ---
+<qui incolla il testo completo della MPL-2.0>
+--- END MPL-2.0 LICENSE ---
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+NOTE:
+This file is provided for license compliance and attribution purposes.  
+Your application code is licensed separately under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0.

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/docs/main.md

@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@
 
 <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coffee.gif' width="400" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">  <img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucalista/shinestacker/main/img/coffee_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
 - 🚀 **Batch Processing**: Align, balance, and stack hundreds of images
-- 🎨 **Hybrid Workflows**: Combine Python scripting with GUI refinement
 - 🧩 **Modular Architecture**: Mix-and-match processing modules
-- 🖌️ **Non-Destructive Editing**: Save multilayer TIFFs for retouching
-- 📊 **Jupyter Integration**: Reproducible research notebooks
+- 🖌️ **Retouch Editing**: Final interactive retouch of stacked image from individual frames
+- 📊 **Jupyter Integration**: Image processing python notebooks
 
 
 ## Quick start

shinestacker-0.3.6/src/shinestacker/_version.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.3.6'

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/base_stack_algo.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0116, E0602, R0903
 import numpy as np
-from .. core.colors import color_str
 from .. core.exceptions import InvalidOptionError, ImageLoadError
 from .. config.constants import constants
 from .utils import read_img, get_img_metadata, validate_image
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ class BaseStackAlgo:
         return self._steps_per_frame
 
     def print_message(self, msg):
-        self.process.sub_message_r(color_str(msg, "light_blue"))
+        self.process.sub_message_r(msg)
 
     def read_image_and_update_metadata(self, img_path, metadata):
         img = read_img(img_path)

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/noise_detection.py

@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ class MaskNoise(SubAction):
         else:
             raise ImageLoadError(path, "file not found.")
 
-    def end(self):
-        pass
-
     def run_frame(self, _idx, _ref_idx, image):
         self.process.sub_message_r(': mask noisy pixels')
         if len(image.shape) == 3:

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/pyramid.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class PyramidBase(BaseStackAlgo):
                  kernel_size=constants.DEFAULT_PY_KERNEL_SIZE,
                  gen_kernel=constants.DEFAULT_PY_GEN_KERNEL,
                  float_type=constants.DEFAULT_PY_FLOAT):
-        super().__init__("pyramid", 1, float_type)
+        super().__init__("pyramid", 2, float_type)
         self.min_size = min_size
         self.kernel_size = kernel_size
         self.pad_amount = (kernel_size - 1) // 2
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ class PyramidStack(PyramidBase):
         metadata = None
         all_laplacians = []
         levels = None
+        n = len(filenames)
         for i, img_path in enumerate(filenames):
             self.print_message(f": validating file {img_path.split('/')[-1]}")
 
             img, metadata, updated = self.read_image_and_update_metadata(img_path, metadata)
-
             if updated:
                 self.dtype = metadata[1]
                 self.num_pixel_values = constants.NUM_UINT8 \
@@ -163,14 +163,17 @@ class PyramidStack(PyramidBase):
                 self.max_pixel_value = constants.MAX_UINT8 \
                     if self.dtype == np.uint8 else constants.MAX_UINT16
                 levels = int(np.log2(min(img.shape[:2]) / self.min_size))
-
             if self.do_step_callback:
                 self.process.callback('after_step', self.process.id, self.process.name, i)
             if self.process.callback('check_running', self.process.id, self.process.name) is False:
                 raise RunStopException(self.name)
-        for img_path in filenames:
+        for i, img_path in enumerate(filenames):
             self.print_message(f": processing file {img_path.split('/')[-1]}")
             img = read_img(img_path)
             all_laplacians.append(self.process_single_image(img, levels))
+            if self.do_step_callback:
+                self.process.callback('after_step', self.process.id, self.process.name, i + n)
+            if self.process.callback('check_running', self.process.id, self.process.name) is False:
+                raise RunStopException(self.name)
         stacked_image = self.collapse(self.fuse_pyramids(all_laplacians))
         return stacked_image.astype(self.dtype)

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/stack.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import os
 import numpy as np
 from .. config.constants import constants
-from .. core.colors import color_str
 from .. core.framework import JobBase
 from .. core.exceptions import InvalidOptionError
 from .utils import write_img
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ class FocusStackBunch(ActionList, FocusStackBase):
         ActionList.end(self)
 
     def run_step(self):
-        self.print_message_r(color_str(f"fusing bunch: {self.count}", "blue"))
+        self.print_message_r(f"fusing bunch: {self.count}")
         self.focus_stack(self._chunks[self.count - 1])
         self.callback('after_step', self.id, self.name, self.count)
 

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/stack_framework.py

@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ class SubAction:
     def __init__(self, enabled=True):
         self.enabled = enabled
 
+    def begin(self, process):
+        pass
+
+    def end(self):
+        pass
+
 
 class CombinedActions(FramesRefActions):
     def __init__(self, name, actions=[], enabled=True, **kwargs):
@@ -255,10 +261,10 @@ class CombinedActions(FramesRefActions):
         filename = self.filenames[idx]
         img = read_img((self.output_dir
                         if self.step_process else self.input_full_path) + f"/{filename}")
-        self.dtype = img.dtype
-        self.shape = img.shape
         if img is None:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Invalid file: {self.input_full_path}/{filename}")
+        self.dtype = img.dtype
+        self.shape = img.shape
         return img
 
     def run_frame(self, idx, ref_idx):

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/algorithms/vignetting.py

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class Vignetting(SubAction):
         i_valid, r_valid = intensities[valid_mask], radii[valid_mask]
         try:
             res = curve_fit(Vignetting.sigmoid, r_valid, i_valid,
-                            p0=[np.max(i_valid), 0.01, np.median(r_valid)])[0]
+                            p0=[np.max(i_valid), 0.01, np.median(r_valid)],
+                            bounds=([0, 0, 0], ['inf', 'inf', 'inf']))[0]
         except Exception:
             self.process.sub_message(
                 color_str(": could not find vignetting model", "red"),
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class Vignetting(SubAction):
                        if image.dtype == np.uint8 else 65535).astype(image.dtype)
 
     def run_frame(self, idx, _ref_idx, img_0):
-        self.process.sub_message_r(color_str(": compute vignetting", "light_blue"))
+        self.process.sub_message_r(": compute vignetting")
         img = cv2.cvtColor(img_8bit(img_0), cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
         radii, intensities = self.radial_mean_intensity(img)
         pars = self.fit_sigmoid(radii, intensities)
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ class Vignetting(SubAction):
         self.v0 = Vignetting.sigmoid(0, *pars)
         i0_fit, k_fit, r0_fit = pars
         self.process.sub_message(
-            f": fit parameters: i0={i0_fit:.4f}, k={k_fit:.4f}, r0={r0_fit:.4f}",
+            f": vignetting model parameters: i0={i0_fit:.4f}, k={k_fit:.4f}, r0={r0_fit:.4f}",
             level=logging.DEBUG)
         if self.plot_correction:
             plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class Vignetting(SubAction):
             self.corrections[i][idx] = fsolve(lambda x: Vignetting.sigmoid(x, *pars) /
                                               self.v0 - p, r0_fit)[0]
         if self.apply_correction:
-            self.process.sub_message_r(color_str(": correct vignetting", "light_blue"))
+            self.process.sub_message_r(": correct vignetting")
             return self.correct_vignetting(img_0, pars)
         return img_0
 

shinestacker-0.3.6/src/shinestacker/app/app_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0116, C0103, W0201
+from .. config.config import _ConfigBase
+
+
+class _AppConfig(_ConfigBase):
+    def __new__(cls):
+        return _ConfigBase.__new__(cls)
+
+    def _init_defaults(self):
+        self._DONT_USE_NATIVE_MENU = True
+        self._COMBINED_APP = False
+
+    @property
+    def DONT_USE_NATIVE_MENU(self):
+        return self._DONT_USE_NATIVE_MENU
+
+    @property
+    def COMBINED_APP(self):
+        return self._COMBINED_APP
+
+
+app_config = _AppConfig()

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/app/help_menu.py

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ def add_help_action(app):
 
 
 def browse_website():
-    webbrowser.open("https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker/blob/main/README.md")
+    webbrowser.open("https://github.com/lucalista/shinestacker/blob/main/docs/gui.md")

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/config/config.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # pylint: disable=C0114, C0115, C0116, C0103, R0903, W0718, W0104, W0201, E0602
-class _Config:
+class _ConfigBase:
     _initialized = False
     _instance = None
 
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@ class _Config:
             cls._instance._init_defaults()
         return cls._instance
 
-    def _init_defaults(self):
-        self._DISABLE_TQDM = False
-        self._COMBINED_APP = False
-        self._DONT_USE_NATIVE_MENU = True
-        try:
-            __IPYTHON__ # noqa
-            self._JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK = True
-        except Exception:
-            self._JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK = False
-
     def init(self, **kwargs):
         if self._initialized:
             raise RuntimeError("Config already initialized")
@@ -29,6 +19,26 @@ class _Config:
                 raise AttributeError(f"Invalid config key: {k}")
         self._initialized = True
 
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        if self._initialized and name.startswith('_'):
+            raise AttributeError("Can't change config after initialization")
+        super().__setattr__(name, value)
+
+class _Config(_ConfigBase):
+
+    def __new__(cls):
+        return _ConfigBase.__new__(cls)
+
+    def _init_defaults(self):
+        self._DISABLE_TQDM = False
+        self._COMBINED_APP = False
+        self._DONT_USE_NATIVE_MENU = True
+        try:
+            __IPYTHON__ # noqa
+            self._JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK = True
+        except Exception:
+            self._JUPYTER_NOTEBOOK = False
+
     @property
     def DISABLE_TQDM(self):
         return self._DISABLE_TQDM
@@ -45,10 +55,5 @@ class _Config:
     def COMBINED_APP(self):
         return self._COMBINED_APP
 
-    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
-        if self._initialized and name.startswith('_'):
-            raise AttributeError("Can't change config after initialization")
-        super().__setattr__(name, value)
-
 
 config = _Config()

{shinestacker-0.3.4 → shinestacker-0.3.6}/src/shinestacker/gui/action_config.py

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (QWidget, QPushButton, QHBoxLayout, QFileDialog, Q
                                QAbstractItemView, QListView)
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer
 from .. config.constants import constants
-from .project_model import ActionConfig
 from .. algorithms.align import validate_align_config
+from .project_model import ActionConfig
+from .select_path_widget import (create_select_file_paths_widget, create_layout_widget_no_margins,
+                                 create_layout_widget_and_connect)
 
 FIELD_TEXT = 'text'
 FIELD_ABS_PATH = 'abs_path'
@@ -200,25 +202,11 @@ class FieldBuilder:
         return edit
 
     def create_abs_path_field(self, tag, **kwargs):
-        value = self.action.params.get(tag, '')
-        edit = QLineEdit(value)
-        edit.setPlaceholderText(kwargs.get('placeholder', ''))
-        button = QPushButton("Browse...")
-
-        def browse():
-            path = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(None, f"Select {tag.replace('_', ' ')}")
-            if path:
-                edit.setText(path)
-        button.clicked.connect(browse)
-        button.setAutoDefault(False)
-        layout = QHBoxLayout()
-        layout.addWidget(edit)
-        layout.addWidget(button)
-        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
-        container = QWidget()
-        container.setLayout(layout)
-        container.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Fixed)
-        return container
+        return create_select_file_paths_widget(
+            self.action.params.get(tag, ''),
+            kwargs.get('placeholder', ''),
+            tag.replace('_', ' ')
+        )
 
     def create_rel_path_field(self, tag, **kwargs):
         value = self.action.params.get(tag, kwargs.get('default', ''))
@@ -326,17 +314,8 @@ class FieldBuilder:
                     except ValueError as e:
                         traceback.print_tb(e.__traceback__)
                         QMessageBox.warning(None, "Error", "Could not compute relative path")
+        return create_layout_widget_and_connect(button, edit, browse)
 
-        button.clicked.connect(browse)
-        button.setAutoDefault(False)
-        layout = QHBoxLayout()
-        layout.addWidget(edit)
-        layout.addWidget(button)
-        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
-        container = QWidget()
-        container.setLayout(layout)
-        container.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Fixed)
-        return container
 
     def create_float_field(self, tag, default=0.0, min_val=0.0, max_val=1.0,
                            step=0.1, decimals=2):
@@ -369,11 +348,7 @@ class FieldBuilder:
             layout.addWidget(label)
             layout.addWidget(spin)
             layout.setStretch(layout.count() - 1, 1)
-        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
-        container = QWidget()
-        container.setLayout(layout)
-        container.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Fixed)
-        return container
+        return create_layout_widget_no_margins(layout)
 
     def create_combo_field(self, tag, options=None, default=None, **kwargs):
         options = options or []