When I process a raster in QGIS it creates a second band. It appears that the band has no useful data. I like to use the Raster Colours Tool and it will not accept a raster with anything more than one band.
How do I remove the extra band?
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1What raster processing are you doing that creates the extra band? It sounds like it is generating a mask band.– MerseyVikingCommented Apr 25, 2011 at 13:37
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I am using the new clipper tool in QGIS 1.7. It is a GDAL_TRANSLATE implementation as far as I know. I use a shapefile mask layer and a no data value of 0.– BWillCommented Apr 25, 2011 at 14:46
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4 Answers
select in Toolbox: Rearrange bands. And remove band
answered Mar 5, 2019 at 11:32
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By far the easiest option! Especially if you just want to drop just one band from a multi-band raster. Commented Jun 23, 2021 at 14:41
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Well, I select one band (the one to keep) and after processing, the other bands are still in the new product. Commented Apr 10, 2023 at 11:53
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Maybe you have some specific raster that the algorithm cannot process, try resaving it to another format, I just tried the PNG 4 bands file, everything is fine, only the selected band remains... Commented Apr 10, 2023 at 20:47
Interesting. If you specify a shapefile as a mask, it uses gdal_warp, and automatically adds -dstalpha to the commandline options.
For now, you could copy the text that appears at the bottom of the dialog box, and paste it into a command line window, removing the -dstalpha option. But this isn't an ideal solution, so I suggest you file a ticket on the QGIS bug tracker to get it added as an option.
As an alternative but sticking with the command line, you could run gdal_translate on your two-band file, using the option -b 1 to just use the first band for the output.
Band control is definitely something worth having in QGIS I reckon, so it might be worth adding that to the bug tracker as a requested feature.
answered Apr 28, 2011 at 20:09
Try "GDAL miscellaneous raster calculator". I had the same problem. In the dialog box choose the raster file for the A band, and leave the other band as not selected. In the calculation gdalnumeric command text box type A*1. The raster file created will have only one band.
You can just use QGIS raster calculator:
Expression: "my_raster@1"
Click current layer extent
and save as a new single band raster.
