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Straightforward Jupiter Processing: Hybrid Processing Techniques Using Free Softwares
Join award-winning astrophotographer Damian Peach in this tutorial focused on processing an image of Jupiter. This is the go-to guide for beginners and first-timers planetary processing as it covers all the fundamental steps to enhance, color correct, derotate, beautify and refine your image of the gas giant.
Part 1:
Registax: Applying wavelets and histogram adjustments.
Repeat for other datasets.
Part 2:
WinJUPOS: Derotating processed images and compiling stacked results.
Part 3:
Photoshop: Aligning channels, adjusting hue/saturation, applying fine sharpening (using unsharp mask), and adjusting the canvas size for the final presentation.
Introduction to Planetary Imaging
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Introduction to Planetary Imaging
Begin your journey in planetary imaging with this quick start guide. World-renowned planetary astrophotographer Damian Peach takes you through a concise history of the craft, explores the software used for capturing and processing images, and reveals the primary factor influencing planetary imaging.
Hybrid Processing of Large FOV Galaxies Using APP & Affinity Photo
Dive into the world of hybrid processing, a method that harnesses the top features from multiple astrophotography processing tools. In this tutorial, Nik Szymanek, award-winning astrophotographer and contributor to 'Astronomy Now' magazine, walks you through processing the large FOV galaxy, NGC 247, using both APP and Affinity Photo.
The journey starts with APP, where Nik delves into stacking, composition, and light pollution removal - laying the foundation for subsequent post-processing. A brief detour into PixInsight allows for deconvolution using BlurXTerminator (though this step can be substituted or skipped), before transitioning to Affinity Photo. Here, Nik leverages its robust photo editing capabilities, detailing LRGB combination, star and noise reduction, and the nuanced color adjustments necessary to produce an award-worthy galaxy image
Contents:
APP - Part 1
- Stacking
- Cropping
- RGB Combination
- Light Pollution Removal
PixInsight - Part 2
- Blur Xterminator
Affinity Photo - Part 3 & 4
- LRGB Combination
- Noise Xterminator
- Star Xterminator
- Colour manipulation
- Tone Mapping
- Mask editing using layers
Ultimate Reflection Nebula Processing on PixInsight
Co-Founder of Masters of PixInsight and Telescope Live Tutor, Warren Keller, presents an exclusive masterclass tailored for processing reflection nebulae. Dive deep into the intricacies of reflection nebula processing, beginning post-image integration, with an exclusive focus on post-processing. The tutorials, categorized under chrominance, luminance, and LRGB processing, provide universal application techniques for reflection nebula imaging.
Chrominance sessions delve into background extraction, neutralization, colour calibration, and the integration of third-party plugins for advanced tasks such as deconvolution and denoising, alongside balanced colour calibration and delinearization techniques.
Luminance sessions, while following a similar path, emphasize the creative nuances vital for luminance data processing.
In the LRGB culmination, Warren elucidates advanced methods from star-colour fine-tuning to overlooked structure enhancements in reflection nebulae and final polishing steps for an impeccable image finish.
CHROMINANCE PROCESSING
1. Introduction, ChannelCombination, ScreenTransferFunction (STF)
2. DynamicCrop, Save Project
3. BackgroundModelization w/ AutomaticBackgroundExtractor (ABE), STF refinement
4. BackgroundNeutralization, ColorCalibration
5. BlurXTerminator, Expedite processing via the GPU
6. NoiseXTerminator (NXT)
7. RepairedHSVSeparation script, ChannelCombination, PixelMath
8. MaskedStretch, HistogramTransformation (HT) for delinearization, PixelMath
LUMINANCE PROCESSING
9. DynamicCrop, ABE, DynamicPSF
10. BXT, NXT
11. HistogramTransformation, LRGBCombination
LRGB PROCESSING
12. NXT, SCNR (SubtractiveColorNoiseReduction), StarXTerminator (SXT)
13. CurvesTransformation, RangeSelection
14. CurvesTransformation for contrast and LocalHistogramEqualization (LHE) to boost larger-scale structures
15.LocalHistogramEqualization (LHE) to boost smaller-scale structures, GAME script mask
16. MultiscaleLinearTransform to sharpen w/ general explanation of pushing wavelet bias
17. DarkStructureEnhance script, Save project!, Intro to HDRMultiscaleTransform
18. HDRMT and ColorCorrectedHDRMT script for range compression
19. ExponentialTransformation, PixelMath to replace stars
20. Bill Blanshan star reduction, ColorSaturation