Wow! The first 7 minutes was the most useful info about levels, curves and setting the black and white points than I've found anywhere....thanks so much!!🙏🙏
I've been working on improving my processing skill for several years and this tutorial finally tied it all together for me. Thanks for sharing your skill. You are a phenomenal teacher!
Thanks for the video! One big thing you may know by now (since this video was uploaded in 2019) is when you apply a curves adjustment layer you really really REALLY need to set the type to "Luminosity". This way it will not affect color balance whatsoever. It will only affect the light. Also, for cropping, just press "c" and use the crop tool. You can even set it to not actually delete the pixels it crops in case you need to recover them and redo.
It was noted that I should have cropped at the beginning as the black borders affect the histogram and black point. For this image I felt it unnecessary but it is definitely best practice to crop near the beginning before the first balance :)
A full comprehensive tutorial, very clear to understand and follow step by setp. No mention of buying plugins either! Very impressed with this, thank you
This is the tutorial I always wanted. As a PS user myself it's confirmed some aspects I know already and do well. More importantly it has shown me what I can do better. This has also added understanding to what I was doing but lacked the knowledge why...it just did it so was fine with it. Loving these videos you are producing....thank you
Thank you so much for this. I used my own photo but followed your work flow and it turned out waaaayyyyy better than if I had ever tried it on my own. As others have said, and coming from someone who taught for 30 years, you are a terrific teacher. Lots of explanations as to WHY you are doing something rather than just "Do it this way". Well done and I'm looking forward to more of your tutorials.
This is the most helpful tutorial in Photoshop I've used yet! Your data is awesome man, I would love to see more of this or maybe some more practice data
Hello Ruzeen, thank you very much for this tutorial, it was very useful! Thank you also for sharing your picture and for giving me the opportunity to work on really good data to test post-processing on it. Very beautiful picture, by the way! I would like to share with you a tip about minimizing the stars: when you do the "Minimum" filter, choose "Preserve - Roundness", on the drop down menu, instead of "Squareness". This will give you the opportunity to select a radius with decimals. Also, I noticed the "Preserve - Roundness" allows for more round shaped stars (the "Squareness" option turns the stars into diamonds, expecially if overdone). Thanks again and clear skies!
Ruzeen, hey bud., Twitter Follower here. Just a shout out that within 2 minutes you already taught me more about processing Astro than many other prominent videos. Thanks for explaining the histogram and what the "white mid and blackpoint" mean, and why you can squish in the sliders (since theres no data there anyway.) Just these subtle tips are great for Novices like me because it doesn't assume we know what this stuff means. Looking forward to processing my OWN DSO subs today with this new info !
Hey Ruzeen. This is without doubt the most helpful editing / processing video I’ve come across on TH-cam. Really well described and easy to follow. I for one will be giving this a go as processing is my biggest weakness at the minute and I can see why as I wasn’t doing most of what you’ve shown 😂 Great tutorial 👍🏻
Very nice tutorial. I'm glad I took the time to watch your approach to post processing. It really opened my eyes to the truth in "more than one way to skin a cat". I will definitely be revisiting my images. Thank you very much. I look forward to learning more from your upcoming tutorials.
Many thanks, very well explained and a comprehensive tutorial. I only started taking astro shots back in August. I am happy that I am capturing good detailed images but had no idea as to how to get the magnificent nebulae cloud effects I see in images such as the one you have worked on here. I feel like I have just put my little toe on the first rung of a very long ladder!!
Nice tutorial, I suggest you use roundness instead of squareness when you use the minimum filter to reduce stars. Than you use tenth of pixel. My best regards from Brasil.
Just started using Ps and this video was very helpful, cheers. A lot of info to take in but I suspect I'll keep coming back to watch this vid as I progress.
Great course ! I have learned a lot viewing your video and working on your image, thanks a lot. May I use this image I processed in one of my picture ? I would of course tell it is from you before processing. Thanks again !
Saw a video from another guy, didn’t understand it. Then i came opon this video and i just understand it all.. thank you i Can fanially start. Sorry for my english
When Star reducing, you mention your computer doesn't let you use decimal! It's because the filter is set to squareness instead of roudness :) This feature was added especially for astro!
Anyone having issues with the trying to create a threshold layer with their own photo; the photo needs to be 16 bit otherwise PS will not let you create that particular layer. Only took me 45 mins to figure that out.
Great tutorial. You have a good way of explaining things. I just followed along and got it looking pretty reasonable. My only issue is I use an unmodded DSLR and I am in a fairly light -polluted area. So whenever I try the first level adjustments, I pull out loads of vignetting and gradients. By the time I have got rid of these in APP (or PI or whatever) the image is really noisy, and after a couple of stretches the histogram is ruined. Any tips for getting better data?
I'm rather new to Astrophotography but not in photography itself. I use Photoshop for over 10 years now and the question is why people in this kind of tutorials always use a stamp visible layer and do some adjustments on that layer. Isn't it better to do all the adjustments (destructive or not) and play with opacity? When exporting for the Web, you can save a nice JPEG, crop it a bit more without loosing all changes..
Thank you for the clear instructions and being so right to the point! I get a yellow cast all over my image in the very beginning when I adjust my levels the first time and can’t seem to get rid of it. Any idea what the cause might be?
I followed the process line for line and set each setting to what you had done but its not turning out the same., some very weird things happening. Any ideas?
I want to start using photoshop but am not sure if I should buy it up front or pay a monthly leasing fee. What version are you using? Is Photo Shop Elements ok to use? It is much cheaper, but I’m not if it is ok with astrophotography. Thanks.
I use the monthly subscription model, Photoshop CC and that's fine with Astrophotography. I've not looked into elements but I can foresee it having much of the needed tools. If you're after a free software or something else then have you looked at GIMP? I did this same tutorial but using GIMP also.
Thanks bud. The exposures were 120 seconds for a total of just over 2 hours integration. Gain was 398 and offset 30 captured with Astrophotography Tool
I just checked it. Link works fine. When it opens the window and you see the black screen that is actually the image! You need to find the download button in the top right of the screen and download it. Then you can follow along with this tutorial :)
I make it a solid point to NEVER buy anything from advertisers that interrupt TH-cam vids. Get smart people! Folks post videos for free and YOuTube executives make a fortune off of ads. Unamerican!
![Astrophotography: The ABSOLUTE BEST way to STRETCH your Astro Image data in Photoshop [PS]!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CGac5XvSsJs/mqdefault.jpg)
Hey all. I had many messages saying the data link wasn't working. I've since fixed that, so enjoy! Thanks for letting me know!
Wow! The first 7 minutes was the most useful info about levels, curves and setting the black and white points than I've found anywhere....thanks so much!!🙏🙏
I've been working on improving my processing skill for several years and this tutorial finally tied it all together for me. Thanks for sharing your skill. You are a phenomenal teacher!
Thanks for the video! One big thing you may know by now (since this video was uploaded in 2019) is when you apply a curves adjustment layer you really really REALLY need to set the type to "Luminosity". This way it will not affect color balance whatsoever. It will only affect the light. Also, for cropping, just press "c" and use the crop tool. You can even set it to not actually delete the pixels it crops in case you need to recover them and redo.
It was noted that I should have cropped at the beginning as the black borders affect the histogram and black point. For this image I felt it unnecessary but it is definitely best practice to crop near the beginning before the first balance :)
Does this work with HSO filters and do u starch them before adding them together or after?
My level of astro image processing growed so much this year, especially by you, thanks so much !
A full comprehensive tutorial, very clear to understand and follow step by setp.
No mention of buying plugins either!
Very impressed with this,
thank you
Excellent Tutorial, beats reading a 2" thick manual. Keep them coming
Really nice tutorial, especially with the data provided. Your method and explanation of initial stretching was really helpful. Keep it up!
Thanks so much! I've got several more tutorials in the works!
That's good because I like your approach. I'd be interested in seeing you combine Ha into a DSLR/RGB.
This is the tutorial I always wanted. As a PS user myself it's confirmed some aspects I know already and do well. More importantly it has shown me what I can do better. This has also added understanding to what I was doing but lacked the knowledge why...it just did it so was fine with it.
Loving these videos you are producing....thank you
Thank you so much for this. I used my own photo but followed your work flow and it turned out waaaayyyyy better than if I had ever tried it on my own. As others have said, and coming from someone who taught for 30 years, you are a terrific teacher. Lots of explanations as to WHY you are doing something rather than just "Do it this way". Well done and I'm looking forward to more of your tutorials.
This is the most helpful tutorial in Photoshop I've used yet! Your data is awesome man, I would love to see more of this or maybe some more practice data
Cheers Ruz, wonderful tutorial for the curious newcomer and beginner like myself. Always appreciate fellow astronomers sharing their knowledge.
This video is exactly what I needed to allow me to grasp the concept of stretching.!. Thank you very much! Rock on 🤘
Hello Ruzeen, thank you very much for this tutorial, it was very useful! Thank you also for sharing your picture and for giving me the opportunity to work on really good data to test post-processing on it. Very beautiful picture, by the way! I would like to share with you a tip about minimizing the stars: when you do the "Minimum" filter, choose "Preserve - Roundness", on the drop down menu, instead of "Squareness". This will give you the opportunity to select a radius with decimals. Also, I noticed the "Preserve - Roundness" allows for more round shaped stars (the "Squareness" option turns the stars into diamonds, expecially if overdone). Thanks again and clear skies!
I learned a lot with this one. You do these right!
Thanks for this tutorial, I will definitely try this on my images. Finally a tutorial which isn't using additional ad-ons. Keep up your work.
Ruzeen, hey bud., Twitter Follower here. Just a shout out that within 2 minutes you already taught me more about processing Astro than many other prominent videos. Thanks for explaining the histogram and what the "white mid and blackpoint" mean, and why you can squish in the sliders (since theres no data there anyway.) Just these subtle tips are great for Novices like me because it doesn't assume we know what this stuff means. Looking forward to processing my OWN DSO subs today with this new info !
This is an excellent tutorial, and the skills here can be transferred to other Photoshop projects. Thank you, Ruzeen!
Thanks for this excellent demonstration,it helps a lot
Great tutorial! Gonna give it a go! clear skies!
Thanks Kristof, hope it helps and I look forward to seeing your result!
Hey Ruzeen. This is without doubt the most helpful editing / processing video I’ve come across on TH-cam. Really well described and easy to follow. I for one will be giving this a go as processing is my biggest weakness at the minute and I can see why as I wasn’t doing most of what you’ve shown 😂
Great tutorial 👍🏻
Very nice tutorial. I'm glad I took the time to watch your approach to post processing. It really opened my eyes to the truth in "more than one way to skin a cat". I will definitely be revisiting my images. Thank you very much. I look forward to learning more from your upcoming tutorials.
I don't use PS for astro, but it's good seeing someone else's take on editing in it.
Absolutely stellar tutorial.
Very good tutorial. Just applied what you said to my Running Chicken Nebula from a few days back, and got a far better result than my 1st attempt.
Many thanks, very well explained and a comprehensive tutorial. I only started taking astro shots back in August. I am happy that I am capturing good detailed images but had no idea as to how to get the magnificent nebulae cloud effects I see in images such as the one you have worked on here. I feel like I have just put my little toe on the first rung of a very long ladder!!
Awesome tutorial! Will definitely try this with the data.
This was excellent! Thanks!
This tutorial compelled me to learn astro photo processing... thanks for making it.
EXCELLENT TUTO. Thank you.
Nice tutorial, I suggest you use roundness instead of squareness when you use the minimum filter to reduce stars. Than you use tenth of pixel. My best regards from Brasil.
It's Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E in 6:51 for stamp visible layers (I've had a hard time picking that up)
Thank you
Thank you
Great info, helps a lot. Going to have to watch it a few times as I'm new to photoshop and was having trouble keeping up. Thanks!
many thanks for taking the time to prepare and share, very helpful!
Just started using Ps and this video was very helpful, cheers. A lot of info to take in but I suspect I'll keep coming back to watch this vid as I progress.
Thank you for your time with this tutorial. It was very helpful to help me improve my skills.
Fantastic work. Will definetly be trying this the next time I am out gathering star light ;)
Very nice tutorial Ruzeen. Thank you.
Insane workflow! I was struggling to find a decent workflow and this nails it...thanks a lot :)
Great tutorial. I still learning how to process astrophotography. Thanks for your workflow.
Thanks for this. very helpful for beginners. hope to see more vids from you
Brilliant, the easiest PS tutorial to follow, thank you :)
Great course ! I have learned a lot viewing your video and working on your image, thanks a lot. May I use this image I processed in one of my picture ? I would of course tell it is from you before processing. Thanks again !
Excellent!
Great tutorial for my first attempts in PS and astrophoto edit. Thanks a lot!
Saw a video from another guy, didn’t understand it. Then i came opon this video and i just understand it all.. thank you i Can fanially start. Sorry for my english
EXCELLENT!!! Thanks
awesome and great idea uploading the image so we could use it
thx man that helped me alot!!
Great stuff
When Star reducing, you mention your computer doesn't let you use decimal! It's because the filter is set to squareness instead of roudness :) This feature was added especially for astro!
Thanks .. good video ... learned a lot ..looking forward to trying it out
Brilliant thanks
Great tutorial, thanks for that , very informative, look forward to the others
Thanks a lot mate.
wow what an excellent tutorial thakyou very much
Great video man thanks for the tips!
Awesome video! Do you have a video on how to keep the starcolor without blowing them out? Thank again
Great! Thank you for this!
Anyone having issues with the trying to create a threshold layer with their own photo; the photo needs to be 16 bit otherwise PS will not let you create that particular layer. Only took me 45 mins to figure that out.
great tutorial, thanks alot man
Great video🙌🏼🙌🏼 have you tried using custom curves adjustments like arcsin10, arcsin100 etc?
Great tutorial. You have a good way of explaining things. I just followed along and got it looking pretty reasonable. My only issue is I use an unmodded DSLR and I am in a fairly light -polluted area. So whenever I try the first level adjustments, I pull out loads of vignetting and gradients. By the time I have got rid of these in APP (or PI or whatever) the image is really noisy, and after a couple of stretches the histogram is ruined. Any tips for getting better data?
Bro that was amazing it should have more views and likes WTF?????
I'm rather new to Astrophotography but not in photography itself. I use Photoshop for over 10 years now and the question is why people in this kind of tutorials always use a stamp visible layer and do some adjustments on that layer. Isn't it better to do all the adjustments (destructive or not) and play with opacity? When exporting for the Web, you can save a nice JPEG, crop it a bit more without loosing all changes..
This is best tutorial I have seen last weeks. Thanks a lot. #visiblelayer xD
Will you be doing another 1 of these .. would to try and do Orion nebula.. great vid
Thank you for the clear instructions and being so right to the point! I get a yellow cast all over my image in the very beginning when I adjust my levels the first time and can’t seem to get rid of it. Any idea what the cause might be?
Russ have you tried Startools great software and a lot easier than messing with levels and curves in ps very powerful too .
I followed the process line for line and set each setting to what you had done but its not turning out the same., some very weird things happening. Any ideas?
I want to start using photoshop but am not sure if I should buy it up front or pay a monthly leasing fee. What version are you using? Is Photo Shop Elements ok to use? It is much cheaper, but I’m not if it is ok with astrophotography. Thanks.
I use the monthly subscription model, Photoshop CC and that's fine with Astrophotography. I've not looked into elements but I can foresee it having much of the needed tools. If you're after a free software or something else then have you looked at GIMP? I did this same tutorial but using GIMP also.
Great video. What exposure and gain did you use for the image?
Thanks bud. The exposures were 120 seconds for a total of just over 2 hours integration. Gain was 398 and offset 30 captured with Astrophotography Tool
Clicked on the link to download the TIF file. File is just a black screen. What am I doing wrong?
I just checked it. Link works fine. When it opens the window and you see the black screen that is actually the image! You need to find the download button in the top right of the screen and download it. Then you can follow along with this tutorial :)
Did you use any duo or triad filters on the camera?
Hey. No with this image it was just an L-Pro Max broadband filter :)
I don't like really that in the last step you left the opacity at 50. I would have left it at 33
Yeah, the nice thing about editing is how we see our images differently :) so whilst I liked it at 50, you'd do it at 33 and that's absolutely fine
@@AstroFarsography your tutorial was great. New sub
@@alejandrix0377 much appreciated!
sorry, tried to follow. i can see what window you have open. youre going to fast too. ty ill try again another time
imeant cant see the window under the histogram
I make it a solid point to NEVER buy anything from advertisers that interrupt TH-cam vids. Get smart people! Folks post videos for free and YOuTube executives make a fortune off of ads. Unamerican!
Subbed. Any chance of doing the same in GIMP? Just trying to avoid unnecessary purchases whilst learning :)
Thank you for the sub 😁 I appreciate the sentiment there about wanting to save money where you can! I'll see what I can do :)
Darren keep your eyes peeled soon :)
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