Wow! I hope you see this response so many months after you posted this video. I have been taking astropics for years and never seem to be able to combine all the separate steps you show in this video. After using your editing steps on a picture I had taken of the Crescent Nebula, I was able to edit the way I always knew was possible, but could never do. After following along with this video my final edited picture - while needing further tweeks - came out the way I wanted but was unable to do before seeing this video. Thank you very much for taking the time to post this. I had seen your videos time to time but will now subscribe to your channel.
Very cool video. Helena! This is some nice data. Thank you for sharing and thank you for the tutorial. I got some okay results with PS but I've never really been a big fan, even for my regular photography. I know it's not in the spirit of the exercise but I'll take a swing at this with PI.
Really Well done Helena. Easy way and nice tempo. It will be better when you say everytime you select a tool or button, maybe even twice. The problem on most of tutorials on Yuotube is that the makers can’t think like a beginner anymore after using the tools them selfe for years. If you have a beginner with you you will have much help when they ask ”what button did you push” all the time.
@@HelenasAstrophotography That only what I saw when was beginner, or Im still beginner but sometimes it helps when the teachers says the name what to push. You could even attach a text bar of the name and tool. What makes your tutorials already better than others is that you smile all the time and speak clearly. 👍
Excellent video. I imaged The Veil last night and the North American on the previous 2 nights (have had terrible skies for over a month.) Can't wait to put these techniques to use.
Nice video, very easy to follow especially for a beginner. What settings do you use on the camera to photograph a nebula? Mine don’t seem to get anything but the stars. Thanx for the info.
A really great tutorial Helen. A bit different to what I’ve followed from other tutorials. Starnet++ is really good now and I always use it. There are some very useful tips to take away from this. I think your approach is very good, easy to follow and at the right tempo. The result is great. Thank you for sharing 👍
Brilliant tutorial Helena! I love your videos and fun approach. It is always great to learn different ways to process images. I learned a lot! Dr. B from Manitoba, Canada
Thanks Helena! Very helpful video. Is this now your standard process? If so, it has changed somewhat from the process of two years ago when you recorded the “under 15 minutes” video.
Very nice, Helena. I appreciate this. I am not using Pix, but what I am having troubles doing is making a image without the DSO. This is my stumbling block. Can anyone help me? I've tried following a couple tutorials, but have not been able to accomplish this. Thanks
Hi Helena.Thanks for the tutorial vidio, being a newie i have been trying to take some deep space images for sometime with one or two successes. Could you tell me how you got the stars only image and the nebula only mage. Also the one that alway gets me camera setting and whether a filter was used. Thanks Jim
It's so frustrating! That's what I love about Pixinsight. Even though it is a big investment at first, it ends up being so much cheaper than paying monthly for the Photoshop license.
Hi Helena, we met briefly at the 'November 2022 Star Camp' in Galloway - little did I know at the time you were such a star! I love your channel and I've found your PhotoShop Tutorials very helpful (I don't have PixInsight). I was wondering if you could tell me which camera, telescope and filter you used for each of the Veil and Heart Nebulae tutorials. In addition, how did you stack the Heart Nebula and which method did you use for separating the stars from the Veil nebula to get a 'stars only' layers. I do know the main techniques using StarNetV2 but I'd just like to know how you did it. Finally, what was the Bortle number of the location where you shot these. Any help would be appreciated. Best Wishes, Martyn.
I think I've found most of the answers by checking out your other videos in your excellent channel. I guess you took them both from your Bortle 2 garden using a 294mc Pro camera and L-eNhance filter. You probably used the Esprit 120 ED for the Veil and maybe the ED80 with a reducer for the Heart. Did you stack them both in DSS and separate the stars in StarNetV2 or did you use PixInsight?
Martyn, I am so sorry for my late response! It was so lovely to meet you at Star Camp and I hope we meet again at the next. For the Veil I actually used the 80ED and cropped the image in. I also used the 80ED for the heart with a reducer. Both images were stacked in DSS - I am not brave enough to stack in Pixinsight yet - haha!! As for star separation, that was done using Starnet in Pixinsight. I haven't downloaded version 2 yet so it was just the original. Hope this helps!
sweet information. I am using GIMP for now and after watching this wonderful video maybe Photoshop will be the next starry move. 😎 Amazing video I learned a lot. Thank you. So how do you know the Nebulae actual Blue and Red colors that are associated with Doppler-shifted spectra of distant nebulae to compare the finished image to NASA images?
Hi. Do you have video how to insert RAW file in PS, what we need deselect in checkbox before we save it to .TIF file. I think that I saw that video on your Channel, but can't find it. Thank you.
Hi there! Great question. The image I am editing in this video is already stacked. You would need to stack your images in Deep Sky Stacker beforehand. Photoshop is solely for processing after stacking. Hope this helps!
@@HelenasAstrophotography 👍 but what about those of us who do not have Pixinsight? I know how to remove stars with the latest version of Starnet but making a star mask and reinserting them is giving me trouble.
Wow! I hope you see this response so many months after you posted this video. I have been taking astropics for years and never seem to be able to combine all the separate steps you show in this video. After using your editing steps on a picture I had taken of the Crescent Nebula, I was able to edit the way I always knew was possible, but could never do. After following along with this video my final edited picture - while needing further tweeks - came out the way I wanted but was unable to do before seeing this video. Thank you very much for taking the time to post this. I had seen your videos time to time but will now subscribe to your channel.
Fantastic video, Helena! You are a very aspiring astrophotographer! Greetings from Michigan, US.
great demonstration for photoshop editing the beautiful ASTRO editing
Great tutorial Helena! I am 15 and got into astrophotography a little over a year ago.
Thank you Helena for sharing, your tutorial was very helpful for someone like me who is new to astrophotography. Keep up the good work.
Great work...!!! Cheers from Spain...!!!
Awesome, very helpful as a beginner looking to post process
Amazing tutorial Helena!
Thank you! 😊
Very cool video. Helena! This is some nice data. Thank you for sharing and thank you for the tutorial. I got some okay results with PS but I've never really been a big fan, even for my regular photography. I know it's not in the spirit of the exercise but I'll take a swing at this with PI.
So glad you enjoyed it Dennis! Thank you. I'm very similar. I used to be fully PS but now I am a mix between PI and PS :D
Interesting workflow you have there Helena, well explained
Thank you Helena for the video!
Really Well done Helena. Easy way and nice tempo. It will be better when you say everytime you select a tool or button, maybe even twice. The problem on most of tutorials on Yuotube is that the makers can’t think like a beginner anymore after using the tools them selfe for years. If you have a beginner with you you will have much help when they ask ”what button did you push” all the time.
Thank you so much Pekka, I'll make sure to do this more next time around!
@@HelenasAstrophotography That only what I saw when was beginner, or Im still beginner but sometimes it helps when the teachers says the name what to push. You could even attach a text bar of the name and tool. What makes your tutorials already better than others is that you smile all the time and speak clearly. 👍
Thanks Helena! You always do a great job with photoshop.
Thank you so much! Learning every day.
Thank you Helena for sharing what you have learned - very helpful for us who are new to the hobby.
My pleasure! Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for making this process easier to follow. Too many tutorials out there are click happy. Job well done. Clear skies to you.
Thank you so much Mel! Glad you found it helpful.
This is a brilliant way to teach - thank you Helena and keep up the fantastic work. I just started using PS so I really appriciate the help!
Excellent video. I imaged The Veil last night and the North American on the previous 2 nights (have had terrible skies for over a month.) Can't wait to put these techniques to use.
Superb tutorial Helena, thank you.
Explained really well
Nice video, very easy to follow especially for a beginner. What settings do you use on the camera to photograph a nebula? Mine don’t seem to get anything but the stars. Thanx for the info.
A really great tutorial Helen. A bit different to what I’ve followed from other tutorials. Starnet++ is really good now and I always use it. There are some very useful tips to take away from this. I think your approach is very good, easy to follow and at the right tempo. The result is great. Thank you for sharing 👍
The Harry Potter theme is very fitting with Patreon (same lexical root as patronus). Well done and amazing photo.
Thank you so much!
Brilliant tutorial Helena! I love your videos and fun approach. It is always great to learn different ways to process images. I learned a lot! Dr. B from Manitoba, Canada
Thanks Helena! Very helpful video.
Is this now your standard process? If so, it has changed somewhat from the process of two years ago when you recorded the “under 15 minutes” video.
lovely photo!!! excellent tutorial!!! what is your gear?
post processing has always been difficult for me. Thanks a ton.
Very nice, Helena. I appreciate this. I am not using Pix, but what I am having troubles doing is making a image without the DSO. This is my stumbling block. Can anyone help me? I've tried following a couple tutorials, but have not been able to accomplish this. Thanks
Hi Helena.Thanks for the tutorial vidio, being a newie i have been trying to take some deep space images for sometime with one or two successes. Could you tell me how you got the stars only image and the nebula only mage. Also the one that alway gets me camera setting and whether a filter was used. Thanks Jim
LOVE YOUR WORK. you are Brilliant
I really liked the flickering effect when you were reducing the stars around 15:52 :P
Thanks Benjamin, glad you liked it :)
Thx! Do you think 135mm on my FF DSLM are long enough?
Thank you very much for the information
Pleasure! Thanks for tuning in.
Thanks, great going.
The subscription model of Adobe is a bummer though.
It's so frustrating! That's what I love about Pixinsight. Even though it is a big investment at first, it ends up being so much cheaper than paying monthly for the Photoshop license.
Quite a racket. I should "make my data available" as well. Great way to get it finally edited.
Hi Helena, we met briefly at the 'November 2022 Star Camp' in Galloway - little did I know at the time you were such a star! I love your channel and I've found your PhotoShop Tutorials very helpful (I don't have PixInsight). I was wondering if you could tell me which camera, telescope and filter you used for each of the Veil and Heart Nebulae tutorials. In addition, how did you stack the Heart Nebula and which method did you use for separating the stars from the Veil nebula to get a 'stars only' layers. I do know the main techniques using StarNetV2 but I'd just like to know how you did it. Finally, what was the Bortle number of the location where you shot these. Any help would be appreciated. Best Wishes, Martyn.
I think I've found most of the answers by checking out your other videos in your excellent channel. I guess you took them both from your Bortle 2 garden using a 294mc Pro camera and L-eNhance filter. You probably used the Esprit 120 ED for the Veil and maybe the ED80 with a reducer for the Heart. Did you stack them both in DSS and separate the stars in StarNetV2 or did you use PixInsight?
Martyn, I am so sorry for my late response! It was so lovely to meet you at Star Camp and I hope we meet again at the next. For the Veil I actually used the 80ED and cropped the image in. I also used the 80ED for the heart with a reducer. Both images were stacked in DSS - I am not brave enough to stack in Pixinsight yet - haha!! As for star separation, that was done using Starnet in Pixinsight. I haven't downloaded version 2 yet so it was just the original. Hope this helps!
sweet information. I am using GIMP for now and after watching this wonderful video maybe Photoshop will be the next starry move. 😎 Amazing video I learned a lot. Thank you.
So how do you know the Nebulae actual Blue and Red colors that are associated with Doppler-shifted spectra of distant nebulae to compare the finished image to NASA images?
How did you do the stacking process before this brilliant tutorial ?
I just found my answer in the comments below : Deep Sky Stacker, sorry...
Hi. Do you have video how to insert RAW file in PS, what we need deselect in checkbox before we save it to .TIF file. I think that I saw that video on your Channel, but can't find it. Thank you.
Great vid but how do you create the veil mask and star mask layers?
If you're stacking with DSS, there's an option to create a star mask
Thank you!
Affinity Photo has an Astro feature now, which I haven't tried yet ☺
hi im new to this do you use photoshop instead of stacking software ? thanks
No- You need to use something like deep sky stacker to get to this point.
Hi there! Great question. The image I am editing in this video is already stacked. You would need to stack your images in Deep Sky Stacker beforehand. Photoshop is solely for processing after stacking. Hope this helps!
@@HelenasAstrophotography was the original data from a modified DSLR? Very useful video - thanks 👍😃
How did you make your star mask?
The star mask was pre-made through Starnet++ in Pixinsight :)
@@HelenasAstrophotography 👍 but what about those of us who do not have Pixinsight? I know how to remove stars with the latest version of Starnet but making a star mask and reinserting them is giving me trouble.
Wow cool channel ❤️ new sub here
I could even listen to you just reading the bloody phonebook.
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this is so confusing my PS looks different then yours
A bit like Faroese accent
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