Chad - This is really fantastic. I missed a few details the first time through the video, so I watched it again and got more out of it! I got all the tools you mentioned and they really work great. Thanks so much for this tutorial!!
Hey Chad! Amazing 15 mins tutorial to make dust visible. I have just tested the tutorial on my own data and your steps finally give me the result that I have been looking for to get the dust clouds to properly show up around NGC7023. I will have to take another night of images but playing with the current data already shows an amazing result to me. Thank you so much for showing such easy but mindblowingly effective processing steps to get more out of the dust that we caputre! Keep on rocking Chad!
This is a great tutorial Chad. I am a newbie to this wonderful hobby. You make it so interesting and easy to follow and understand. Please keep it up!!! Clear Skies! HJ
A brilliant tutorial that makes great and effective use of many of the cool, new, tools. Direct, and to the point in your usual inimitable style! 👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!
Ran through this today (final image out in my next video using a few of the techniques here). Really appreciate this Chad, this was extremely helpful and worked like a charm!
Thanks. I was def a little heavy handed in that step and it had effects down the line. Next time I wouldn’t blur as much I don’t think or leave a little more crunch in that lumanince image
Thanks Chad for this great video showcasing some of the latest tools now available in Pixinsight. FYI the LRGB Combination tool settings for Lightness and Saturation are counterintuitive. The 0.65 setting you applied for saturation would have actually reduced it. 😮 Try it on the Lightness setting and you'll see.
My workflow is slightly different, you can run BlurX a 2nd time (or on a copy of your image), at all default values, to sharpen your non-stellar detail while still in linear state, and then remove the stars. You gain a lot of detail doing this step. Very nice image by the way, love broadband dark nebula targets.
By only doing the Correct Only step in BlurX, it just means that the stars were 'rounded out', which is really only done so that SPCC can do its job easier. If you run default BlurX again though, you'll get the incredible detail boost too.
Really enjoyed your video! some cool new tools and I just downloaded the Seti astro stuff so will play around. One suggestion you may like - in Photoshop, the Topaz Noise reduction tool is imo way better than noise exterminator. It's almost a miracle. I love the lum trick - I will try that, thanks for your video!
@@easyastroimages5818 ironically I don't know how to do that in PS lol. the tool I love is Topaz Denoise - not the "new" one but the "old" one which works AMAZING -you'll never use Noise X again
FYI, in the LRGB combination tool you need to move the saturation slider to the left to increase saturation, it’s counter intuitive buts that’s how it works
You don't have to reset the CUDA stuff every time you upgrade anymore. Russ from RC Astro did some more magic and made a repository that does it for you! Super easy
I am using a spreadsheet with links to the folder with the tensorflow, SNR and starnet files, and in the same folde a shortcut to the PixInsight\bin folder. Some few clicks and you are good to go.
@@yervantparnagian5999 I loved my red cat. They’re definitely some quirks when it comes to mounting things and getting the whole set up to just fit properly the newer might help some of that out. I definitely would recommend adding a few dovetails to the bottom of it to raise it up a little bit, so you have more clearance when it points towards Zenith, it was the last scope that I owned and used here on the channel and I took my best images ever with it and the 2600. The 533 is still an amazing camera but I would never hesitate to recommend a 2600 or scoring a used one for not much more than the 533 unfortunately bigger sensors is just always better, especially with those wide boys.
Hi Chad Great Video on the latest tools. Its great you are looking at getting back to Astro at least with a cut down set of kit from last year. The Link to the shared google drive data says its no longer available. Do you plan to reshare so folks can process along ?
@@easyastroimages5818 Hi Chad. I still can't access the data for the Dark Shark as it always says that the shared folder is in the owners trash. I can send you a screenshot if required. Your Crescent folder share appears to work fine. i just wonder if anyone else has this problem.
@@AndyBennett-e3x i moved all data into one share drive now so it should be all in there. i fixed the link in all videos since the dark shark video and for the future..LMK if its ok!!
I'am really sorry but for me the image is way too overdone🙈. Nevertheless a great and very helpful tutorial regarding the workflow and use of the new tools and scripts. Will definetely use your separate Lum extraction and reintegration to get rid of mottled backgrounds...🙏
Chad - This is really fantastic. I missed a few details the first time through the video, so I watched it again and got more out of it! I got all the tools you mentioned and they really work great. Thanks so much for this tutorial!!
At last!!! A simple Pixinsight walk through that actually works and gives brilliant results - Many Thanks Chad !!!
Hey Chad! Amazing 15 mins tutorial to make dust visible. I have just tested the tutorial on my own data and your steps finally give me the result that I have been looking for to get the dust clouds to properly show up around NGC7023. I will have to take another night of images but playing with the current data already shows an amazing result to me. Thank you so much for showing such easy but mindblowingly effective processing steps to get more out of the dust that we caputre!
Keep on rocking Chad!
This is a great tutorial Chad. I am a newbie to this wonderful hobby. You make it so interesting and easy to follow and understand. Please keep it up!!!
Clear Skies!
HJ
Fantastic tutorial! 👏🏻 Thanks for sharing 🙂
A brilliant tutorial that makes great and effective use of many of the cool, new, tools.
Direct, and to the point in your usual inimitable style! 👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!
:) thanks a lot!! Appreciate the words ! I try to keep it flowing because these videos can get lame real quick
OMG!!!! fantastic tutorial the scripts are amazing thanks Chad
Ran through this today (final image out in my next video using a few of the techniques here). Really appreciate this Chad, this was extremely helpful and worked like a charm!
Fantastic! Ready to check it out!!
Awesome man. This is pretty much my workflow, except that Convolution step that I may have to try as well. Thanks for the tip.clear skies
Thanks. I was def a little heavy handed in that step and it had effects down the line. Next time I wouldn’t blur as much I don’t think or leave a little more crunch in that lumanince image
Like chalk and cheese. I really need to get another setup for my move to Bortle 3 skies!! Great to see you back. Keep up the great work 👍
lol. Thanks a lot
I don't use Pixensight but enjoyed following the workflow and seeing the results.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What an incredible workflow. Thanks so much for the tutorial! ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutotial! Love seeing all the scripts come together!
Thanks a bunch!! More to come
Just got into pixinsight and i love you scripts and cannel
@@rocketcityastro he is the man!! just hit 2K subs!!
Nicely done! I’m going to start on this target tonight, wish me luck!
Thank you! Enjoy the shot! Good luck
Thanks Chad for this great video showcasing some of the latest tools now available in Pixinsight. FYI the LRGB Combination tool settings for Lightness and Saturation are counterintuitive. The 0.65 setting you applied for saturation would have actually reduced it. 😮 Try it on the Lightness setting and you'll see.
Ok. Yeah I agree. My photoshop version was light years better lol thanks for the help
My workflow is slightly different, you can run BlurX a 2nd time (or on a copy of your image), at all default values, to sharpen your non-stellar detail while still in linear state, and then remove the stars. You gain a lot of detail doing this step. Very nice image by the way, love broadband dark nebula targets.
Thank you. Appreciate it. Many ways to do these things these days.
By only doing the Correct Only step in BlurX, it just means that the stars were 'rounded out', which is really only done so that SPCC can do its job easier. If you run default BlurX again though, you'll get the incredible detail boost too.
Excellent work Chad!
Thank you kindly!
Really enjoyed your video! some cool new tools and I just downloaded the Seti astro stuff so will play around. One suggestion you may like - in Photoshop, the Topaz Noise reduction tool is imo way better than noise exterminator. It's almost a miracle. I love the lum trick - I will try that, thanks for your video!
Awesome thank you so much. I hear that lum trick works even better in photoshop I really want to try that one !!
@@easyastroimages5818 ironically I don't know how to do that in PS lol. the tool I love is Topaz Denoise - not the "new" one but the "old" one which works AMAZING -you'll never use Noise X again
FYI, in the LRGB combination tool you need to move the saturation slider to the left to increase saturation, it’s counter intuitive buts that’s how it works
ah ok..ill play with that..appreciate the advice!!
You don't have to reset the CUDA stuff every time you upgrade anymore. Russ from RC Astro did some more magic and made a repository that does it for you! Super easy
Ah well I guess I’ll be testing that. I had to update the tensorflow file only during the latest platform update so it was easy to do.
I am using a spreadsheet with links to the folder with the tensorflow, SNR and starnet files, and in the same folde a shortcut to the PixInsight\bin folder. Some few clicks and you are good to go.
Gorgeous image. What scope and time integration were you using for this?
25 hours. Redcat 51. Zwo 2600osc
That latest Redcat is on my list for my 533MC Pro
@@yervantparnagian5999 I loved my red cat. They’re definitely some quirks when it comes to mounting things and getting the whole set up to just fit properly the newer might help some of that out. I definitely would recommend adding a few dovetails to the bottom of it to raise it up a little bit, so you have more clearance when it points towards Zenith, it was the last scope that I owned and used here on the channel and I took my best images ever with it and the 2600. The 533 is still an amazing camera but I would never hesitate to recommend a 2600 or scoring a used one for not much more than the 533 unfortunately bigger sensors is just always better, especially with those wide boys.
@@easyastroimages5818 Thanks very much for the detailed response. It's certainly appreciated. Keep up the great work.
Fantastic video! Do you use filters when you want to capture dark nebula and dust?
Sometimes. I did use a basic idas lp filter just to take the edge off.
Hi Chad
Great Video on the latest tools. Its great you are looking at getting back to Astro at least with a cut down set of kit from last year. The Link to the shared google drive data says its no longer available. Do you plan to reshare so folks can process along ?
Hmm. It should be there. I will have to check when I get home. That’s very weird ??
@@easyastroimages5818 Hi Chad. I still can't access the data for the Dark Shark as it always says that the shared folder is in the owners trash. I can send you a screenshot if required. Your Crescent folder share appears to work fine. i just wonder if anyone else has this problem.
@@AndyBennett-e3x i moved all data into one share drive now so it should be all in there. i fixed the link in all videos since the dark shark video and for the future..LMK if its ok!!
Thanks. Very helpful.
No problem. Th anks for stopping by
Great video! Can't find the LDN1235 data on the Google Drive you have shared.
Dang ok. I’ll add it tonight when I get home. Must have not made it public
Where can I find Bill's SCNR_Green_V6? Great work by the way!
Awesome thanks a lot. If you go to his channel. Anotherastrochannel he has links to all the latest on his video descriptions
Perfect !!!
Thank you so much !!
Thanks!
You bet!
please where do I download the Combine Images v1.7 script? Thank you
Instead of Convolution, couldn't you use NoiseX?
💪👍
Anyone else jump at 0:16 when the cat's tail seemingly appeared from nowhere?! 😬 No? Just me then, gotcha.
Lol. That’s Lucky. She’s my ride or die :)
I'am really sorry but for me the image is way too overdone🙈. Nevertheless a great and very helpful tutorial regarding the workflow and use of the new tools and scripts. Will definetely use your separate Lum extraction and reintegration to get rid of mottled backgrounds...🙏
Yeah I agree. Wasn’t going for an apod here. That’s just kind of my flow and what I try to preach. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder.
Sorry but the stretch was too much. It looks totally overprocessed.
thanks for stopping by
I think the whole point was to demo just how far you can push it with these new tools. Job done!
Hi we don't here anything from you ! are you ok ?
You could do all these 1 year ago, just using different tools.
You call this begginers tutorial??? 🙀🤯 I'm at the screen transfer level in PI, haha - bookmarking this for later though
lol..get them stacked and follow it. this is easy and repeatable. a tough image but play with the data