Its on the pixinsight forum page... it should come in a Google search... it was taken over a few months ago when the original developer stopped support after 1.82... I'm thrilled to announce that I have taken over the maintenance and distribution of the EZ Processing Suite, originally created by S. Dimant. This suite is an essential tool for PixInsight users, and I'm committed to ensuring its continued availability and community driven improvement.
Hi, Walt. I’m new to astrophotography and found this video to be extraordinarily helpful in (finally) processing my first image in Pixinsight. I had the program opened in one screen and your video in another. I appreciated the organization of the video and the fact that the level of detail you provided was just right for my needs. I took copious notes regarding your workflow which I know they will be indispensable in future image processing. Really well done. Thank you.
Bro! this video is wayyy better than your other one from last year. I've only been doing this less than 2 months and I've just created some amazing pictures with only 2 hr integration. Thanks for the tutorial. RC astro add ins are 100% worth it and essential for quality images.
I'm just getting started in astrophotography at 67 yrs old. I have been watching a few tutorials but this has been the best to date! And your pre-made icons are great too and gives a good sense of the process simply by ordering the icons! Now that I've watched, I need to try myself!
Love this tutorial! The platesolve part is not necessary if you let PI do the stacking, then it knows exactly what it needs. 70 years old and loving this, thank you so much!!!!
That was the most straightforward, simple to follow demonstration of workflow for pixinsight that I’ve seen. I think it’s going to be a game changer for me. Thank you.
Thanks Walt! I'm an old guy and you're helping to keep my mind sharp! I had just learned your last year's process but I'm liking 2024 even better. That ImageBlend gives great, real-time control of those pesky stars!
This was super helpful. I just processed my first image I'm proud of. Thank you for the easy-to-follow instructions. I feel like I just rolled over for the first time and am starting to crawl in the Pixinsight environment.
I've been searching for so long on where to put the Gaia files. Funny how it didn't matter where they were, I just didn't know how to link them! Thank you SO MUCH! Please keep the videos coming. Straight forward and helpful.
I don t have pixinsight yet, but i ll but it for sure. I was affraid of it before watching tutoriels lire yours. Thank you very much for your work. Christian from France 🇫🇷
Walt I just processed my M42 image I captured last night. It's awesome and so are you. That image blend script is wild. Now I know how to blend images captured over two different nights
Walt, would you consider, sometime, perhaps doing an absolute basics on how to use the various tools in photoshop (albeit I use Affinity Photo) for astrophotography. I know (because I've watched them all) you've done processing video after processing video but, for some reason, I just cannot get my head around masks and how to get rid of 'blemishes' and various other tools usage. I've looked for tutorials (particularly for Affinity but also Photoshop) but, for instance, when someone does Affinity, they speak as if the viewer already knows Photoshop and they skip or gloss over what they're doing and how it works. Or, if they're talking Photoshop, once again, they expect the viewer to have a certain knowledge of basic processing. Then, if I look for basic processing, I don't see tutorials which cover the masking and other elements in the way they'd be used with astro. I know this might not interest you to do but it might. I'm sure there are a lot of guys like me out there who just can't get the hang of processing because they find it difficult to follow when to use what and why etc. Pixinisight is something I'll never buy (or Photoshop). I'm retired and just don't have that constant income. Cheers.
Good evening to tell you that easy soft strech still works I still have the EZ Denoise suite in my scripts try to find out more good sky to you Patrick from France
@@deltaastrophotography I've been trying to work on Pinwheel and Bodes since they are easy for me right now in the northeastern US. I want to practice before I can do the Andromeda. I just started astro last month and purchased a Vespera telescope, your tutorials have been a huge help.
You're the BEST!! Loved your tutorial workflow plus i downloaded scripts (I didn't know existed lol, tongue twisting to say) I will be using your icons very helpful for basic processing.
Thank god i only have the free demo. PI is so agonizingly long winded. GraXpert and Siril have my DSO image processed in less than a quarter of the time of this. And peeps pay $300+ for the pain!
I'm curious. It looks like you don't use drizzle or dither, nor do you seem to use GraXpert. And you don't do your stacking in PI. Could you help us understand why you've made these choices? I'm just getting started and I don't know what is useful or not, but each of these tools seem to be well recommended in other videos I've seen, so I'd love to hear your insight. Thanks!
Hey Walt, great vid! Do you know of other ways I can get rid of stars, for processing? I purchased Star Xterminator and I use Photoshop for post, however, I recently discovered that I cannot use this plugin as my system does not support it (I believe it is due to my CPU--a Celeron). Thanks.
Do I have to watch the previous video to understand what you mean by the icons? I have only just got the trial today, yet your video at 5:20 seems to indicate that I should know about icons 🤔
Great job, I loved your older video and this one is great especially using the Imageblend. I used the regular Color Cal from old video. I tried several times but after plate solving I kept getting the ERROR NO STARS FOUND no matter what setting I used. I have seen this problem randomly before but don't know why, can you help? Is it ok to post my processed image of your data if I give credit data courtesy of Walt and Delta Astrophotography? Thanks
Hello I have just bought a C11 XLT I don't know which back focus to use, on the networks they talk about 105 or 146 mm. I have a ZWO183 MC PRO camera. Which back focus do you use? Thank you in advance for your reply. Patrick from France
This can be a complicated answer. In my opinion, whether you go with Pixinsight or Siril, you should learn Photoshop as well. Or at least a similar alternative. Learning Photoshop teaches basic photo editing skills that you always want in your back pocket. That being said, I prefer Pixinsight over Siril. Siril seems easier at first, but once you get into some advanced editing techniques, PixInsight just has way many more options that do a complex task at the push of a single button. There is a large PixInsight community that is always making new scripts, plugins, and Pixel math expressions to make your life easier.
Isn’t it possible to have the icons already in place when starting Pixinsight? And Also How do you custom save a Icon List or Edit the one you have available ? I found out how to edit list and make your own, Just go to View/Tool Bars/ Process Icons and click on process icons it places a list of options on the tool bar to edit or create your own. Just make your Icons you want then drag a box around them and pick Save Process Icons. Not sure about Loading when Plexinsight loads..
Where does someone find the Canon full spectrum l enhance or extreme filters in SPCC I use a Canon 6Ti so similar to yours. Also did you stack in DSS or Pixinsight? Love your videos because you still include DSLR’s for us newbies. Thanks Walt Clear Skies
EZ-Suite is available again for the latest pixinsight build...
Another entertaining tutorial.. Thanks Walt.
where can we find the repository Andy?
Its on the pixinsight forum page... it should come in a Google search... it was taken over a few months ago when the original developer stopped support after 1.82...
I'm thrilled to announce that I have taken over the maintenance and distribution of the EZ Processing Suite, originally created by S. Dimant. This suite is an essential tool for PixInsight users, and I'm committed to ensuring its continued availability and community driven improvement.
Post by Palmito
On the pixinsight forum
There is one on GitHub. I just imported the js into PI. It works fine for me.
Hi, Walt. I’m new to astrophotography and found this video to be extraordinarily helpful in (finally) processing my first image in Pixinsight. I had the program opened in one screen and your video in another. I appreciated the organization of the video and the fact that the level of detail you provided was just right for my needs. I took copious notes regarding your workflow which I know they will be indispensable in future image processing. Really well done. Thank you.
Bro! this video is wayyy better than your other one from last year. I've only been doing this less than 2 months and I've just created some amazing pictures with only 2 hr integration. Thanks for the tutorial. RC astro add ins are 100% worth it and essential for quality images.
I'm just getting started in astrophotography at 67 yrs old. I have been watching a few tutorials but this has been the best to date! And your pre-made icons are great too and gives a good sense of the process simply by ordering the icons! Now that I've watched, I need to try myself!
You are a rockstar! By providing the image you are working with, process icons, links, etc. you make it so much easier to learn. Thank you!
Love this tutorial! The platesolve part is not necessary if you let PI do the stacking, then it knows exactly what it needs. 70 years old and loving this, thank you so much!!!!
Hi, Thank you for this video which offers us a very simple process to do a good treatment.
That was the most straightforward, simple to follow demonstration of workflow for pixinsight that I’ve seen. I think it’s going to be a game changer for me. Thank you.
Thanks Walt! I'm an old guy and you're helping to keep my mind sharp! I had just learned your last year's process but I'm liking 2024 even better. That ImageBlend gives great, real-time control of those pesky stars!
This was super helpful. I just processed my first image I'm proud of. Thank you for the easy-to-follow instructions. I feel like I just rolled over for the first time and am starting to crawl in the Pixinsight environment.
Walt, Super valuable video. I am just starting my PI journey. Your presentation is very clear. Thanks so much.
I've been searching for so long on where to put the Gaia files. Funny how it didn't matter where they were, I just didn't know how to link them! Thank you SO MUCH! Please keep the videos coming. Straight forward and helpful.
Great Tutorial Walt!! I use these steps for processing my images.
Walt, love your videos. Been a fan for a few years now. This video has helped immensely. Thanks.
I don t have pixinsight yet, but i ll but it for sure. I was affraid of it before watching tutoriels lire yours. Thank you very much for your work.
Christian from France 🇫🇷
Thank you so much. I am slowly learning this from a Photoshop background, and Pixinsight can be overwhelming. Great workflow!!!!
Dude, you seem to have the best timing. I got into auto guiding, now i think im ready to jump from PS to PI. Great stuff as always Walt!
Walt I just processed my M42 image I captured last night. It's awesome and so are you. That image blend script is wild. Now I know how to blend images captured over two different nights
Great tutorial! Addressed all my basic processing questions, especially about plate solving/SPCC. Thanks alot !!
Walt, would you consider, sometime, perhaps doing an absolute basics on how to use the various tools in photoshop (albeit I use Affinity Photo) for astrophotography. I know (because I've watched them all) you've done processing video after processing video but, for some reason, I just cannot get my head around masks and how to get rid of 'blemishes' and various other tools usage. I've looked for tutorials (particularly for Affinity but also Photoshop) but, for instance, when someone does Affinity, they speak as if the viewer already knows Photoshop and they skip or gloss over what they're doing and how it works. Or, if they're talking Photoshop, once again, they expect the viewer to have a certain knowledge of basic processing. Then, if I look for basic processing, I don't see tutorials which cover the masking and other elements in the way they'd be used with astro. I know this might not interest you to do but it might. I'm sure there are a lot of guys like me out there who just can't get the hang of processing because they find it difficult to follow when to use what and why etc. Pixinisight is something I'll never buy (or Photoshop). I'm retired and just don't have that constant income. Cheers.
Only just found this. Excellent tutorial. Really like your style!
Thank you so much Walt. I use your workflow from last year so now I’m updated. I’m going to join your team
Walt Fantastic update and this help a great deal. 🔭 Has saved me many hours trying to figure out PI.
That was fabulous. Well thought out and structured.
Great Tutorial. I use it for processing my images. Thanks a lot!😀
Excellent video! Many thanks for making life simpler.
Love your videos, there's always an element of humour, anyway thanks for this one showed me a few useful things again.🙂
Great tutorial! It helped me a lot. Thanks
Thank you SO much! Glad I could help!
Seti Astro tools has Automatic DBE, much easier and much faster. Also GraxPert. Even ABE can render pretty well. Thanks. Good vid
Good evening
to tell you that easy soft strech still works
I still have the EZ Denoise suite in my scripts
try to find out more
good sky to you
Patrick from France
One of the best tutorials😉
You are an amazing teacher.
Great Video, just an FYI the EZ tools are still available for PI, someone took over the project, I still use them….👍🏻
Thank you so much for this video
Can I pay you to make a tutorial for editing a galaxy photo? Yours are by far the most helpful on TH-cam.
Which Galaxy are you wanting to process?
@@deltaastrophotography I've been trying to work on Pinwheel and Bodes since they are easy for me right now in the northeastern US. I want to practice before I can do the Andromeda. I just started astro last month and purchased a Vespera telescope, your tutorials have been a huge help.
Nice work Walt! Cheers Si
Great tutorial Walt
Très bon tuto…bravo…!!! Merci..
You're the BEST!! Loved your tutorial workflow plus i downloaded scripts (I didn't know existed lol, tongue twisting to say) I will be using your icons very helpful for basic processing.
Thank god i only have the free demo. PI is so agonizingly long winded. GraXpert and Siril have my DSO image processed in less than a quarter of the time of this. And peeps pay $300+ for the pain!
I'm curious. It looks like you don't use drizzle or dither, nor do you seem to use GraXpert. And you don't do your stacking in PI. Could you help us understand why you've made these choices? I'm just getting started and I don't know what is useful or not, but each of these tools seem to be well recommended in other videos I've seen, so I'd love to hear your insight. Thanks!
Hey Walt, great vid! Do you know of other ways I can get rid of stars, for processing? I purchased Star Xterminator and I use Photoshop for post, however, I recently discovered that I cannot use this plugin as my system does not support it (I believe it is due to my CPU--a Celeron). Thanks.
Great video, thanks. Too bad you cannot post the Plugin URIs w/o all of the TH-cam tracking stuff embedded (which I am guessing is not your choice).
Do I have to watch the previous video to understand what you mean by the icons? I have only just got the trial today, yet your video at 5:20 seems to indicate that I should know about icons 🤔
please add chapters brother. thanks for updating this and thanks for the new icons.
I've never heard of image blend until now. Great tool. Thanks, Walt.
Great job, I loved your older video and this one is great especially using the Imageblend. I used the regular Color Cal from old video. I tried several times but after plate solving I kept getting the ERROR NO STARS FOUND no matter what setting I used. I have seen this problem randomly before but don't know why, can you help? Is it ok to post my processed image of your data if I give credit data courtesy of Walt and Delta Astrophotography? Thanks
Thanks!
Thank YOU so very much!
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I don't understand how is your STF all black bars when you start stretching? When i try to scroll with the mouse wheel over it, nothing happens.
Hello
I have just bought a C11 XLT
I don't know which back focus to use, on the networks they talk about 105 or 146 mm. I have a ZWO183 MC PRO camera.
Which back focus do you use?
Thank you in advance for your reply.
Patrick from France
Nice tutorial! What computer do you run the software on?
Walt have you done a youtube on processing star clusters or globular clusters?
Hello, I have a problem with saving, whatever I choose (jepg or tiff), the image is not processed. What am I doing wrong?
Hey Walt! I’m just beginning this hobby and wonder which is easiest to learn and use; Photoshop, Pixinsight, or Siril?
This can be a complicated answer. In my opinion, whether you go with Pixinsight or Siril, you should learn Photoshop as well. Or at least a similar alternative. Learning Photoshop teaches basic photo editing skills that you always want in your back pocket. That being said, I prefer Pixinsight over Siril. Siril seems easier at first, but once you get into some advanced editing techniques, PixInsight just has way many more options that do a complex task at the push of a single button. There is a large PixInsight community that is always making new scripts, plugins, and Pixel math expressions to make your life easier.
Isn’t it possible to have the icons already in place when starting Pixinsight?
No. The PI team feels it is a security concern.
Isn’t it possible to have the icons already in place when starting Pixinsight? And Also How do you custom save a Icon List or Edit the one you have available ? I found out how to edit list and make your own, Just go to View/Tool Bars/ Process Icons and click on process icons it places a list of options on the tool bar to edit or create your own. Just make your Icons you want then drag a box around them and pick Save Process Icons. Not sure about Loading when Plexinsight loads..
its August 2024 and your video is out of date. RC Astro noise xterminator is no longer there, Fits data view is no longer there.
Interesting.
Where does someone find the Canon full spectrum l enhance or extreme filters in SPCC I use a Canon 6Ti so similar to yours.
Also did you stack in DSS or Pixinsight?
Love your videos because you still include DSLR’s for us newbies.
Thanks Walt
Clear Skies
Thanks!!! Superb!! Just don’t understand why you don’t use GHS?
I do! But I'm not quite confident with it enough yet you make videos about it. I almost think GHS deserves it's own video.
@@deltaastrophotography can’t wait to compare, how you work with it with my fiddling around
@@Chorge1972 I love it for stretching things with bright cores. It's a game changer for sure!
So as newbie, what do you estimate the cost of everything you have installed?
Around $600 over a period of two years.
This does not include the $10 a month I've been paying for Photoshop for the past seven years.
Why not stack in PI ?
Can you save the process settings in the icons so they get applied automatically?