Just to add - I did open GraXpert once before this video and selected 'AI' as the model for gradient removal, prompting a small download first. You probably need to do this too if you wish to mirror the performance shown :-)
Hey Luke. Great to see Graxpert part of Pixinsight in someway now. Thanks for the update. As for your "friend" Sascha, personally I wouldn't promote him. He was the one that accused me of copying his PixInsight videos earlier this year. Even though I had been doing Pix videos for over 3 years more than he had been doing it. His accusation was completely untrue of course. He is one of the reasons I stopped doing PixInsight videos eventually.
Hey Shawn, it's good to hear from you mate! :-D Really glad that it's able to be integrated into pixinsight like this, it's seeming like a great tool from the bit of testing I've given it so far! I'm so sorry to hear of the grievance you've had with Sascha mate, it's a real loss for the community that you've stopped with PixInsight videos though :-( I'd love to see you back in the saddle with it someday if you feel like it, your videos have helped me, among countless thousands of others - you've got a gift for teaching that would be a real shame to not utilize! ❤️ I just saw he'd got a video out covering the news, so thought it's only fair to shout him out, it wouldn't have felt right to do any other 👍 I genuinely do hope you and your family are doing well my friend 🙏
That gets me too Shawn, just because someone puts out TH-cam videos on the same subject doesn't automictically make him a 'friend'. As far as the Swish idiot is concerned, he puts out negative videos most of the time, two that come to mind - 1 He ran down Russell Crowman's StarX when it first came out and 2 He had issues with his 365 Telegizmo so what does he do, he puts out a video running Telegizmo down saying that he had the same issue with several of these covers. Mate, read his Patrion page, he's been doing astro since Feb 2022! He's been doing this hobby for less than 2 years and now he's a self-proclaimed expert that thinks he knows everything! Shawn, mate, your videos are 1000% better and more informed than the Swish cheese idiot. Pick up your camera mate, the community misses you! @Lukomatico Love your work
Whoa!! You were one of the guys that helped me along the way navigating PI. Please tell me this community isn't going to 💩 on YT too? I stopped frequenting CN from all the a-holes there over the years!
Wow! I tried GraXpert in the past but was annoyed that I had to use an external tool then reload it in PI but now, I have no more excuses! I just tried it and now no more fiddling around with DBE! Thanks so much for the great news! Cheers mate!
Thanks a lot for the shoutout and also for covering this topic - you have a much larger reach than me and I feel everybody should know about this - it really is a huge thing, saves a ton of time and makes DBE completely redundant....
interesting, not once have you found a manual DBE working better than graxpert? if so that’s quite exciting! i liked your review on the moravian instruments camera by the way, nice to have a new piece of equipment to fawn over that i’ll never afford :^)
Hey Sascha! :-D hope you've been well my friend 🙏 The more I played around with the tool, the more it seems like DBE is dead! 😅 I can't believe it's taken me this long to actually try GraXpert out! Clear skies mate!
Just tried it on some existing data and I'm impressed. I had not used the previous version due to the need to work with the image files outside PixInsight. With the integration it makes sense to use this tool and I'm very impressed by the results.
Hola, Luke! Great news to have it directly in PI. One thing: this thing came with a lot of new scripts with it! Lets try those as well. Thanks for the tip, my friend. Have a good one now.
Looks like a really great tool mate thanks for sharing your findings, don't worry about getting videos out each week Luke when they are ready is good for us mate
Great stuff Luke! Thanks for the introduction to this tool. I’ve got it installed in PI and looking forward to using it. Thanks buddy! Dr B (Brian) from Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦
Will need to give this a go. I've tried GraXpert before but could never get it to work as well as doing a starless DBE. Being integrated into Pixinsight is definitely a major improvement so it'll be another must have tool if it works well.
Hey Pete!! It seems to be doing a grand job for me at the moment, but I haven't tested it much yet admittedly - either way, well worth another try I guess mate! - I'd expect the AI is continually improving 🙏 Hope you are keeping well mate!
Hey Luke, I’ve heard some whispers about this GraXpert, but not really looked into it🤦♂️ But now I will😀 Thanks for demonstrating that, I’ll definitely be getting that as soon as poss👍 Clear skies mate!
@@lukomatico Just wanted to say Luke, I followed your instructions exactly, and it’s downloaded, installed into Pixinsight and working a treat mate!, just I noticed in the comments below, that some people had problems getting in to work! Your instructions worked for me!😀 Cheers Luke👍
Thanks for the video Luke (Cuiv mentioned you made a video about the PI integration). Been using GraXpert for couple of images already the 'old way' which was not so bad since it was able to do XISF files but since it is in PI it is much better. Cheers
Hi there Luke, regarding the new version 2.2.0 GraXpert, I notice if you tick the "Replace the target view" box & "Show background model" box, your astrometric data from wbpp stays intact. If you untick the "Replace the target view" box & get on with the process, you will lose the astrometric data. The Fits header remains blank & you have to use Image Solver before SPCC. Hope you get this message. Thanks mate.
I will definitely download and install it and integrate it in PixInsight. Do you have to do any settings in GraXpert? Or is just installing it and integrating it with PI and go?
If I may add, it does keep the astrometric data intact if you're using wbpp & not crop the image (usually wbpp does it for you), ready for the SPCC process.
When I found out I gave it a whirl, I have to say DBE's days are numbered this is such a great tool. Make sure everyone has a updated copy so that it integrates flawlessly.
Thanks for this Luke ! I'm late to the party with graxpert too but just downloaded and set up the script in pixinsight as per your video. I don't know why I hadn't done it sooner because you're right its incredible ! I don't know if you've had time to try this on an old mosaic where there's way more gradients it's just amazing !! I've tended to crop and then use the light pollution tool in APP straight after stacking but this is so much faster and better. Never really rated DBE & ABE so I think this will be my go to for gradients. Great video as always mate 👍 Wow I've just ran this over several images now and have to say it's almost as bigger game changer as blur exterminator (not quite) ! We just need one of these brainy people to come up with a script for halo removal 🤣
Excellent to hear you've enjoyed it so much already Paul mate!! :-D it's a truly cracking tool it seems hey, can't knock it at all! I was the same btw with APP light pollution removal tool rather than ever really using DBE/abe anymore - this has replaced it for me too haha All the best my friend 🙏
Hi Luke Thanks for this I have used GraXpert before when it first come out but wow its so cool in PI.Fair enough re slowing down a bit re vids....your content is always so useful thanks.But one comment it would be so cool to do a longer processing vid showing all the little steps for that top notch pic and not missing any steps I know for a fact that people would love that content as you are a fantastic teacher Take care Cheers Stu
Thanks so much for such an encouraging message Stu! I'll have a good think about a kind of 'extended edition' of some processing runs haha, could be interesting! Clear skies my friend!
Funny old thing I just found graxpert in scripts yesterday clicked on it and it worked. It downloaded the AI model itself without intervention. I’m on a Mac M1 Max. I’ve now adjusted my workflow to use this in place of DBE 👍🏻
Hey Tom!! - Oh mate that's interesting, I had absolutely no idea it was available that way!? :-O Looks like I've abandoned DBE too haha, this is way better for me in my testing so far :-) Clear skies mate!
@@lukomatico it works very well. I’ve add an icon that I just drag to the image and Graxpert works in the background and the image just changes perfectly. It’s like magic
Thanks Luke but seems I messed up somewhere. When selecting in Toolbox it opens Graxpert where I can apply and the result does end up in PI. But in your video I dont see Graxpert actually opening. BTW I use a Mac and pointed it to my Graxpert App in the applications folder. Thaks again.
That's odd mate, sorry it's not worked right for you!! graXpert opens in the background for me, I just see the splash screen and then have to wait while it processes 👍 Perhaps worth a redownload of the Mac version of graXpert, in case it's updated again!
Hi Luke hope you're well mate? I'm guessing this version of Graxpert has the Ai tool built in now? I did try the version that Cuiv put a video about but couldn't get it to work so gonna give it another try as it is a great addon. Take care give our regards to Chloe & clear skies
Hi mate! We're doing okay mate thank you 🙏 hope the same for you guys!! It does indeed have the AI tool built in yeah!! You may need to select it from the drop-down box on first run though, unsure 👍👍 Well worth a go it seems! Take it easy & clear skies buddy!
@@lukomatico Yeah I just tried it, I selected the Ai tool which it downloaded then ran, but the pc had a hissy fit part way through lol, I really need something better as it's holding me back tbh, but it did work eventually lol
exciting, those tests look fantastic! i’d heard graxpert does better than the background extractions in both pix and siril, so this is good until the MARS project comes to fruition. i’m going to build a computer that can actually handle photo editing and processing, do you have an affiliate link for pixinsight as well? or just for the RCastro tools which i’m definitely going to get when i save up enough and use your affiliate links for :)
Hey Gabe!! :-) Hope you're well mate! 👍 From my (admittedly very limited) testing it seems to be a very robust tool so far, I'm impressed!! It'll be really cool to see how the AI tool shapes up vs the data driven approach of MARS! Re: affiliate links, I don't have anything for pixinsight sorry!! The RC astro tools links are a massive help though if you use those, it would be greatly appreciated!!! 🙏 Good luck with the PC build my friend! All the best & clear skies!
Hey Kelly! I think it could be in need of an update if that's the case, perhaps try re-downloading the very latest graXpert, that'd be my first guess 👍 good luck!
Ok, so it's not just my ancient PC taking forever to open GraXpert. I wonder if it's really taking that long to open or if it's a timed (and therefor terribly annoying) splash screen?
Good question mate!! I really don't know for sure, but I think it might be a splash screen you know, I feel like my pc should open such a relatively small program faster than it does (but it's a minor gripe overall)
I had seen Sasha’s video about this, so I downloaded GraXpert (Mac version) and followed the procedure for adding it as a script to PixInsight. Then I ran it on an APP-stacked image of M31 and I noticed in the PixInsight process box that it said it was downloading the AI component, and it then ran everything on the M31 image. So maybe Pixinsight will do this automatically if one hasn’t checked the AI item in GraXpert itself. I ran GraXpert a couple of more times within PixInsight, and it didn’t do the download routine again, so doing it once seemed to take care of it. I also compared a version of M31 with gradient removal performed in APP to the GraXpert version, and the GraXpert version was better. Not night and day better, but a bit better nonetheless. And way easier without needing to specify all those sample points. As you said in one of your replies to a comment, DBE is dead. Long live GraXpert! Also, don’t feel you need to mimic an assembly line and churn out videos on a weekly schedule. Take your time and enjoy life!😊
Hey there mate! - That's really good information, so glad to hear it will automatically download the AI itself, thank you ever so much for testing and sharing! :-) I really think it looks like DBE is done for haha, this tool is fantastic it seems! RE: the schedule, I appreciate that support mate - thank you very much :-) Clear skies!
Hey Luke. Cheers for the vid. You do great work👍👏. I am having a little problem🙈. Already had the AI version of GradEx installed. Added the link to the Pixinsight Repository and went through the check for updates. Closed & opened Pixinsight but no Toolbox menu within Scripts. Any ideas? Cheers man👍
Had a look at @astrjohnomer5636 comments below. All sorted now. Indeed I had to go into: Scripts - Feature Scripts - Add then into C:\Program Files\PixInsight\src\scripts\Toolbox.
You must set the path to GraXpert executable before running the script in Pixinsight. The only Graxpert folder I found on my C;\ after installing was under User\me\AppData\Local\GraXpert\GraxPert\ where I found a preferences.json - a JAVA script file. Is this the correct executable, because I could not find a graxpert.exe anyplace.
Hey mate! In the vid I show myself making a copy to the downloaded .exe and putting it in the pixinsight folder directly to solve this, give that a go 👍 Works great!
@@lukomatico My mistake, I should never make additions to Pixinsight late at night. Where does GraXpert fit into your workflow? Do you run it before or after BlurX?
Hi Luke, AVG is blocking graxpert from running and reports a virus every time you try to run graxpert in Pixinsight. What virus scanner are you using ?
I made a comment earlier about not being able to run Graxpert and I thought I should say that it turns out GraXpert will not run if I have my second monitor running as an extended display. it apperently cannot find an "end point"?
I got it all installed and it shows up in Pixinsight, but when I click on Graxpert, I get a signature validation error. Any idea what could be causing that? If I run Graxpert from the desktop it works fine, it's just through pixinsight, it I get that error, so it doesn't even pop up that window where you showed it where the program is located.
Sorry to hear that mate, I had a similar issue after the latest update - you can try to rename the graXpert version I believe to solve it, there's instructions online if you search for the specific error message IIRC 👍 Good luck!
Good to know Ana, thanks for the info! - on OSC images it seems to have the added effect of doing a background neutralize, giving the strong reds a head start before any further processing (still works fine with either my own manual method, or normalization tools though luckily!) Clear skies to you! :-)
Hi luk I hope you can help me. I followed your instructions but once I pasted the repository link and searched for updates, I got this message. As if he couldn't find it. The message in question is the following: "UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD REPOSITORY INFORMATION"
Anyone having an issue installing this? I get an error resolve issue with 404 error when checking for updates. I’ve double checked all addresses and verified all syntax is correct but cannot get it to update.
@lukomatico ive downloaded from your link. But when i click it, its not loading. I het the black graxpert" logo. But that stays on the screen and nothing happens. The graxpert window doesnt pop up.
I'm guessing at a PixInsight install age issue? my install is about a month old if that's any help, sorry I can't offer a concise solution for this mate :-(
Sorry to hear it mate! Are you on a relatively recent version of pixinsight? Mines about 1 month old I think for reference 👍 that'd be the first thing to check!
Thanks for the reply, worked out what to do. Went to scripts -feature scripts-add-then selected toolbox-select folder-then done , it will appear in script drop down.@@lukomatico
@@lukomatico I downloaded straight from the link. I contacted the website and they assured me it was safe and that it was, as you suggest Luke, a false positive.
Hey there! - just to be sure, and sorry if this seems obvious but, you're trying to import the URL into pixinsight and not trying to open to repository in a web browser, correct?
@lukomatico yes sir it is. When i go to start the graxpert process, the logo comes on the screen and nothing happens. Does that usually take a long time to open and run?
And of course it's not working with current versions of Pixinsight as 80% of these video tutorials never work with what you have. I Should have known better.
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Just to add - I did open GraXpert once before this video and selected 'AI' as the model for gradient removal, prompting a small download first.
You probably need to do this too if you wish to mirror the performance shown :-)
Yes, the developer Jürgen wrote this in a comment that GraXpert needs to be opened at least once before using it through this script.
No. That didnt seem to work. Now it stays on Graxpert and does not revert to PI.
Hey Luke. Great to see Graxpert part of Pixinsight in someway now. Thanks for the update. As for your "friend" Sascha, personally I wouldn't promote him. He was the one that accused me of copying his PixInsight videos earlier this year. Even though I had been doing Pix videos for over 3 years more than he had been doing it. His accusation was completely untrue of course. He is one of the reasons I stopped doing PixInsight videos eventually.
Hey Shawn, it's good to hear from you mate! :-D
Really glad that it's able to be integrated into pixinsight like this, it's seeming like a great tool from the bit of testing I've given it so far!
I'm so sorry to hear of the grievance you've had with Sascha mate, it's a real loss for the community that you've stopped with PixInsight videos though :-( I'd love to see you back in the saddle with it someday if you feel like it, your videos have helped me, among countless thousands of others - you've got a gift for teaching that would be a real shame to not utilize! ❤️
I just saw he'd got a video out covering the news, so thought it's only fair to shout him out, it wouldn't have felt right to do any other 👍
I genuinely do hope you and your family are doing well my friend 🙏
Shawn, I understand your feelings about him. I hope you get back on the wagon so to speak.
That gets me too Shawn, just because someone puts out TH-cam videos on the same subject doesn't automictically make him a 'friend'. As far as the Swish idiot is concerned, he puts out negative videos most of the time, two that come to mind - 1 He ran down Russell Crowman's StarX when it first came out and 2 He had issues with his 365 Telegizmo so what does he do, he puts out a video running Telegizmo down saying that he had the same issue with several of these covers. Mate, read his Patrion page, he's been doing astro since Feb 2022! He's been doing this hobby for less than 2 years and now he's a self-proclaimed expert that thinks he knows everything! Shawn, mate, your videos are 1000% better and more informed than the Swish cheese idiot. Pick up your camera mate, the community misses you! @Lukomatico Love your work
I miss your videos Shawn, as they were really great and helpful. Hope to see you back one day.
Whoa!! You were one of the guys that helped me along the way navigating PI. Please tell me this community isn't going to 💩 on YT too? I stopped frequenting CN from all the a-holes there over the years!
Wow! I tried GraXpert in the past but was annoyed that I had to use an external tool then reload it in PI but now, I have no more excuses! I just tried it and now no more fiddling around with DBE! Thanks so much for the great news! Cheers mate!
Hey Dave! - Absolutely agree mate, no more fiddling with DBE for me hahah :-D Enjoy!
Thanks for the update. And cudos to the developers of graxpert for the added simplicity of integration.
Agreed mate, Kudos to those guys!! 🙏 I like this tool!
Thanks a lot for the shoutout and also for covering this topic - you have a much larger reach than me and I feel everybody should know about this - it really is a huge thing, saves a ton of time and makes DBE completely redundant....
interesting, not once have you found a manual DBE working better than graxpert? if so that’s quite exciting! i liked your review on the moravian instruments camera by the way, nice to have a new piece of equipment to fawn over that i’ll never afford :^)
Hey Sascha! :-D hope you've been well my friend 🙏
The more I played around with the tool, the more it seems like DBE is dead! 😅 I can't believe it's taken me this long to actually try GraXpert out!
Clear skies mate!
This is terrific, Luke! Thanks so much for the update. I've been waiting for this to be integrated into PI. Can't wait to try it out!
Hope you enjoy it Greg my friend!! :-) Clear skies!!
Just tried it on some existing data and I'm impressed. I had not used the previous version due to the need to work with the image files outside PixInsight. With the integration it makes sense to use this tool and I'm very impressed by the results.
Awesome to hear that!! - It seems fantastic to me too! Clear skies :-)
Hi Luko, just want to leave a comment to say thank you. Always appreciate all these informations.
That's really kind of you mate, thank you for taking the time to say that!! :-D Clear skies!
Thanks for the update, Luke - now installed and will be part of my workflow
You're welcome! Excellent to hear it mate :-D Clear skies!
Hola, Luke! Great news to have it directly in PI. One thing: this thing came with a lot of new scripts with it! Lets try those as well. Thanks for the tip, my friend. Have a good one now.
Thanks for the info Enrique!! I didn't know about that!! :-D
Clear skies to you my friend! :-)
Looks like a really great tool mate thanks for sharing your findings, don't worry about getting videos out each week Luke when they are ready is good for us mate
I appreciate that Tony mate 🙏 I'm hoping to feel less stress and enjoy things more! 👍👍
Great stuff Luke! Thanks for the introduction to this tool. I’ve got it installed in PI and looking forward to using it. Thanks buddy! Dr B (Brian) from Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦
Hope you enjoy it Dr. B!! :-) Be well my friend!
@@lukomatico I tried it out last night on my Cygnus Loop image. Incredible result!
Will need to give this a go. I've tried GraXpert before but could never get it to work as well as doing a starless DBE. Being integrated into Pixinsight is definitely a major improvement so it'll be another must have tool if it works well.
Hey Pete!!
It seems to be doing a grand job for me at the moment, but I haven't tested it much yet admittedly - either way, well worth another try I guess mate! - I'd expect the AI is continually improving 🙏
Hope you are keeping well mate!
I love this tool! Been using it for ages!
Excellent to hear it mate!! :-D hope you're keeping well!!
Hey Luke, I’ve heard some whispers about this GraXpert, but not really looked into it🤦♂️ But now I will😀 Thanks for demonstrating that, I’ll definitely be getting that as soon as poss👍 Clear skies mate!
Hey Simon! :-D No problem at all mate, thanks so much for watching! Hope you enjoy it when you give it a go, it's seemingly very good!!
@@lukomatico Just wanted to say Luke, I followed your instructions exactly, and it’s downloaded, installed into Pixinsight and working a treat mate!, just I noticed in the comments below, that some people had problems getting in to work! Your instructions worked for me!😀 Cheers Luke👍
@@SimonsAstro that's genuinely really good to know mate, phew!!! I did worry I'd screwed it up somewhere 😂 thank you so much!!!!
Thanks for the video Luke (Cuiv mentioned you made a video about the PI integration). Been using GraXpert for couple of images already the 'old way' which was not so bad since it was able to do XISF files but since it is in PI it is much better. Cheers
Great to hear! thanks so much for watching matey :-)
I've also been testing this for the last few days. It's really really impressive.
Really glad to hear it mate! :-D It seems tremendous!
Hi there Luke, regarding the new version 2.2.0 GraXpert, I notice if you tick the "Replace the target view" box & "Show background model" box, your astrometric data from wbpp stays intact. If you untick the "Replace the target view" box & get on with the process, you will lose the astrometric data. The Fits header remains blank & you have to use Image Solver before SPCC. Hope you get this message. Thanks mate.
That's great info, Alfred!! Thank you ever so much for taking the time to share this helpful message 👍👍
Clear skies!
This is awesome! Been enjoying using GraXpert with the AI gradient removal which works great!
Awesome to hear it mate!! :-D It's my first day using it and I'm very impressed!!
I will definitely download and install it and integrate it in PixInsight. Do you have to do any settings in GraXpert? Or is just installing it and integrating it with PI and go?
So far I'm just hitting the 'tick' and hoping for the best, haha!! Working well though 👍👍
Wonderful I will try this. Many thanks Luke
My pleasure mate!! :-D
If I may add, it does keep the astrometric data intact if you're using wbpp & not crop the image (usually wbpp does it for you), ready for the SPCC process.
Good to know that!! Thank you for the great info 👍👍
Hey Lukester, is it time for a new HOO workflow video incorporating the latest round of Processes and Scripts?
I think it could be yeah mate! It's certainly something I'll be doing sooner rather than later anyway 👍👍
When I found out I gave it a whirl, I have to say DBE's days are numbered this is such a great tool. Make sure everyone has a updated copy so that it integrates flawlessly.
Hey Nik! - I totally agree haha, DBE is done for at this rate! :-) Clear skies to you my friend!
Thanks for this Luke ! I'm late to the party with graxpert too but just downloaded and set up the script in pixinsight as per your video. I don't know why I hadn't done it sooner because you're right its incredible ! I don't know if you've had time to try this on an old mosaic where there's way more gradients it's just amazing !! I've tended to crop and then use the light pollution tool in APP straight after stacking but this is so much faster and better. Never really rated DBE & ABE so I think this will be my go to for gradients. Great video as always mate 👍 Wow I've just ran this over several images now and have to say it's almost as bigger game changer as blur exterminator (not quite) ! We just need one of these brainy people to come up with a script for halo removal 🤣
Excellent to hear you've enjoyed it so much already Paul mate!! :-D it's a truly cracking tool it seems hey, can't knock it at all!
I was the same btw with APP light pollution removal tool rather than ever really using DBE/abe anymore - this has replaced it for me too haha
All the best my friend 🙏
Hi Luke
Thanks for this
I have used GraXpert before when it first come out but wow its so cool in PI.Fair enough re slowing down a bit re vids....your content is always so useful thanks.But one comment it would be so cool to do a longer processing vid showing all the little steps for that top notch pic and not missing any steps I know for a fact that people would love that content as you are a fantastic teacher
Take care Cheers
Stu
Thanks so much for such an encouraging message Stu! I'll have a good think about a kind of 'extended edition' of some processing runs haha, could be interesting!
Clear skies my friend!
Funny old thing I just found graxpert in scripts yesterday clicked on it and it worked. It downloaded the AI model itself without intervention. I’m on a Mac M1 Max. I’ve now adjusted my workflow to use this in place of DBE 👍🏻
Hey Tom!! - Oh mate that's interesting, I had absolutely no idea it was available that way!? :-O
Looks like I've abandoned DBE too haha, this is way better for me in my testing so far :-) Clear skies mate!
@@lukomatico it works very well. I’ve add an icon that I just drag to the image and Graxpert works in the background and the image just changes perfectly. It’s like magic
Thanks Luke but seems I messed up somewhere. When selecting in Toolbox it opens Graxpert where I can apply and the result does end up in PI. But in your video I dont see Graxpert actually opening. BTW I use a Mac and pointed it to my Graxpert App in the applications folder. Thaks again.
That's odd mate, sorry it's not worked right for you!!
graXpert opens in the background for me, I just see the splash screen and then have to wait while it processes 👍
Perhaps worth a redownload of the Mac version of graXpert, in case it's updated again!
Hi Luke hope you're well mate? I'm guessing this version of Graxpert has the Ai tool built in now? I did try the version that Cuiv put a video about but couldn't get it to work so gonna give it another try as it is a great addon.
Take care give our regards to Chloe & clear skies
Hi mate! We're doing okay mate thank you 🙏 hope the same for you guys!!
It does indeed have the AI tool built in yeah!! You may need to select it from the drop-down box on first run though, unsure 👍👍
Well worth a go it seems!
Take it easy & clear skies buddy!
@@lukomatico Yeah I just tried it, I selected the Ai tool which it downloaded then ran, but the pc had a hissy fit part way through lol, I really need something better as it's holding me back tbh, but it did work eventually lol
exciting, those tests look fantastic! i’d heard graxpert does better than the background extractions in both pix and siril, so this is good until the MARS project comes to fruition. i’m going to build a computer that can actually handle photo editing and processing, do you have an affiliate link for pixinsight as well? or just for the RCastro tools which i’m definitely going to get when i save up enough and use your affiliate links for :)
Hey Gabe!! :-)
Hope you're well mate! 👍
From my (admittedly very limited) testing it seems to be a very robust tool so far, I'm impressed!! It'll be really cool to see how the AI tool shapes up vs the data driven approach of MARS!
Re: affiliate links, I don't have anything for pixinsight sorry!! The RC astro tools links are a massive help though if you use those, it would be greatly appreciated!!! 🙏
Good luck with the PC build my friend!
All the best & clear skies!
Hi Luke. Is there any reason that GraXpert would open in it's own interface, rather than working directly in PI?
Hey Kelly! I think it could be in need of an update if that's the case, perhaps try re-downloading the very latest graXpert, that'd be my first guess 👍 good luck!
Yep, Love, love, love GraXpert
Good to hear you enjoy it Pat!! I'm impressed too my friend
Ok, so it's not just my ancient PC taking forever to open GraXpert. I wonder if it's really taking that long to open or if it's a timed (and therefor terribly annoying) splash screen?
Good question mate!! I really don't know for sure, but I think it might be a splash screen you know, I feel like my pc should open such a relatively small program faster than it does (but it's a minor gripe overall)
I had seen Sasha’s video about this, so I downloaded GraXpert (Mac version) and followed the procedure for adding it as a script to PixInsight. Then I ran it on an APP-stacked image of M31 and I noticed in the PixInsight process box that it said it was downloading the AI component, and it then ran everything on the M31 image. So maybe Pixinsight will do this automatically if one hasn’t checked the AI item in GraXpert itself. I ran GraXpert a couple of more times within PixInsight, and it didn’t do the download routine again, so doing it once seemed to take care of it. I also compared a version of M31 with gradient removal performed in APP to the GraXpert version, and the GraXpert version was better. Not night and day better, but a bit better nonetheless. And way easier without needing to specify all those sample points. As you said in one of your replies to a comment, DBE is dead. Long live GraXpert! Also, don’t feel you need to mimic an assembly line and churn out videos on a weekly schedule. Take your time and enjoy life!😊
Hey there mate! - That's really good information, so glad to hear it will automatically download the AI itself, thank you ever so much for testing and sharing! :-)
I really think it looks like DBE is done for haha, this tool is fantastic it seems!
RE: the schedule, I appreciate that support mate - thank you very much :-) Clear skies!
Thanks Luke, I'll show this new feature to the French community on my channel .
Excellent to hear that my friend!! :-) That's a really good idea!
Clear skies to you!
Hey Luke. Cheers for the vid. You do great work👍👏. I am having a little problem🙈. Already had the AI version of GradEx installed. Added the link to the Pixinsight Repository and went through the check for updates. Closed & opened Pixinsight but no Toolbox menu within Scripts. Any ideas?
Cheers man👍
Had a look at @astrjohnomer5636 comments below. All sorted now. Indeed I had to go into: Scripts - Feature Scripts - Add then into C:\Program Files\PixInsight\src\scripts\Toolbox.
Sorry about the late reply mate!! I'm very glad you found the solution and shared it here!! :-)
Enjoy 🙏
This has quickly become my new favorite tool... Along with APP lol
Same here Walter!! It's so darn good, haha
That's a video idea I'm looking forward to. Hoping MARS performs really well
Hopefully yeah!! I'd love if it was the ultimate solution to all our gradient woes! :-) Clear skies!
You must set the path to GraXpert executable before running the script in Pixinsight.
The only Graxpert folder I found on my C;\ after installing was under User\me\AppData\Local\GraXpert\GraxPert\ where I found a preferences.json - a JAVA script file.
Is this the correct executable, because I could not find a graxpert.exe anyplace.
Hey mate! In the vid I show myself making a copy to the downloaded .exe and putting it in the pixinsight folder directly to solve this, give that a go 👍
Works great!
@@lukomatico My mistake, I should never make additions to Pixinsight late at night. Where does GraXpert fit into your workflow? Do you run it before or after BlurX?
Hi Luke, AVG is blocking graxpert from running and reports a virus every time you try to run graxpert in Pixinsight. What virus scanner are you using ?
Just windows defender mate! sorry I can't be much help here
I made a comment earlier about not being able to run Graxpert and I thought I should say that it turns out GraXpert will not run if I have my second monitor running as an extended display. it apperently cannot find an "end point"?
Very interesting information Bob!! That's something that'll likely end up ironed out in future patches/releases I'd hope.
All the best,
Luke
I got it all installed and it shows up in Pixinsight, but when I click on Graxpert, I get a signature validation error. Any idea what could be causing that?
If I run Graxpert from the desktop it works fine, it's just through pixinsight, it I get that error, so it doesn't even pop up that window where you showed it where the program is located.
Sorry to hear that mate, I had a similar issue after the latest update - you can try to rename the graXpert version I believe to solve it, there's instructions online if you search for the specific error message IIRC 👍
Good luck!
In my opinion, it works better on mono frames. It makes pictures more red if they are color. It could be fixed by running DBE after this.
Good to know Ana, thanks for the info! - on OSC images it seems to have the added effect of doing a background neutralize, giving the strong reds a head start before any further processing (still works fine with either my own manual method, or normalization tools though luckily!)
Clear skies to you! :-)
@@lukomatico Yes, this is what takes place. In any case, this is awesome software.
Hi luk I hope you can help me. I followed your instructions but once I pasted the repository link and searched for updates, I got this message. As if he couldn't find it. The message in question is the following:
"UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD REPOSITORY INFORMATION"
I'm afraid I don't really know what it could be mate!! May be worth another try today incase the server was experiencing a lot of load 👍
@@lukomatico ok thanks my friends... I will try ☺️
Outstanding!
Great video luke thank you mate cheers.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching mate :-)
Anyone having an issue installing this? I get an error resolve issue with 404 error when checking for updates. I’ve double checked all addresses and verified all syntax is correct but cannot get it to update.
Could be PixInsight version incompatibility? my install is perhaps 1-ish months old I think if that's any help!
Will this only work with the newest version of pixinsight? I got an error saying i dont have the newest version installed.
Mine is about a month old mate if that's any help 👍
Did you get the latest version of graXpert too?
@lukomatico ive downloaded from your link. But when i click it, its not loading. I het the black graxpert" logo. But that stays on the screen and nothing happens. The graxpert window doesnt pop up.
What is the link to the repository? I can't make it out from the video.
It's in the description mate 👍👍
I tried GraXpert AI on M33 and it failed miserably with the default settings. Clearly not ready for prime time.
Sorry to hear it mate! hopefully as the AI matures it'll be able to tackle even the most complex of gradients :-) Clear skies!
Late to this party! Amazing tool - has anyone got a tutorial to get CUDA/GPU acceleration to work ?
Good question!!
Pixinsight will not get the utility. Reports "invalid attribute name"?
I'm guessing at a PixInsight install age issue? my install is about a month old if that's any help, sorry I can't offer a concise solution for this mate :-(
Hi Luke, followed your install and the tool option did not show up in script drop down , any suggestion thanks
Sorry to hear it mate! Are you on a relatively recent version of pixinsight? Mines about 1 month old I think for reference 👍 that'd be the first thing to check!
Thanks for the reply, worked out what to do. Went to scripts -feature scripts-add-then selected toolbox-select folder-then done , it will appear in script drop down.@@lukomatico
Thanks for the resolution! I had the same issue. @@astrjohnomer5636
I tried to downloadload this and my anti-virus quarantined it saying it has malware. Has anyone else had this problem?
the virus was Win64:Malware-gen
I'd double check this out, did you download direct from the link in the description?
It could be a false positive too.
@@lukomatico I downloaded straight from the link. I contacted the website and they assured me it was safe and that it was, as you suggest Luke, a false positive.
Pretty soon we wont be able to make the claim that astrophotography is "hard" 🤣
Lmao!! True mate honestly, and I'm here for it! 😂
Clear skies buddy!
This kind of performance...for FREE? Almost unheard of.
Agreed mate! Seems pretty crazy 👍👍 really happy with it so far!
repository will not load, network error code 404. i have removed it and added back in, no luck at all. also get signature error
Hey there! - just to be sure, and sorry if this seems obvious but, you're trying to import the URL into pixinsight and not trying to open to repository in a web browser, correct?
Network error on the repository info
You need to just copy the link into the scripts tool in pixinsight, not open it (that will return a 404 error)🙏 hope that helps!
@@lukomatico thanks I got it installed into PixInsight.
Brilliant :)
Thanks so much for watching and giving your support mate!! :-) Clear skies!
Anyone else not able to get graxpert to work?
Is your pixinsight up to date mate?
@lukomatico yes sir it is. When i go to start the graxpert process, the logo comes on the screen and nothing happens. Does that usually take a long time to open and run?
It does take a while to complete even on a fast system 👍
@lukomatico it takes a while for graxpert to even open?
Perhaps not open, no - but to actually run through a process it takes a little bit 👍
There has to be an easier way to add new features to PI...
I agree Peter, one day I'd hope it was easier - but for now this is all we've got! Clear skies mate :-)
correct
And of course it's not working with current versions of Pixinsight as 80% of these video tutorials never work with what you have. I Should have known better.
I can't help it when installation methods change over time mate, that's just the way things go