This was a real treat to watch. You have such a patient way of working with the data you acquire from a session. Ultimately you can see the benefit in the end product. Thank you for what you bring to the community. Clear skies!

Amazing tutorial, followed it step by step on the West Veil nebula and for the first time I actually get a picture that starts looking like a proper astrophotography :) Thanks so much Trevor!

Trevor, just one last thank you for this excellent tutorial. You provided more than enough for a first time PS user like me to explore Photoshop by applying your techniques, and to confidently adventure forward to find my own methods. Just a couple of weeks ago, I had no clue how to go about this. Today I have my own pre and post processed images of M31 and M33, both from my Bortle 8-9 backyard. They are far better than I ever imagined my fist images could possibly be.

Took me an entire evening to go step by step and follow along but it was really worth it. A little bit slower would be nice but I would have stopped every few seconds anyway to listen twice and try to understand things rather than just copying every click. Thank you so much, I got really hooked up!

Thanks so much Trevor for this tutorial. You have nailed it for me. THE best in depth tutorial I have found. I followed your workflow and Bingo! I know how to process properly my DSO images. Thanks once again mate. - Craig M

I think your video has provided tremendous insight into the depth of image processing. Seeing how you do it in Photoshop was an added bonus as far as I'm concerned. Seems to me the rest is up to those of us who want to explore it by doing, not by being taught. I know I'm stoked. Thank you very much for sharing some of your experience. Well done, sir.

Hi Trevor, Thank you for providing such an awesome tutorial. I am blown away by how much I learnt from this. It completely transformed my attempt at capturing Orion!

Thanks Trevor, most helpful!

This has helped me a lot - i don't always follow the steps 100% - but i found it very useful to learn techniques - my images are significantly better now than when i first started post-processing

Thank you Trevor! I just got my first successful deep sky image and this tutorial made my day!

Thank you, this was very helpful!

Now done with my 5th ever image. This tutorial is so dang helpful, all 3 successful images look as good as I think they could be with the gear I have. Thank you so much!

This is a really good tutorial. I don't have the Astronomy Tools Actions Set and yet by following the curves, levels, saturation and vibrance steps on my backyard astrophoto it improved like 200% Thanks for your good tips and good pace in the video. Clear Skies!!

Thank you Trevor. This is just what I need for processing my DSLR RAW files. Forecast is clear tonight in my corner of the UK. So I will be having ago at IC 1848 with my 80mm and EOS 1000D

Thanks so much for this video dude. Took my first shot at astrophotography two nights ago and I edited mine along with this, and it looks incredible.

Awesome tutorial! So many tricks that I didn't know about. Great resource for someone relatively new to the hobby.

Amazing tutorial! 🔥

Thanks for this very helpful tutorial ! And beautiful result !

Thank you very much Trevor... Awesome video and tutorial! Your very talented bro

I know this is an old video of yours, but thank you for taking the time to post this tutorial. This makes me want to go back through all my old data and redo everything.

can't thank you enough Man!! thought my image was useless but after following this, i couldn't be happier!

Thanks for sharing. Going to watch it again and again.

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you!!!!!!

Great tutorial, I have so much more to learn. Thank you for sharing this.

Amazing tutorial !!! Thank you very much !!! 🤘🏼😆

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm just starting so this will help a lot.

Thank you soo much for sharing this invaluable knowledge

Well...2 weeks ago I could not make sense of this. Since playing around with PS and watching various other tutorials I am able to follow. Your work flow is artistic, which I like. Thanks.

Amazing Tutorial! Thanks and I will share soon my image!!!

This past weekend I finally achieved a long time goal of capturing and processing my first astrophoto. I just wanted to say thanks for all the content you put out, Trevor. This video especially helped me learn techniques and ideas for editing my shot of M42. Just wanted to spread some good news in all the chaos of the world.

@James-gg7un

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Same!

I know this is an older video, but this helped me so much on editing my first longer stack of data, i really appreciate you putting out these kind of videos. ill have to try out those astronomy tool set when I have some extra cash to spend that you suggested we use. I can definitely see where it would help me if i had those tools

great tutorial! really usefull! congrats!

This video as dramatically improved my photoshop skills...thanks! 🤩

Thanks Trevor. I just copied 1 image of omega Centauri I took last night 16 times, did a few darks and biases today and this process worked a treat on that 1 image! Cheers from a noob 👍

This was so helpful. Thank you!!! :-)

this technique is very interesting. thank you!

Coming from Lightroom, I'm still getting my head around alot of this but this video was really great. Thanks for sharing

Thanks a lot for this mate! Love your channel. I got a bushnell scope about 10 years ago, but never got to try some deep sky photos with it. Inspired by your channel, I’ll give it a go with my a7sII. Hope it works :)

very nicely you explained. I tried doing it with a click I had, was my first try. But I'll try to practice more. your tutorial was really nice and it helped me get a nice processed image.

Great Tutorial Just bought Astronomy action set Because of this video

Wow... great stuff man! I love your channel!!!

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kris!!

Trevor, you obviously have a real grasp on using CC for processing, but you have two significant areas you really need to address when doing a tutorial. First, you need to tether your mouse to your table! I know what is happening. While you are talking, you just have to have your cursor racing around. It's nearly impossible to follow your workflow because I can't tell when you are talking about where the cursor is or you are just thinking out loud. Second, you race from one step to the next so fast that I can't tell what you are wandering past, and when you are clicking on something. Many years ago I wanted to learn how to play a 12 string guitar. So, I bought a 12 string guitar album by Glen Campbell. I started and stopped the record every few seconds so I could duplicate the notes he was playing. That's what I have to do with your tutorial. Instead of learning how to use CC, I am constantly starting, stopping, reversing your video. I spend more time and energy trying to follow you than learning. Please understand: Your tutorial is the best on KZread, so it's worth the time and effort, BUT slow down (don't think out loud), and control your cursor. Now, back to the video.

Very useful tutorial Trevor

Nice Tutorial :) Iam total newbies on astrophoto so i gonna follow u and learn me more about this.

I watched this a while back but not closely enough. I revisited this recently and what a difference! I thought I had a lot of bad data due to my light pollution, but it turns out I just sucked ad processing it! Thanks x a million. This made a world of difference for me.

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks Tony!!

@mesample1705

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, Anthony. Trevor. state every menu level as you go through them and I recommend you click on each level so the viewer can see where your mouse is. Most of your viewers are trying to learn this rather than review your content. We learning are having difficulty following you. Think how you would want a teacher to tutor.

Very interesting tutorial!

Nice vid very helpful thnx a lot ;-)

Thank you this was so helpful for a newbie to photoshop and astrophotography I learnt so much.

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!!

I'm just a beginner but this tutorial is just amazing... Seeing the stacked image always looks like a disappointment to me but than I follow your steps and ..boom there is the detail.

This video was amazing, explained very very good. As amateur im and I was trying to bring my 1 h data but almost I couldn't bc of noise and not enough data on my pic and while I was watching ur video I was able to bring a lot more better Amazing tutorial

Hey Trevor, probebly one of your newest subscribers! Great videos. (and images) Your passion is undeniable and shows in every video. I have a question about photoshop, are the features like "Astronomy tools" standard on photoshop or something that's an additional feature?

Great Job! I'd like to see more! 😊

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+Hartmut S. Thank you!

@AstroBackyard- I processed the data and posted it on my facebook page with the hashtag #AstroBackyardChallenge. Those plug ins work exceptionally well. I have only been doing astrophotography for about 6 months so far. I have an old Canon EOS Xs Digital SLR camera that I modified myself for astrophotography. I have never messed with any cameras and I will admit it was a bit nerve racking as I tore into the camera as soon as I bought it. I didn't use it any before I done the mod. All I did was test it out and make sure everything was in good working condition as I bought it used for a really good deal. I am pretty well satisfied with the camera. I like 1000x better than my Nikon DSLR I had when I first started. But it's all in what you like I guess. Thanks for posting this video. You do some amazing astrophotography and you are inspiring to me and make me wanna keep going and keep learning and improving. Clear Skies! -B.A-

Super tutorial!

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+jfmaniac Thanks man

Awesome! Great tutorial, thank you for that! Do you know a workaround for the gradient terminator?

Nicely done Trevor :)

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+NikonJax Thanks!

Excellent video. I hope to get back to Astrophotography again soon.

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+Stan Baugham Thanks Stan!

Great tutorial, thanks a ton. any chance you have one for milky way processing?

Did the whole tutorial to see how it would affect my own procedures, was great!, image I was working on is way better then before. I also imaged this nebula, I called it the embryo nebula 😂

Great tutorial and great help. From image that looks bad, to beautiful image, that is excellent. I had similar problems on night sky timelapse with IR cut filter removed. Now I know how I can help bring more details. Thanks.

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+wildlab.org Thank you. I am glad you found this useful!

Thank you so much! Helped me a lot!

Thanks for the tutorial.

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+ab pho my pleasure

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+ab pho My pleasure

I always love your videos. This one was awesome as well but as someone just learning to use photoshop, this was not something I could keep along with. Still enjoyed it. I just need to find a more beginner course video. Cant complain tho, it was very informational

Dear Trevor/All....at index 5:52 the white point is set at 248. I was wondering where that so specific number came from. Please be so kind to explain.

@GarySizer

3 жыл бұрын

I literally just paused the video and came to the comments to see if anyone else was asking and/or explaining where the 19 and 248 came from.

Wonderful but crazy!!! I say crazy because my mind is fried now after watching that... I have so much to learn on the processing side of it all, going to give it my best shot though. Is it possible for you to provide us greenhorns a tutorial on basic astrophotography image processing in photoshop, a sort of stepping stone approach for those, like me, who need to get started with photoshop on a beginner's level. It would sure help me but I realize that may be a crazy request also..........love the channel.

Congratulations for 11k subs astrobackyard from india

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+Avadhesh Mishra Thank you Avadhesh! Clear skies my friend

This will be an objective for me in 2018..mastering photoshop and image stacker ...great tutorial mate ...althought im gonna put in my favorites 😎😀...because i'm gonna view this one alot of times 😉😊

@sangej01

5 жыл бұрын

Metal Detecting Southern Netherlands h

I appreciate the noveria planet theme 👌

This was great, just improved some older photos big time! Keep the work up, awesome channel!

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+devilmastah Glad to hear that, thank you!

thanks for the tutorial bro, it is a great help also what is the name of that nebula in terms of ngc number

WOw nice ! Thanks a lot Trevor Did you use a single exposure image taken through a telescope with a DSLR ?

how did you determine that 248 was the right point to set for all R G B white points?

@ronbaldwin6382

3 жыл бұрын

When doing a stretch using curves, you need a little headroom so the RGB values don't get slammed (clipped) at 254.

@maciejzmuda1339

3 жыл бұрын

I might be 247, doesn't really matter. What matters, you have to set the same value for all the channels.

Hi! thanks a lot for this video. What light pollution filter did you use?

Hello, I've been watching your videos for a while now and really appreciate everything you have taught me for my new hobby. I downloaded the astronomy tools kit and it worked amazing the first time. But using it now when ever I run an action I need to manually confirm each subaction it does. What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Dear Trevor, Thanks very much for your video ! I almost have seen all your videos and looking at them is very encoraging ! I just started overnew looking to the stars. Have my equipment running and made a first picture. I used Deep Sky stacker for stacking the pictures and now I need to buy some software to play around and finaly make a picture. Is it true that Adobe itself does not sell the Astronomy Tool ? Can it be bougth anyware else ? Many thanks for your reply. Wim Nelissen, The Netherlands

Hi, would this tutorial work just as well for any other image? I photographed M31 the night before last and wondered if the general work flow would yield good results for it?

@astrobackyard File name: HOLYSHIT I just laughed so hard at that! Thanks for the videos. I just bought photoshop in January and following your videos is helping tremendously!

@cmelton.photography

5 жыл бұрын

I saw that. Lol

thanks for this informative video. have also downloaded your PDF. i have a question though. all my recent stacks with siril or ASIstack have produced a tiff that upon openning it in PS to follow your steps, there is little to none space to the left of the histogram. meaning i am unable to even begin the threshold level step. it seems to me that DSS is doing some stretch? thanks

Hi Trevor, videos are great! A question... in a curves layer you pick a point on the line and can move it up/ down or left or right. I get what the up/down movement does but what is the effect of moving a point left/right? Can't find the answer anywhere.

Trevor, please do another tutorial on processing. Slow it down a bit with more commentary on why you pick a certain function and what it does to the photo. Thanks!

I am really enjoying all your videos. When you sample a point, your info panel RGB seems to have two numbers against each colour which are separated by a slash. My info panel only has one and I'm not sure of the significance of this difference in trying to follow what you are doing. Any ideas why mines different? Googling hasn't solved it for me yet...

Whats the perfect magnification to see a Nebula? When you do find Nebulas from your backyard, do you see the colors or do you have to photoshop first?

That's what happen when you really put attention to the process...you even notice the file names haha. Fantastic video Trevor.

@AstroBackyard

6 жыл бұрын

+Jairo Vrolijk haha oh man I was waiting to see if anyone noticed. Thats funny. Thanks Jairo

The funny part is I’m new to this and I had a friend who recommended your video this one in particular I certainly don’t know how in the name of God he would expect me to be able to grasp all of this at the speed it’s going

I know it is an old post or upload of the video, but i just saw it recently, so my question is, what is your impression about this scope quality? Did you compare it to another APO scope? would you recommend it for someone who looks for cheap small wide APO refractor scope? is it a triplet or doublet with additional optics or is it including a flattener as built in?

Can u please re upload the stacked soul nebula . I really want to practice editing

please can you tell us which version of PS You are using. Mine is PS CreativitySuite; of 2005. Do You use additional add-up to Photoshop and if so which are these? Thank You for kind answer.

It would be great if you would mention why are you doing what. Like what are you trying to achieve and how.

So when you convert to a 16 bit image, the HDR toning window pops up... Im not getting that popping up to choose exposure and gamma as you say we should use. Im using latest updated Photoshop 2020. I see the HDR toning under image->Adjustment->HDR Toning. Does it make that big of a difference to do that after converting to 16 bit since that window doesnt pop up? Or...?

One question, how long time took you to learn PS? I would really like to start use PS.

So once you oped the dss.tif and edit in ps. Can you then reduce the image size and save as a Web based image. My tif won't allow me to reduce or save as a Web image.

is this only for deep sky or can use also for editing milkyway shots? Thanks in advance

I wonder, have you ever tried Astro pixel processor? End do you like it? I look at that because ps is quite expensive... 😕 Btw I love your vid’s and cast’s Looking forward to the next every time

where to get all though plugin? so usefull !

please suggest something for manual mount users as we cant get 5 hrs of exposure.

Oh and did you get Todd Howards blessing to use the skyrim music at the end 😉

If anybody's on Mac and wondering the shortcut for the "stamp" he mentions at the 7:00 mark it's: Shift + Option + Command + N + E. Took me a bit to figure it out :)

@marcthomas9831

4 жыл бұрын

I was desperately trying to work that out, thanks!

@viennacentervienna9160

3 жыл бұрын

In MAC it's Shift+Option+Command+E :)

@svaphrodite

3 жыл бұрын

@@viennacentervienna9160 Exactly -- Correct!

@JH-oe6yo

3 жыл бұрын

thank you very much, I was going crazy

@danieprinsloo6153

2 жыл бұрын

You are awesome!!!!!! I was just about to throw my whole astro rig in the bin.

I have version 1.4, an the Apr 20 update. How do I get the Jun update? No link found?

Trevor. Is there a standalone Photoshop package

What’s your settings in photoshop as the video confusing me from the start as my settings are different to yours and can’t follow along 🙆🏼