I believe that color mask icons are using the wrong color space (CIEh vs H). Try running them against an actual color wheel image. Please tell me I'm wrong. Take a look at Adam Block's video on the PixInsight ColorMask Script fix.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey Brian! - The tools linked in this video are updated already if you need to redownload, but I do have an updated version of the tools from Bill that I'm about to upload to replace the original files from the first "colour mask" video where they were released :-) Hope that helps!

@BoeingBrian

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico I sent you a message and some images to you on Instagram.

Thank you for this tutorial! With it, I was able to reprocess one of my old images of the Horsehead and Flame nebulas and I was very impressed with the results. One note for anybody else following it along, a recent update to PI removed the platesolving functions from PCC, so you'll probably need to use Script > Image Analysis > Image Solver prior to using PCC or the new SPCC.

UPDATE - Since the new PixInsight update the "PCC" step starting at 6:07 in the video should be skipped and replaced instead with "process > colour calibration > background neutralization" first, and then "process > colour calibration > colour calibration" running both of these at defaults should be fine - then apply a fresh STF stretch & if needed, a final SCNR (drag and drop should be fine) - skip to 7:30 in the video and continue 🙂 Sorry for any confusion this has caused people! Alternatively, if you have the fantastic RC astro tools then this newer video of mine would be preferable to follow now :-) it can be applied to many targets, not just galaxies. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2yqq8WJk5Swl84.html

@ianjeffery3762

29 күн бұрын

sadly, now the "PCC" step is not relevent, i have no idea what i should be doing with the colour calibration :-( maybe a newer video is required ?

@lukomatico

29 күн бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2yqq8WJk5Swl84.html is a newer video on this type of subject - it does use some further paid software though

Luke, thanks so much for ALL your videos and providing the data content is priceless. to follow along with you is the greatest training tool! i have learned a lot from all your videos. thank you again for helping me with my AP journey.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear Donna! - I'm over the moon that you've found my videos so useful! :-) Thank you very much indeed for leaving such a nice comment, I appreciate it! All the best, Luke

Hi Luke, THIS was were i was looking for! Thank you for your clear walk through PI. Keep up the good work.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome Bas!! - Thank you very much indeed my friend, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video! :-)

You really do a phenomenal job of making this rather challenging application more approachable and understandable. Well done, and many thanks!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much James!! That's good of you to say mate :-) Clear skies!

This was so perfect! I am learning so much following along. Thank you for doing these.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear these are useful for you :-D thanks so much for watching and giving your support!!

Well done Luke! Thank you for taking the time to make this video and providing the links, the data and the toolset! VERY helpful! :)

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Pat! - I'm so happy to have helped, thank you very much indeed for taking the time to watch and comment my friend! :-) Clear skies!

Thank you so much for all the efforts to bring this to the masses Luke.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure mate!! Thank you very much for such a kind message! :-) clear skies!

Thanks a lot, I spent a week looking for a good (& recent) M45 tutorial. Perfect timing !

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome haha!! - So happy to hear it's worked out well for you! :-D

Hey Luke, thanks so much for the Tutorial! This really sped up my learning and I'm already processing my image (properly) after just one day of using PI. Can't thank you enough for making is easy to follow and not skipping on the obvious shortcuts. Best wishes for you and your channel. Subbed!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Really happy to hear that mate, thank you so much for the positive comment - it's really lifted my day! :-) clear skies my friend!

thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial. I followed along with some old data that I had given up on and your guidance made it AMAZING!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Really happy to hear that Michael!! :-) It always makes me smile to hear things have gone well! Thanks so much for watching and getting in touch!

I love how comprehensive you made this tutorial!! I am still learning, and your channel has helped me exponentially!!

@lukomatico

8 ай бұрын

That's wonderful to hear my friend, thank you ever so much!!

Your tutorials are just awesome! I went ahead and found my way to using Pixinsight + Topaz De-noise great software. I'll be revisiting my Pleiades images using your tutorial(s) during rainy days. Thanks again on all your great work!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear Mary! I'm so happy you found them useful :-D Thanks so much for watching and leaving a great comment! Clear skies!

Excellent tutorial. Really helped me as I start my astrophotography journey. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos

@lukomatico

7 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching my friend :-)

That is exactly what I did a few months ago. I just sit down and did it. I studied videos about each tool and also tutorials like this and finally can do a pretty good job with it. Thanks for your videos and all you do.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome! - Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment my friend :-) Clear skies!

Thank you. Just like you after a couple of days and watching other "Tutorials for beginners" I was ready to give up. You don't assume we know anything which is the problem with most of the others and I thank you again for that, PI makes such a difference to my astro images. Looking forward to learning more from the rest of the series.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ron! I'm extremely glad to hear you found the tutorial useful my friend, Good luck with furthering your processing, and clear skies! :-)

came across this by searching, one of the easiest tutorials to follow and with providing the base data as well. Thank you

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting Brian :-)

Excellent video. Look forward to more.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Allen! :-)

Hi Luke. Thanks for the excellent tutorial. Much like you described in the intro, I too was well into the trial period and was getting quite frustrated with my progress (or lack there of). I was struggling a bit, was starting to feel a little dumb and was just about ready to call it quits. Your video really helped fill in some gaps and has me feeling a lot more comfortable with Pixinsight. There is still so much to learn, but my confidence is higher and I am looking forward to the journey ahead. Thanks :)

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Ah mate that's just fantastic to read, thank you so much for the wonderful comment!! - It's always hugely encouraging to see people using the tutorials and forging ahead with their own learning too, superb!! Thanks for sharing, and for watching too! All the best, Luke

That tutorial was first class - For the first time I feel I've learned rather than just followed along - brilliant work

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that Simon!! Thanks for the lovely feedback :-)

Hey Luke, excellent tutorial! An exciting series to come! one which I will follow with interest as I’m still learning Pixinsight! This will help many people, me included, so a huge thanks for that and for sharing your data, that’s brilliant mate, especially for people who struggle to get their own data to work with! I wish you great success with this series, a great idea mate! Cheers Luke and clear skies!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's so nice of you to say Simon, - genuinely appreciate that matey! I'm still learning PixInsight myself which makes me an odd fit as a 'teacher' of sorts, I guess! - all the same, what little I know I'm more than happy to share :-D Hope you have a cracking weekend ahead bud, all the very best!

@SimonsAstro

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico Thanks Luke, building the Obsey this weekend 😀

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

@@SimonsAstro Oh yes indeedy! Fantastic to hear that mate, good luck!! :-)

Brilliant . I've just bought pixinsight this is going to help loads .Thanks Luke

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's just fantastic to hear Dave!! - I hope the coming videos help you out as you get to grips with the program my friend! :-) As always, thank you for watching and for your continued support mate - It is appreciated! Clear skies!

As a PI newbie I am so grateful that you took the time to do this video. It helped me so much.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear mate! - Thank you so much for giving it a go and letting me know how it went! Clear skies!

Thank you Luke for this video. PI is finally making sense at the beginner level thanks to you

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear Craig! Thank you so much for the kind comment mate! 👍👍

Another corker of a video, Luke! Excellent, clear and concise as always! Nice job! :)

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for that!! :-D Really happy to hear you liked it my friend, clear skies!

I started out in EAA/AP a couple months ago and stumbled onto your siril tutorials with personal success. As expected, I plan to migrate to PI soon and find all your videos easiest to follow, understand and actually produce outstanding results. Thanks for your efforts, much appreciated from Oregon, USA.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's really kind of you to say my friend, thank you! - I hope you enjoy your migration to PI, it's a heck of a program! :-) Good luck and clear skies bud!

Great run through Luke.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave mate!! :-)

Fantastic tutorial, Luke! I had gotten the PI trial a few weeks ago, became despondent at the learning curve, and almost gave up...this vid gives me new hope! Thank you!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's lovely to hear Julian!! Very glad for you my friend :-D Clear skies!!

Relatively New to PI and this tutorial really helped me along the path to better astrophotography. Great Job.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate!! Really happy to hear you've found this useful :-) Clear skies!

Hey Luke! Your explanation and pacing would stand in good stead for a teaching role I reckon, excellent job mate! Easy to understand and follow, not rushed so it can sink in, perfect. This is going to be a very popular video, worth the hard work that must have gone into it. Always nice to see what your up to on a Friday evening, a good start to the weekend :)

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Bahhh you'll make me blush mate haha! :-D I'm really chuffed to hear you think so highly of my methods bud, it's very flattering indeed! As always, I want to say thank you for all your support over the last whoever knows how long at this point, a long time anyway! - I appreciate it! Clear skies mate, and I hope you have a super weekend

Thanks Luke great tutorial as usual

@lukomatico

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it my friend, thank you!! :-)

I did what you suggested and icons showed up Thanks a lot!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it mate!! :-D

Lifesaver for a newcomer in PixInsight! Best tutorial to get jump started! great job! THANK YOU!!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Fabulous to hear that Albert! Thank you so much my friend :-)

Thanks for this Luke. I'm just starting back after 3 years of losing my mojo with AP. PS has always been a drag for me so this tutorial is perfect. I got myself some data on M45 last night as it was my 1st night trying to get my rig working remotely so thought I'd search M45 and PixInsite and found this video from one of my fav and subbed sites!! Thanks Luke and more of the same please.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that Dan!! - I'm super pleased you've got your mojo back and found this useful my friend, and good job on getting your rig up and running remotely - that's a great accomplishment! Thanks for watching!

Great video and easily explained your process, so thank you very much for your time and effort. Very much appreciated.

@lukomatico

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!!

Without question, the best video I’ve seen for this program. It was so confusing before I watch this and it will still take time to learn but thank you so much as you really helped the community with this. I’m so excited to be able to edit these pictures thank you

@lukomatico

3 ай бұрын

That's so kind of you to say my friend, thank you!! Glad it was helpful 👍👍

Thanks Luke, that was very helpful, nicely detailed in every step.

@lukomatico

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!! 👍👍

Thank you so much. Very happy how my first edit turned out. After figuring out how the new SPCC, GAIA and the 60GB download of XPSD files are connected, the rest was easy thanks to your video.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Sorry about the SPCC/GAIA roadblock in the middle haha, I'll have to update this tutorial at some point for sure!

Thanks Luke! I was kinda hesitant going down the PixInsight route but with what you've shown it might actually be something I could do as well. Thanks for your hard work!!

@lukomatico

19 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching mate!!

I've had pixinsight on my PC now for about a year and despite the cost, I've given up in the past trying to get onto it. I'm just so used to PS that I couldnt get my head around the transition to a new programme. However I was sent a link to your channel today, and after watching this video, it's made the initial entry managable. I appreciate the simplicity of it and the pace is just right. Thank you!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to read that my friend, thank you very much for watching and sharing a great comment, and thank you to the person who shared my video to you also! :-) Clear skies!

Great tutorial, Luke! PI could be very hard at the beginning but it's also a lot of fun. I am looking forward to capturing M45 in the next months. CS and have a nice weekend!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Ah mate thank you! - I'd love to see how your M45 turns out when it's finished bud, please do tag me if you post it on any socials etc! :-) Hope you have a super weekend too mate, all the best!

@stephen.and.the.huskies3741

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico Sure, I will kindly do. I am on Instagram - same name 😉

Excellent Tutorial! Congrats!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers mate! :-D

I've processed my first ever image and chose this target so I could follow your tutorial. Wow! I'm amazed at the outcome. -9 degrees aside, I am genuinely amazed at my result and this tutorial helped walk me through my first journey into using PixInsight. Thank you Luke for sharing your channel and sharing your skills, clear skies! I'm off to get the image developed and I can display it my the study.

@lukomatico

5 ай бұрын

That's just superb to hear, Robin!! Thanks so much for sharing your success story, I'm so happy to hear it! All the best & clear skies!

Hi Luke, I have been thinking about getting PixInsight for myself and this video is a great start for me. A big thank you for your instructions on it. Cs

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Ray! I'll have to redo these tutorials at some point as certain things have changed now, but I'm glad it was useful to get an idea of how it looks when processing in pixinsight my friend!! :-) Hope you are well!

@azrayastrophotography2260

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Luke, I'm doing well thanks for asking. I hope all is well with you also. I will look forward to seeing the tutorials when they come out, Hope you have clear skies and get a chance to get under the stars. Take care my friend. Cs

Excellent work Luke, this will be a massive help to many. Very clearly explained. clear skies mate.

@yourfavoriteastronerd

Жыл бұрын

That was very nice Luke! What format do you use to export the image from Pixinsight? I noticed , certain formats look very different in Photoshop. Would be glad to support ! Thanks for your precious time. Diana

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey Glenn! - Thank you so much, that means a lot coming from you mate :-) Hope you've got a cracking weekend ahead bud, all the best!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Diana! - I'll be honest I often just export as .jpeg at 100% quality! the reason I don't use .png or similar is simply because some video editing programs occasionally throw a fit with them (shotcut used to regularly trip me up) , additionally some socials act strange with larger file sizes it seems (looking at you, Instagram) so .jpeg it is haha! :-) Thanks so much for your support!! - Hope you have a great weekend, and hopefully some clear skies!

@yourfavoriteastronerd

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I will check your links and support ! Your videos are very good with great production too. Nice audio, all great. Have a great weekend too! Diana

Great tutorial, especially for a Pixinsight beginner! Thank you!

@lukomatico

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Clear skies!

I don’t have pixinsight but i still watch it from start to end 😂 great explanation, very thorough and articulate, thanks!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Ah mate that's going above and beyond haha! :-) I really do appreciate the support, I'm so happy to hear that you found the video interesting still as a non PixInsight user! Hope you have a superb week ahead bud, Clear skies!

Thank you. Just what I was looking for. Great data.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Randy!! - Clear skies my friend :-)

Hi Luke I just want to say the reason I haven't not got into astrophotography is the post processing it never looked enjoyable to me but you're teaching method is very relaxed clear and concise and I believe you changed my mind LOL thanks again!

@lukomatico

10 ай бұрын

That's really kind of you to say my friend, thank you!! - I'll hopefully be coming out with some updated tutorials soon to refresh these as things have changed a bit since these tutorials were published though! :-D Best of luck to you mate if you do get started with Astrophotography, it's a worthy endeavour in my opinion! Clear skies! :-)

Brilliant, tutorial, Luke :)

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it my friend! Thank you for the support :-)

Hey Luke, just wanted to say… seriously this video alone has been the key to allow me to really get started in this hobby … seriously to be able to produce an image with this guidance .. so early on in the hobby, it’s a total bonus

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey again mate! - I was just working my way through the recent comments when I saw your kind donation! Thank you again, honestly that has made my whole month haha! Reading something like this is honestly magic to me, I'm so very happy to hear that the video has been helpful to you and got you off to a good start! :-) Thanks for taking the time to spread some positivity, it's so welcomed! All the best wishes! Luke

@BlackravenarmouryUk

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico seriously Luke, I have my own online Academy although I don’t give freebies like this… I just feel it’s important to show thanks with more than just a comment. If you saw What are my first image look like 2 1/2 weeks ago & what the same in which looks like today thanks to your tutorial… If you ever decide you’d like to take it a step further give me a shout, I think I could help if you wanted to take things to another level

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear mate, honestly it's hard for me to express in words alone just how it makes me feel to hear that my efforts in making videos have actually helped folk progress! :-) I'll certainly bear your kind offer in mind by the way, I do like to offer things for free wherever possible but admittedly it doesn't make much sense to do that from a financial/business perspective sometimes! :-) As a side note, would it be OK with you if I added you to my video end credits list? I want to show my appreciation somehow! :-) Thanks again!

Thank you so much for the demonstration on how to use pixinsight it was a big help.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul! - I'm really glad that you found it interesting my friend! :-) I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment, and I just wanted to say thank you for joining my channel too!! All the best, Luke

Great video Luke. I may now commit to PI once I start gathering some decent data!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear Brad! It's certainly worth the purchase price and time to learn the program in my opinion my friend 👍 Good luck!

Thanks for this - and for what you do for us beginners

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you again Chris my friend, that really does mean a lot to me 🙏 Clear skies buddy!!

Hi, Luke, thanks for the good work.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for that mate! :-D

Excellent video. In the last year, I have gotten my dream telescope system and have been tooling through photoshop but my processing skills are lacking. I think Pixinsight might be what I need thanks for the tutorial!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear, so happy you've got your dream system! :-) I totally agree by the way, if processing astrophotos is what you want to do, then there's no better program than PixInsight IMO! Thanks for watching mate!

Except (may be) for a few geniuses out there, I think we all feel the same way when we open PixInsight for the first time :) I wish I had this video series available 2 years ago :) :) :) Amazing tuto once again Luke! Cheers.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's really lovely to read David my friend, as bad as my own early learning experience was with pixinsight it's still comforting to know I wasn't the only one who initially found it difficult haha! :-D As always, thank you for your support my friend! Clear skies :-)

Very Comprehensive tutorial Luke! That Pleiades looks Like short from a Nice Dark site!!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Avanteesh!! :-D It was shot from my bortle 7 backyard as it happens haha! :-D turned out well in the end, plenty of dusty bits - I like it! Clear skies bro!

Amazing tutorial. Based on the adage that ‘you don’t know what you don’t know’….I thought, “I’m no beginner!” I’m glad I didn’t let my arrogance prevent me from watching this video. I simply can’t believe the many subtleties I’ve been missing! In fact, I’m sure I’ll be watching this more than once. You’re right that Pixinsight can be quite intimidating, but you have a real talent for simplifying and explaining each step of the process. I look forward to more follow-up tutorials that go deeper into Pixinsight. As a post script, your Hubble Palette tutorials are are both brilliant and just as easy to follow as this one. Thank you for this Luke.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Aw that's just awesome to hear Joe! - I'm so happy you found some use from this one too mate, genuinely that makes me happy to read! I'm hoping the coming tutorials will prove helpful to people, it's very rewarding to share techniques and reasoning like this - I definitely don't understand everything in PixInsight myself, - it's still confusing at times lol, but what little I do know I'm all too happy to share :-) Clear skies my friend!

you did a great job explaining this now iam not so scared to get this program. iam going to use the free trial for 45 days and see how i do. your picture of m45 was excellent.

@lukomatico

8 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much Karen! I wish you they best of luck with pixinsight 🙏 it's an uphill battle to begin with but the rewards are so, so worth it!

Thanks, Luke great video learned so much today

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it Sean mate! - That's superb :-) Thanks for watching and giving your support, as always!

Hey Luke, thank you so much for making this video so noobs like me don't have to go through the same frustrations!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure mate!! So glad you like the video! :-D Clear skies!

Brilliant tutorial. Thank you.

@lukomatico

10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks so much for watching! :-D

Awesome... your timing is spot on... Thank You!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Edward! - Thank you so much for watching and giving your support - Clear skies! :-)

@edwardbornman1458

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico Quick Question sir... I am a real newbe to PixInsight... do the Topaz tools integrate into PixInsight? I have these for my photography work and would love to use them with PixInsight.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey Edward! - They do not integrate directly I'm afraid, you have to export the image from Pix, process in Topaz, then re-import back to Pix. - It sounds a faff, but it works really well and doesn't take too long! :-) Sorry about the late reply!

Nice tutorial. On top of that, your presentation is amazing 👍🏼👍🏼.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much bud! - I'm honestly so happy you feel that way :-) Clear skies!!

great tutorial!! Thank you!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching :-D

Hi Luke. One more thing... After practicing some more and then coming back to this tutorial again, I was really struck by your comment about over-correction in ABE. I don't think that I fully understood this the first time around. Wow... what a difference! I had previously been leaving the "function degree" at the default value of "4" which as you noted can cause over-correction with added vignetting. Since reducing this value I am getting much better results. Thanks!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Really glad the extra little bits of info have been helpful my friend :-D Thanks for the feedback!!

Thanks a lot for this . Very very helpful

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

You are most welcome my friend!! So happy to help :-) Clear skies man!

Sooo grateful! Thank you so much!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

No problem at all my friend!! :-D So glad you liked it! Clear skies!

Finally grabbed my free trial and watching this while I wait on it to stack a project I did recently. Watching someone work in PI that isn't assuming any previous knowledge is refreshing and quite helpful. I'm afraid I might end up buying it XD shame the price went up, but if I feel like it helps my images I will suck it up and buy it.

@lukomatico

3 ай бұрын

Hey mate! :-) So glad you're giving the trial a go, it's a heck of a piece of software though not the most user friendly to navigate! I wish you the best of luck with it! :-)

Very nice tutorial Luke thanks mate

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Anthony my friend!! - Clear skies bud!

Thanks Luke, I'm at work just watching your Pixinsite tutorial . I bought a gameing Laptop to run Pixinsite when I but it hopefully next year .

@lukomatico

7 ай бұрын

Excellent to hear it Corin!! Clear skies my friend ❤️🙏

@corinlewis3073

7 ай бұрын

@@lukomatico Thanks bud

A great video. Thank you very much 🙂

@lukomatico

7 ай бұрын

So nice of you to say that! 👍

@4auswanderer

6 ай бұрын

@@lukomatico , you are very welcome. I nice channel have you got :-)

Excellent, thanks…

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate!

Thanks!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Whoa mate!! THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH! - I'm blown away and pretty much don't know what to say, haha! All I can say is thank you again, that's incredibly kind of you my friend! :-) Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks Luke !

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU Mark!! I appreciate you watching buddy! :-) Clear skies!

@markhill8218

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico really enjoyed the tutorial, been looking at PI for a while Looking forward to further vids

Thank you for your reply, i have SPCC working now.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Good to know! Enjoy mate :-)

Great, thank you. I’m just outside Strasbourg but bortle 3/4.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! - Your skies sound wonderful, I hope you get many clear nights to enjoy them! :-)

Another cracking tutorial Luke. I’m looking forward to watching the rest. One question, you selected subtraction as the correction in ABE. Many use division instead. How did you decide on subtraction?

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Good question mate! - I understood that division would be used for attempting to remove optical defects such as vignette from no/bad flats, so my usual go-to is subtraction for these operations - Hope that helps explain my reasoning mate!

This video was what I followed to post process my very 1st PixInsight image. Thank you!, it turned out quite well. I can't help but notice that things have changed a lot recently with PixInsight. By any chance would you consider doing a round 2 of this video using the new SPCC and BlurXterminator? The data set is already there and it would be Xtremely interesting to see how the final image and work flow has evolved with the new technology.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's a great suggestion mate!! It's definitely something I'm planning on doing 👍 thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts!!

@pei6426

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico That will be great to look forward to! Thank you

Well done Luke you've just made me buy Pixinsight. Seems silly not to as we generally end up spending thousands on gear, seems wrong to to only do half a job. Many thanks but don't tell my wife!😂😂

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Ah mate I'm sorry for the hole this has caused in your pocket haha! That said, I could not agree more - having nice gear and trying to process the data in limiting software is like buying yourself a nice Ferrari and then deciding to try and run it on paraffin lol! You've made a good choice I reckon! Clear skies buddy!

Thanks

@lukomatico

11 ай бұрын

Crikey mate, thanks so much for that!! I really appreciate the support! :-)

This is excellent Luke for anyone just starting out with pixinsight. I think you've got a natural tutorial style which I found incredibly helpful last year when I started to process my images using pixinsight. For me I would never go back to any other software and have to say I personally think it's easier than photoshop with all its layers and masks etc. I reckon once you've processed two or three images it's pretty straightforward. Great video mate 👍

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you Paul mate!! - I agree with you RE: Pix being amazing when you start to get used to it, I couldn't seriously go back to any other software now I think as it's just a powerhouse that can do seemingly anything, I'm still just scratching the surface it seems like! As always mate, thank you so much for watching!! - Clear skies! :-)

Hello. I stumbled on to your lecture. I listened when I was jogging. Looks like I could learn a lot from you. Thank you. I finally got all of my equipment Celestron 8 edge HD, ZWO AIR Plus ZWO EAF, ZWO 2600 MC Pro, ZWO 290 mc for guiding. I finally got some lights. Now I need to learn darks, bias, flat Then Deep Sky Stacker. Then I want to look at Pixinsight or other programs. If you have tutorials for DSS please let me know. Thank you. Vasanth

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening in mate! - I do have a small 5 min tutorial on stacking in DSS on my channel, but it's quite old now so is maybe outdated! It sounds like you've got some lovely equipment there, I hope you get some more clear skies soon :-)

Very informative tutorial, thanks a lot! This was my first tutorial with PI, I'm using APP for stacking and I am a newbie, so my question is; should I save my APP stack unstreached before importing in PI. So far I have been saving it "default streched" from APP and finisched it in LightRoom.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! - Yeah I'd always leave the stretching upto PixInsight because a lot of the processes we need to perform are best performed in an unstretched (linear) state :-) Hope that's useful! Clear skies!

Good video mate, im just about to start my free trial of pixinsight and gonna be using your videos to help me through it. Quick question though, do I need to download all of the Gaia Dr3/SP files or can i use pixinsight without downloading these?

@lukomatico

11 ай бұрын

Hey Scott! Thanks so much for your comment mate :-) You can certainly use pixinsight without the Gaia files, no problem at all! When you're ready then start using them however as SPCC is really quite good 👍 Good luck mate!

@scottphoenix8298

11 ай бұрын

@@lukomatico thanks mate

Great tutorial Luke, thank you. Just one question, I have Topaz DeNoise AI, how do I use that with Pixinsight?

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey there Trevor! Thanks so much for watching :-) Re: Topaz, my usual method is to export the image during processing as a .tiff or similar, open the file in topaz and denoise it, save it out then open the freshly denoised .tiff in pixinsight again to continue work 👍 It also works great when used as just a final touch, after your processing is complete I find! Hope that helps you my friend :-)

Hi Luke, great video. Trying to follow along but on noise reduction is there no option other than the rather pricey NoiseExterminator? The EZ suite seems to have ended support since this was published: "EZ Processing Suite has ceased development and support". Asking here since others may get stopped here too on your video.

@lukomatico

8 ай бұрын

Hey mate sorry about the late reply, you can still install the ez suite, but it's via a workaround - you can find this on the pixinsight forums 👍 Hope that's helpful! I'll be revisiting these tutorials someday hopefully soon by the way 👍

I'm a newbie and was ready to give up...thanks so much for what you did!!! A question...I've tried to load process icons on my PI but they don't load

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much mate! :-) RE: the icons not loading, they may be loading into a different workspace - try dragging them into the PixInsight desktop and then right click an empty spot, then hit "arrange all icons" - that should bring them into view! Good luck bud!

First, thanks for the excellent tutorial. I second all of the previous comments regarding your teaching ability. I watched first, and now am going through the tutorial with data and I have the most basic of questions. For the life of me, I can not figure out how get the process icons to display on the PI desktop, as yours are on the left. How is this done? Sorry for the very basic question.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Rick! That's really kind of you to say mate :-) Re: process icons, you'll need to load them in by dragging and dropping into pix, or double clicking them while pixinsight is open, then if they haven't appeared you need to right click an empty spot on the pixinsight workspace and select 'arrange all icons' and that'll bring everything into view on your current workspace - hope that helps!! :-) Good luck mate 👍

Awesome work mate but would be nice if you can update the PCC function they recently updated in another short video, I get lost at the beginning. 🙃

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Sorry about that mate! - I've added some quick instructions to help people complete the tutorial just using colour calibration and background neutralization, check the pinned comment I just added if you want to take a look :-)

Thanks for the VERY helpful video! One questions... When I drag the tutorial icons into PixInsight, I don't see the icons in the frame on the right side. Any suggestions? Thanks again!

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Chris! Re: the icons, drag them into the window then right click an empty spot on the pixinsight workspace and select arrange all 👍 That should solve it! Sorry about the late reply

Hi Luke,great tutorial as always and thanks for the free data. Could you please tell me the total integration time and equipments used to capture the data? Thanks in advance

@lukomatico

7 ай бұрын

I'm sorry my friend, I can't quite remember on this one!! I can definitely say it won't have been more than 10 hours though (probably more like 7-8)

This is an absolutely brilliant and inspiring video!!!! This has made my meagre technique to be blown out the water!!! Can I ask a question? How much data did you have in the culmination of your integrated image and how did you go about stacking? Thankyou.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that Steven!! - I believe the total integration was around 9 hours if memory serves! it was all taken from bortle 7 skies without a light pollution filter :-) I stacked it up using PixInsight's WBPP (weighted batch pre processing) Hope that helps! Clear skies!

@stevenmccarron-talesfromli4831

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico Hi there again. Thankyou so much for the information yet again. I really love your tutorials!!! I see Pixinsight has changed yet again and is completely messing with my workflow that I had going!!! AAAArrrggghhh!!!! Is there any way that you could possibly do a tutorial on the very basics of getting the images from a dslr to the stage up to and just beyond stacking please?

@stevenmccarron-talesfromli4831

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico Its all good mate, Ive eventually found a process for getting me up to the point of your video here!!! Thankyou.

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenmccarron-talesfromli4831 Hey mate, sorry about the late reply! I'm glad to hear you've found a way towards!! :-) Good luck and thanks so much for watching 👍

@stevenmccarron-talesfromli4831

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico The video you’ve done is just magnificent. I’ve managed to process my first proper image through your guidance. The quality of your delivery is just excellent. I’m really looking forward to watching the rest in the series. Keep up the great work.

Awesome video! I just used it to process my first try at pleiades. I'm just curious about the total integration time of your picture, I didn't catch that in the video. At the start both of our pics look almost the same, but when I extract the background there is a huge difference. I did 168 x60s at bortle 5. Thanks

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome mate! So glad to hear it was useful for you :-) RE: total integration, IIRC it was around 7-8 hours in Bortle 7 skies! Hope that helps :-)

It seems that in a recent version (e.g. 1.8.9?) the PCC also likely fails to "Insufficient photometric data". The Plate solving has been removed from PCC, so need to run Script -> Image Analysis -> ImageSolver first

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Indeed mate, after around a month of this tutorial being live PCC got deprecated in favour of SPCC! So that part changed unfortunately, good catch!

Thank you for the tutorial. Question. You used one image. I assume it is one that has already been stacked? Does PixInsight do that?

@lukomatico

3 ай бұрын

Yes indeed!! Sorry I didn't explain that part 👍 pixinsight can stack your frames using WBPP (weighted batch pre-processing)

Hey Luke, thanks for the tutorial! I have yet to finish it, but I'd like to ask a question: Is there any specific reason why you use PCC before ABE/DBE? I've been using Pixinsight for a couple of months and I've always used ABE/DBE (either once to remove the green cast or twice to remove that + any gradients) first, followed by PCC once the image was "clean." Is there any benefit to using PCC first?

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey there! :-) Thanks so much for taking a look at my tutorial, and for leaving a great question too! RE: Your question - There's no special reason for my usage of PCC before ABE/DBE other than force of habit - it's apparently best to use PCC as early into processing as you can, but I see no issue in leaving it till after your background extraction is complete :-) I hope that answers it for you! Clear skies

@Meichannel22

Жыл бұрын

@@lukomatico thanks for your reply! After what you mentioned, I tried running some tests and it looks like the results were pretty much the same down to the single pixel, so it really comes down to personal preference after all :)

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Good to know!! Thanks for getting back to me 👍👍

Hi Luke, I started following along, and downloaded the M45 image and the set of tools that you have links for here. The drag and drop of the M45 image worked fine, but the tool package didn't appear when I dragged that over, so I wasn't able to get your tools. Is there an issue with it, because I followed along exactly?

@lukomatico

Жыл бұрын

Hey Steven! They are probably just loaded into another workspace, - if you try to load everything in again but when the tools don't appear instead right click & arrange all icons, that should bring them into view 👍 Good luck!