That was awesome!

I guess there's an error here. Finally, you integrate the uncalibrated files...

I can't thank you enough for this video. I just started capturing galaxies and was getting frustrated with my processing results. I used data I captured of M51 and followed along and my results were better than I thought I could ever get.

Awesome tutorial that was so easy to follow. Your step by step was paced very well. I used my own image of M51 to follow along and I was very pleased with my first time result. Thanks for helping out us noobs.

In the days of film nothing like this possible. With a few short extra exposures the blown out systs could be instead obtained with nice profiles to replace.

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Still use this after first using years ago. I note that in the latest PI updates there is no longer 'noise evaluation' under weights in image integration. The default is now PSF (Point spread function) signal weight. There is also 'SNR estimate' which to me sounds like the closest to evaluate noise.

First tutorial that explained "why" we should do a certain thing or choose a certain value, etc. This really helped a lot, Richard. Thanks! Now I need to get to work building better Flats!

I am not new to astrophotography but I am new to Pixinsight. I already follow your workflow most of the way but I have one question. You say "there's something else I want to show you" and we end up with Intensity Transformations, Histogram Transformations and you have a target called Integration_Clone_DBE. Where do you get that? The tutorial is great, your delivery is pleasant, and you talk TO us and not AT us. I just can't figure that one out. BTW, I was a Psych Major so you can't expect a lot! I currently use Topaz AI which works well but does nothing to the detail your process produces. Thanks a bunch for a great job.

Thank you Richard - this was a simple, clear workflow for using PixInsight. It was very useful in getting my own galaxy image processed.

this is one of the best videos I've encountered so far explaining the calibration and integration - thank you!

Great tutorial, easy to follow. I think you have a natural gift for teaching and explaining how things work. It probably doesn’t stop there at PixInsight. Just reading down through the many comments, there’s an overwhelming sense of gratitude. I just wanted to add to what others have said…thank you.

Absolutely SUPERB.

I did try hard to get into Pixinsight, but I'm back with dearest Photoshop now - so easy to use and such great results for astro processing.

Very well done!

This is the best tutorial! Thanks a lot, others are just click click with no explanation.

Hi, I’m using a Mac and when I hit the F12 key to remove the stretch nothing happens. Can someone post the path to do what the F12 should do? Thanks

The fact that you describe in detail what each function is and does at each step in the process makes it really helpful for a beginner like myself. A few other videos I have watched have just said click this then click that etc..

This is an excellent tutorial. Props and respect! The one thing I am struggling to understand, even with this great tutorial, is taking into account flats created over multiple nights. As we all know, we seldom capture all subs for SHO or LRGB in one night. How does one process the flats taken over multiple nights with ever changing optical artifacts created from breaking down and re-setting up equipment, more dust donuts, camera not perfectly aligned like the night before, etc...? Do we create master flats for each night and then create a master-master? How does one do this?

Wow, nice presentation skills. Easy to follow and at a good pace. This video helped me a lot getting started with PixInsight! Thank you!

Fab, thanks for doing this 👍🏻

Yes outstanding, others click, click and click and you can't even see the screen and not really interested in teaching, like the OPT guy. This is great!

great video! How can i get these chart that u where explaining on

Thank you so much!!! It’s so easy to follow you along I appreciate your time to put together these videos👏🏽

Thank you!

Hell NO

more Vids! outstanding work!

Seriously: WOW - what a tutorial packed full of super--punch!!! VERY USEFUL - learned a lot, great examples, great explanations - THANK YOU for taking the time... So now... where can I get more of your tutorials!!

RICHARD , PixInsight AutoAlign And AutoScript and PixInsight 1.8 will work on IMac?Thank you

RICHARD ,Thank you! You made vey good tutorial .PixInsight AutoAlign And AutoScript and PixInsight 1.8 will work on I

Perfect for a beginner like me! Thanks a lot for the detailed video!!what do you think of the program Pixinsight AutoAlign And AutoScript

Very well presented and useful for me. I’m still on the free trial. M51 is my next target. Thank you.

Excellent. I took some photos of M51 last week that I need to process. Maybe I'll try out the trial version of pixinsight and see how it goes.

Best tutorial !!

This is a really helpful, well-explained tutorial. Thank you for putting this together! I realize it's already almost 6 years old, but it's still very helpful to me as a newcomer to PI. I do have a couple issues with it, however... As noted in other comments, the registration step should be using calibrated light frames, not the original RAW data. ...and... I ended up with a weird final stack, where the red channel was gray; (K) instead of (R). I needed to go back and debayer my Canon .CR2 RAW files with the RGGB pattern (I did this before registration, as some comments elsewhere said to do this at that point), and then I finally got a color final image.

Glad I found your videos Richard. Trying to learn from the Pixinsight videos was intimidating to say the least. I thought I was going to need to go back to Uni to get a degree in image processing to understand their terminology.

Question: You used the non calibrated lights. Shouldn't you have used the calibrated light when you staraligned them? This confused me a little.

I notice you have not continued making tutorials for astrophotography processing. I hope you decide to make more because your method of teaching is very good.

The way you explain things is perfect. Thank you!

A great explanation how to apply Deconvolution. Thanks for the video.

Really good teaching i learn alot, please tell me you are working on more or have some more tutorial, i watch them all :)

This is a great video - can you crate a similar one for nebula processing?

Great video on a fairly intensive set of steps. Question: The averaged star in your PSF has many pixels and quite a few of those appear to be set near maximum brightness. My PSF view shows only about 60 pixels and only the center one is at the brighest level. I am wondering why mine turn out this way. Is there a setting for this? Or do you have any suggestion as to why my PSF does not look the same as yours?

After watching this video I will probably buy pixinsight, thanks!

Richard. As a new user to PI and a relatively inexperienced astro image processor, I find your video is the easiest to understand when it comes to such a steep learning curve on programs such as PI. Thankyou!

Hi awesomely clear tutorial. Thanks for that. I don't understand why do you align lights that are not preprocessed ? The calibration isn't made on those frames so the final result is not calibrated no ?

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

Man watching it in 2020 after having watched dozens of Pixinsight videos and read dozens of tutorials and I have to be honest ... it's the first time someone explains what EXACTLY all the checkboxes and settings mean in a comprehensive manner ... Chapeau my friend!

This is by FAR the best quick easy tutorial I have seen, thanks buddy!

excellent video