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[@darkrangersinc]

I will be updating the one shot color guide soon. The same link should work from this page 👍🏼 Join our growing Community for additional help and support including 1 on 1 time. www.patreon.com/DarkRangersInc?

[@Si-fp2ij]

Thanks again for your hard work Ryan

[@riversresearch]

Thanks so much for this video, Ryan! Straightforward teaching, well articulated and featuring the latest software and extensions. I appreciate the attention you give to important details and don’t jump around too much. Thanks!!!

[@darkrangersinc]

Thank you for the kind words and feedback glad it helped. Trying to do a little better with each video and glad you guys enjoy them!

[@Chorge1972]

That is EXACTLY the video I was searching for!! Thank you so much!!

[@dandanspaceman]

Than you for this awesome video. I needed this for the image I am currently working on.

[@janelubenskyi1177]

Really great videos…thank you for your help.👉👍🏼

[@MazzifLOL]

Nice comprehensive overview using these techniques. Props on bringing it to the table so quickly.

[@darkrangersinc]

Thanks it took a lot of hustle but when I saw the GraXpert update and with the contest period coming to an end soon wanted to get it out 💪🏼

[@Si-fp2ij]

Fantastic work Ryan, this a a really helpful tutorial looking forward to trying it out! Cheers for all the hard work Si

[@darkrangersinc]

Thank you, and the version two for the guide is out as well with all of the latest process updates

[@turbo80lxcoupe]

Another great video. Alot of useful info spread thru out

[@darkrangersinc]

Thank you, I updated the processing guide with this tool and several others from recent tools

[@turbo80lxcoupe]

@@darkrangersinc i noticed on the ghs and hdr multi tool you showed some steps with adjustments that were helpful to see. I need to go back and re watch those 2 videos and really wrap my head around them

[@darkrangersinc]

Yeah if I have a video out that goes into detail, I'll go through a little quicker especially if it's not the main topic but still show the details for this particular image. The other video breaks it down even further@@turbo80lxcoupe

[@ronm6585]

Thank you. 👏🏻

[@darkrangersinc]

You bet!

[@nikaxstrophotography]

Nice work on all the techniques mate. In my workflow I'd take it into Photoshop and use the camera raw filter and lower the highlights selectively with the brush tool. Less is more though.

[@darkrangersinc]

Same I don’t do most of that stuff in Pixinsight but like I jokingly said, trying to be a man of the people 😁 and use what most people are, which is still Pixinsight. I drop highlights for HDR maybe a little debaze and then clarity for LHE. I will say though sometimes those tools do a great job. They did well here and also with California Nebula. Just a little more labor Intensive like you said. For me after I stretch and do NBN I go to PS

[@Chorge1972]

One more question: how to stack both in one run, so that they are aligned??

[@rvoykin]

Just put all the frames in at the same time with WBPP and it’ll know what to do. Just make sure that exposure tolerance is lower than the difference. For example, if your main images are 120 seconds and your core image are 10 seconds, you have to make sure that the tolerance is less than 110 which I believe it defaults to a much lower number might even be 1. You’ll know it’s working because it’ll show it as two different stacks under your lights. Add the lights at the dark so you can probably use the same flats, depending on when you shot them and you’ll be good to go

[@yervantparnagian5999]

Very nice video as always. Did you do a Narrowband Normalization before the GHS? I noticed you highlighted it at 8:55 and then the video jumped to GHS. Excellent end result.

[@darkrangersinc]

I don’t really use the tool much anymore. I was showcasing it because it was still relatively new when this episode came out I think now the direction was to use it after stretching but when it first came out the original launch video by the creator of the tool mentioned linear or non-linear and then I think it ends up working better after the stretch

[@yervantparnagian5999]

@@darkrangersinc Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it.

[@ElGronto]

Great video mate, but try to cut down on the zooming, we can see what you're doing. Still wanna see what happens to the image when using the sliders ;)

[@darkrangersinc]

I actually have a lot more people who complement and ask for the zoom in because they can’t see it. They’re usually watching on their phone and what not. I try to never zoom in so far that you can at least see a part of the image and then of course zoom right back out so you can see the net effect. I’ve never had somebody say something about the zooming in, but I guess no matter what you can’t make everyone happy 🤷🏻‍♂️. Believe me, it’s easier to not include them. It takes a lot of work to constantly add them. I’d love to skip it, but then I’ll get the exact opposite complaint far more often. 😐

[@colestrekal2609]

I have artifacts appearing on my stars when i do this. The have a static noisy center. Ever seen that before?

[@darkrangersinc]

Need more details there are several topics covered in the video which process causes the issue?

[@Sbach342Guy]

How many subs of the 180s data and how many of the 10s data?

[@darkrangersinc]

@1:58 shows the time but it’s 55x180 and 70x10

[@joeymann1822]

The link isn't working for me

[@PNWeBike]

lol, there are nearly two dozen links in the video description, which link?

[@rvoykin]

If it’s the one you need to copy and paste, because the way KZbin shortens it you probably have to click on it. Wait for it to open and then copy and paste it from the website.

[@Si-fp2ij]

Is GraXpert supposed to replace DBE or supplement it?? Asking for a friend 😂

[@darkrangersinc]

Replace now that it’s all in one place and easier I’m switching. I think it was always a little bit better, but it wasn’t worth the headache of having to go into another program for me. I don’t really ever have bad gradient with most of my images because I usually have a ton of data this one didn’t have as much Integration time but still didn’t have bad issues

[@Si-fp2ij]

@@darkrangersinc In that case I will have to do the integration with PI Thanks Ryan Cheers Si

[@NielssBohr]

You're not explaining in depth what's happening with those sliders and why you're choosing them the way you are. Bad video.

[@mr.d.8121]

Thank you. 🫡

[@darkrangersinc]

You got it!