NASA's Photoshop Tool for Sharpening: Any Good?

What if we can use the same sharpening technique in Photoshop as NASA’s James Webb or Hubble Telescope team? In this video, we’ll test the APF-R plug-in, which automates the APF-R method for sharpening used by space telescopes and space agencies like NASA and ESA. We’ll also see how it performs with portraits and landscapes besides astrophotography. I hope you enjoy this video. Thank you so much for watching :)
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00:00 Intro - Post Processing and Sharpening
01:10 How It Works
02:59 Automatic Blend If
05:01 Finalizing the Sharpening
05:46 Making It Extra Crisp
06:48 Doing It Without the Plugin?
08:35 Apply APF-R Manually (Without Plugin)
09:18 Testing with Portrait
10:52 Comparison with Smart Sharpen
12:08 Combining with Smart Sharpen
13:01 Testing with Landscape
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[@talhazia1401]

Christoph has been advocating his method for quite some time and has mastered it. He is also an ambassador of Baader, a German brand that is into telescope stuff. I have known Christoph for a good 8 years. Nicely done. NASA may not use his techniques but astrophotographers do.

[@Pictureinstruments-PI]

Christoph got an official confirmation from Hubble as well as James Webb, that they use APF-R.

[@Pictureinstruments-PI]

Christoph has the official confirmation from NASA that the technology is in use there.

[@LuluDZulu]

i like this guys voice and production value

[@astrojet9484]

As an astrophotographer, we don't use photoshop that lot,instead we use Pixinsight,and for sharpening,we use deconvolution,and RC astro blurxterminator is so fantastic that it can sharpen defocued stars and nebulas with a click of button using scientific method

[@rvoykin]

You can get a pretty similar effect by duplicating the layer, changing blood mode to overlay and going to filter > high pass and selecting the number of pixels in combination with texture and and clarity. As a longtime Astro photographer, I don’t think this tool warrants nearly $50. It’s cool don’t get me wrong but for like $20 I would be a buyer maybe

[@odb1612]

blood mode🔪🩸

[@renkessler5476]

I just bought this plugin (using your coupon code). I use several sharpening methods (including Topaz Photo AI, as well as your vivid-to-blur technique). I have to practice with it, but I think this one is going to be a game-changer. Thanks for your excellent tutorials.

[@vertigo1055]

I have an honest question about this sharpening. Would you be able to get the radius or better "from center" "with depth" sharpening effect in Adobe Light Room Classic? I know I barely scratch the surface when using it myself to tone correct or touch up a "bad lighting" photo. All this taking in consideration that for me and others the price isn't bad if this sharpening is something used on a regular basis, but others might need to do this without having the funds "at the moment". Cheers! Stay Healthy and Stay Sane!

[@apougeoise]

What is the music from on this video ? Thanks

[@uhorne]

I wonder how this plugin is compared to the tonal contrast method from DxOs color efex

[@lensdoctor256]

Amazing 💯💯💯second

[@crisnzeta6197]

Love you my dear thanks for all

[@mgerspix]

Does a single APF-r perpetual license allow installing and running on two computers, same as an Adobe license?

[@waynelytton7517]

You are going to be near me in Raleigh, North Carolina . I would like to be there but I can't.

[@CarlosLemans]

When showing the landscape why you didn´t zoom to check the halos?... weird isn´t it?

[@davebryer6133]

Interesting, could you explain radius, to this big dummy? I am not understanding what it is and how to use it. Thanks

[@FotomakerAcademy]

I thought that in Ps radius controls how many pixels around edges you want an enhancement to operate...

[@patrickcloutier3305]

Thanks for a very interesting video again! One question: how would this compare with a software such as topaz ai ?

[@JuniorDjjrMixMods]

Topaz AI recreates details using AI learning, obviously a real astrophotographer would never use anything like AI for this. The goal of this plugin is non-destructive sharpening with real precision, without creating anything that doesn't exist.

[@BryanMorata]

I am a fun of your amazing work,, Can you do photo manipulation soon, i wanna understand and know more about photo manipulation

[@brettgstudios]

What about using Unsharp Mask as a new layer and eyeballing it?

[@Garthgoyle]

Must be a dream to work with the Nasa photos department. Tho I assume you'd need a lot of patience.

[@toto_chanel6952]

What about noisy picture? This APF-R sounds excellent, nethertheless the astro image in your exemple was very clean in term of noise. I'm wandering how it can process a noisy astrophotography that most of us produce. Consequelty I truely believe that all your community will strongly benefit if you could please (re)test this plug-in in such a situation ?

[@garypeterson555]

Do you think Adobe may be adding features like this in the future?

[@jjaylad]

Is NASA being subjected to the same terms as all other Adobe subscribers? Do they lose access to everything they've done if they decline to give Adobe infinite rights to their work? I'd sure like to find out what happened when those Terms and Conditions got applied to them.

[@DarkTrapStudio]

It's a plugin, so your comment doesn't make sense.

[@jjaylad]

@DarkTrapStudio what the video seemed to infer, is that NASA uses Photoshop. My question stands.

[@komosky3706]

@@jjaylad You misinterpreted, he said "I got my hands my hands on this technology that space agencies like NASA with telescopes like James web have been using to sharpen their photos and guess what you you can now use it in Photoshop" It doesn't mean that NASA uses Photoshop with this plugin. Instead, it means that the same image enhancement techniques used by NASA are now available in a plugin for Photoshop. Clearly it could have been worded better but the inflections are there, plus there's the common sense part that 99.99% chance of getting his hands on highly secured government software while not even being a US citizen was possible would also explain that lol

[@ellisvener5337]

Thank you for this tutorial. This looks pretty good, but I am interested in your thoughts. Because this is a post-processing technique for Photoshop, I have a question about the capture sharpening settings in ACR / Lightroom when processing raw files. Should I turn them off by setting Amount to 0, leave them at Adobe’s defaults, or continue to use my basic global settings for high- and low-frequency subjects?

[@PiXimperfect]

It’s best if you leave them be, with default settings. Because adding even a bit of sharpening can introduce noise/artifacts, and running any plug-in on top of that will only enhance it.

[@ellisvener5337]

@@PiXimperfect thank you, but that also seems to mean that it would be best to set amount to zero. I guess it’s time to experiment!

[@ellisvener5337]

After some experimenting, I'd like to share a couple of tips : 1) When applying capture sharpening in the Details panel in ACR and Lightroom, etc., use a milder Amount setting than you normally do. Start with 0 (zero), but dial it up to no more than half of your standard Amoutn setting. 2) After finding the AFP-R settings you like and finalizing the result as a Smart Object (s.o.) layer, experiment with different blend modes and opacity/ fill percentages to fine-tune the results. 2A) if the main point of interest does not fill the frame, create a black mask for the AFP-R s.o. Layer and use the brush tool to paint white over the areas most important you think will be of greatest interest to the viewer, so the AFP-R effect only works on those white-masked areas.

[@handsomemalik1597]

thankyou unmesh bhai

[@leandrocruz8904]

How long time yours vídeos dont shows to me. One more like. Sucess!

[@infotration2225]

Now we just need only telescope for space observation and editing will be done on Photoshop.😂

[@marklola12]

Its ok but certainly not as fantastic as i thought to say nasa use it

[@beny29promo93]

Good luck

[@pixeljc]

*When you think that you know everything then you lag behind in learning*🗿

[@dreamsstore]

♥

[@thorstenpenz1400]

👍

[@JayKardam]

Can you please make a tutorial how to make wallpaper for iPhone depth effect or convert any image into depth effect wallpaper

[@lupixus]

If this is the tool used by professionals (a plugin for photoshop 😂😂😂) for astrophotos , I'm wandering who's using PixInsight... Aliens?

[@RefractArt]

Bariskalaya-hippityladonnut

[@fx-DeadBeing]

A.... Not related to the video, but I today found that you can select the text in the description by holding on the text.

[@greybeard716]

Bs

[@pixeljc]

Right ✅

[@gaarax0x]

I would start doing Affinity Photo tutorials if I were you. People are dissing Adobe right now. At this point, Affinity Photo's market share is going to get bigger, and their software is going to get better.

[@-AT-WALKER]

Hey man will you be sticking with Adobe through all their legal troubles and public drama?

[@Mamamadhu24]

Sir I want to Photoshop beta 2024 plz how to get

[@FunDumb]

There's a beta app tab in Creative Cloud, on the lower left side. You'll have to update it every week or so if you want the mose current. 😊

[@mindblowing3202]

unsharpen mask will do the same 😂

[@ashoney112]

First 🥇

[@OmgItsAlexOfficial]

Nasa is amongst the best in cgi! Of course it's good!

[@zenothkun]

I'm sorry Mr Pajeet, I'm probably not gonna use Photoshop anymore. Affinity Photo is my next one. Unless Adobe change their busniess plan. Good bye

[@fareskaraali8339]

Do you think there is space

[@king_dot]

Yes

[@fareskaraali8339]

​@@king_dot So you think the earth is a tiny dot swimming in an infinite space and spinning around itself and around the sun and around the galaxy but you dont feel that acrobatics movements also always you see the stars mouving in the same pattern and never displaced from each others Can you find real photos of the earth from space not photoshoped ones Can you find real videos of the earth from space and not CGI videos

[@odb1612]

⁠@@fareskaraali8339 you only feel acceleration, not movement.

[@fareskaraali8339]

@@odb1612 my friend there no space and the earth is flat wakeup

[@Samer_Design]

@@fareskaraali8339 lmao shut it

[@shawnimotor]

It is your duty to warn your followers against the new Adobe terms that their work will be used against their will to train ai and to gain access to both the person's software and computer data. A nasty move from Adobe. Any work you do will be theirs to use. Be truthful to your subscribers.

[@ISHI6I]

mate… you should realize that in this day and age; everything you do is subject to being AI reverse engineered; and machine learned.. its not just adobe either; atleast they warn you in the fine print. Most companies literally just do it anyway

[@skyless_moon]

1- I dont have an alternative to adobe at work 2- If they want to use my work for ai, satanic rituals or whatever, i dont care 👍 3- he already did a video on this non issue

[@Cre8tiveWoman]

ADMIN HERE: It is the user's responsibility to read the terms and conditions and use their own judgment.

[@shawnimotor]

OK. We established that using it for ai is fine. I don't mind ai. It made our work easier. How about getting access to your data and also having the right to use whatever you have done as work for your customers? They have no right to do that. Have they forgotten that "Adobe" it is what it is today because of their users? We used to be able to buy their softwares as CDs and we could use it anyway we wanted without caring who will get access to our work.

[@odb1612]

@@shawnimotorwhat on earth should they use it for?

[@akash9556694390]

U r awesome bro...