OSC Hubble Palette Guide! - Easy PixInsight Tutorial

This is the latest version of my workflow on how to get hubble-style colours and tones from OSC dual/tri/quad narrowband data.
Hope you enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:19 Things you'll need
02:54 Preparing your image
04:30 Tutorial Start
28:00 Bonus Topaz Steps
34:00 Wrapping up

[@FrankRodrick-fm2vf]

Thanks! Your tutorial can't be beat; really made a huge difference in my processing. You strike a perfect balance between showing the steps and just enough PI to do it, without the digressions we see on other videos. Have a beer on me!

[@lukomatico]

Aw mate, I'm so happy to hear you feel so highly about my tutorial, I really do appreciate that! :-) Thank you so much for giving your support! Since you mention it, I'm going to actually go grab a nice cool beer right now - Cheers my friend!

[@briankotak403]

Brilliant Luke. As a new PI user, I have been yearning to learn how t give my OSC images much more punch. This tutorial was incredible. Thanks so much. I can hardly wait to get to the point where I rely less on the notes I took from your tutorials and more on intuition on processing my images in PI. Thanks again. So valuable! Cheers. Dr. B from Manitoba, Canada.

[@lukomatico]

That's awesome to read my friend, thank you so much for the lovely comment!! :-) Pixinsight is one heck of a piece of software to let us do all this! Clear skies 👍👍

[@adamboothby1725]

Used your tutorial on my own Rosette nebula image and the results were awesome. Thank you so much for doing this video and sharing!!

[@lukomatico]

That's excellent to hear Adam! - I hope you had some fun while processing :-D Clear skies!

[@jonbasstro1413]

Hi Luke, another brilliant tutorial on PixInsight.I’m so glad I made the purchase, this is great,providing lots of tips and tricks for those of us using OSC cameras.Clear skies!

[@lukomatico]

Hey Jon! - I'm really happy to hear that mate, buying PixInsight is a huge step in my opinion but one I couldn't possibly do without now - it's just too darned good! :-) It's so good to know you're enjoying it and feeling glad about the purchase too mate!! Hope you are getting some clear skies my friend, thank you for watching and for your support!!

[@occamsRazor496]

Excellent tutorial Luke and thanks for the discount links for topaz. I have really enjoyed working through some of my beginner images using the approaches you introduce here (whilst the clouds continue to roll across Scotland!) and they have improved my images greatly (at least I think so!). It’s a steep but enjoyable learning curve and your channel is a real inspiration 😀

[@lukomatico]

Hey Alex! - That's awesome to hear about, thank you for sharing - I'm humbled to read that mate :-) I really agree that it's a steep but enjoyable learning curve like you said, I initially really struggled with PixInsight but it quickly became fun though! Thank you for watching and I hope the skies clear for you soon there in Scotland my friend!

[@trondasdam6443]

I love your tutorials! Sunday morning with coffee....then testing it out the rest of the day....

[@lukomatico]

So happy to hear it mate :-D thanks for watching!!

[@SKYST0RY]

This is magnificent. Thanks, Luke!

[@lukomatico]

Glad you like it mate!! - Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment, it's appreciated! :-)

[@bonairecloudynightsobserva2297]

Absolute amazing. Just received yesterday a old (new) Atik color 11000 and after test I will try tonight to get some data and follow your steps in processing. Thanks for your work.

[@lukomatico]

That's superb to hear! - I hope you enjoy the camera and that your night of data capture went well my friend! :-) Clear skies!

[@enriqueboeneker]

Of all the tutorials I have watched on how to transform a OSC image into an SHO, this is the most comprehensive one. Thanks for sharing, Luke! I will definitely give it a shot.

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Enrique! That means a lot mate, I'm very happy to hear you like it!! :-) Thank you for watching and clear skies my friend!

[@tonyclark1504]

Excellent tutorial Luke.

[@lukomatico]

Glad you liked it Tony! Thank you :-)

[@jorpaw4925]

superb, luke. thanks

[@lukomatico]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching mate :-)

[@Sidecontrol1234]

I've got a bunch of rosette nebula narrowband data shot with a OSC camera and dualband data, can't wait to edit it with the help of this tutorial.

[@lukomatico]

That's awesome to hear! I wish you the best of luck with it Mark! :-)

[@crm114.]

Excellent tutorial as usual!

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Cliff! :-)

[@olly7248]

Great tutorial Luke, you put me onto Topaz AI and I haven’t regretted buying the suite for one moment. Like how you blend it with the original in Pixinsight, I always use it sparingly and before adding stars back but this is a great idea I hadn’t thought of… thanks again 👍🏻

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Olly! - I'm glad Topaz is working out for you mate, it's a brilliant program for sure! (not just for astro too of course! :-D ) Thank you for watching and commenting my friend, clear skies!

[@astrogirlau]

Hey Luke, I incorporated your previous HOO tutorial into my own workflow and have been doing that for several months now. This result seems much more natural. I can't wait to try it out ! Thanks for sharing you are a pro at the OSC data!

[@lukomatico]

Haha, thank you so much! It's awesome to hear you've enjoyed the past tutorials by the way! - I really hope you find the new tutorial approach useful and adaptable! :-) Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@jasonwright1753]

Great tutorial, thanks for putting that together, really helps us OSC users present images a different way

[@lukomatico]

So glad you like it Jason! Thanks for commenting my friend :-)

[@stephen2615]

Absolutely brilliant. I tried it on a pretty plain Seagull Nebula taken with an L-eXtreme and it was much better than your previous tutorial. Thanks heaps.

[@lukomatico]

Excellent to hear that Stephen! - Glad it worked out well for you mate :-) Clear skies!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Wow such a fantastic tutorial Luke, thanks for putting this together. I just followed it step by step and the image looks great, so many amazing tips...I never knew about the dark structure enhance tool, that is amazing! Thanks again 👍

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much Russell mate! - I'm chuffed to hear it worked out well for you matey!! that's a glowing bit of feedback right there, thanks again!! :-) Hope you are doing well bud! Clear skies :-)

[@shorty1474]

What a fantastic video!

[@lukomatico]

Thanks ever so much mate!! :-D

[@dingofella5846]

Brilliant. Thank you so much. I finally got the blue I was looking for. I couldn't get it with Bill's normalisation scripts, but maybe now I've done the curves here, it might work there also. thank you

[@lukomatico]

Chuffed to hear it mate!! Thanks so much for watching and leaving a lovely comment 👍👍

[@Neph-v5r]

Thanks for the time you've put into doing this mate, i'll be trying it out over the weekend.

[@lukomatico]

Hey Steve mate! No worries at all, I really hope you have some fun with it my friend :-)

[@RickOdeen]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial. It was super easy to follow and possibly the most fun I've had with Pixinsight.

[@lukomatico]

Wow Rick! Talk about a glowing report my friend, thank you so much for your kind feedback! :-D I'm really happy that you've enjoyed yourself with it! Thanks so much for getting in touch to let me know it worked out well for you! Clear skies :-)

[@benjiwhittle]

This is amazing Luke. I have started to recombine channels like this and love it. I thought this kinda stuff would be only achievable with mono. Thanks for sharing

[@lukomatico]

Thank you so much for watching bud! Really glad that you've enjoyed it 👍👍

[@paulholdsworth2502]

Great video again Luke. Just downloaded starnet 2 and you're right it's a big improvement. On your new workflow I think adding a touch of green to the blue just takes away that magenta hue that you get from OSC's . Been using Bill's colour masks a while now and work great. Also like the tip on clipping the mask if it picks up background you don't want. Anyway mate good to see you closing in on 5k subscribers......well deserved for all the effort

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Paul! I'm glad it was some use mate! :-) Chuffed to hear you're getting on well with the colour masks too, they've been very useful indeed I reckon! 👍👍 Hope you are getting plenty of clear skies mate, or at least more than I currently am here haha! :-D All the best, Luke

[@tombock336]

Wow, Luke, I can't thank you enough for such a thorough walk-thru here! As a PixInsight "advanced beginner" (if there is such a thing! LOL), this was exactly what I needed to really take my processing up a significant notch! I downloaded your data and followed step by step. You are amazing, man. These tutorials are like gold to me! Now to try with my own data. :) Thank you!!!!

[@lukomatico]

Aw shucks mate! That's really wonderful to hear, - so very glad that you've found this useful and took the time to leave such a positive comment, Thank you! :-) Good luck and clear skies!

[@cwarrillow]

I enjoyed that, seeing a bit more colour in my Rosette nebula. Great thanks Luke.

[@lukomatico]

Glad you enjoyed it mate!! That's superb to hear :-) Clear skies!

[@nameisunique]

Super helpful video! Much appreciate your sharing and adding the Google drive items.

[@lukomatico]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching and commenting :-)

[@gomanastro]

Excellent job. Using those new color masks is a time saver! Great video.

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much Greg, that's wonderful to hear! - I hope you continue to enjoy it :-)

[@Neph-v5r]

Cheers Luke. I downloaded Starnet 2 the other day so your workflow will be the first time I've used it. I'll let you know how it goes 👍

[@CaptRescue2]

Wow, Thanks Luke, this is very helpful!

[@lukomatico]

Glad it was helpful mate!! That's simply fantastic to read :-D Clear skies!

[@MrBercis]

Thank you, Luke! Wonderful tutorial! Because of you I bought a Pixinsight and Topaz filters:)

[@lukomatico]

Thank you for letting me know the tutorial helped Mārtiņš! I'm very happy to hear it my friend :-) I hope that you are enjoying your new software!! Clear skies :-)

[@photonphanatic]

Thanks for this tutorial! I learned a few new PixInsight tricks that will definitely be useful!

[@lukomatico]

I'm so glad to hear it David! - Thank you my friend :-)

[@rickbohart6788]

Very Good! Thanks for sharing.

[@lukomatico]

Glad you like it mate! :-)

[@markmuratore413]

Like, another fantastic tutorial. Looking forward to trying this on my latest Rosette data. Thanks

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Mark! - I hope you have some good fun with it mate 👍👍

[@astromiasto8651]

Amaizing as usual Luke! Thanks for links to download 💪

[@lukomatico]

No problem! Enjoy mate :-)

[@1Brammer]

Great video Luke, very easy to follow, Thankyou!

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Adam!! :-)

[@sermoly]

Hi, your tutorials are so useful, thank you for sharing!

[@lukomatico]

So glad you enjoy them my friend, thank you!! :-)

[@alfredobeltran611]

Very good tutorial, Luke. I'll use it for sure to see what it brings to an image I processed in the past few days. One thing that I've seen with the dual band filter is that tend to produce orange in the nebula, which is understandable because it allows the camera to capture a lot of red and green light. Again, very good one. Thanks for posting it! Regards, Alfredo

[@lukomatico]

Hey there Alfredo! - I hope the tutorial works out well for you my friend, I do believe this method is giving a better "depth" to images than previous versions could, I'm certainly enjoying the extra control for individual colour tones too! :-) Thank you for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts Alfredo, I appreciate your time!! All the very best, and good luck! Luke

[@AstroSoundscape]

Hey Luke - Always great tutorials mate, I will certainly log this one as a good future reference when I'm trying to sort out those SHO effects. Always very well explained Luke.👍

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Ollie! - It's a nice method for sure, even if I do say so myself haha! :-D Appreciate you watching matey! as always :-) Clear skies!

[@catsaur]

Thanks for doing this!

[@lukomatico]

My pleasure mate!!

[@mlethbridge76]

I'm very interested in trying this out. Your first version is my go-to for processing in PI.

[@lukomatico]

That's awesome to hear Mike, I really hope you enjoy this new version :-) Clear skies!

[@danjensen9425]

When I only had the asi294 mc pro and the L extreme I just couldn’t get it right with the osc Hubble look. Then I bought the asi294 mm pro and the difference was night and day for my skills. Then I broke the usb3 port in the 294mm and it’s going in for repairs . And the very next day I see your video. So I got out the Rosette stack and having some fun getting it to look the way I want. Another great video.

[@lukomatico]

Thanks for watching Dan!! Glad to hear you're having fun with it mate! 👍👍 I hope your cam gets a quick turnaround with repairs man 🙏 Clear skies!

[@zelodec]

An actual guide that works. Have tried many before but just didn't delivered the same results as yours did.

[@lukomatico]

That's awesome to hear Zelodec! - So glad the tutorial works for you my friend, thanks for sharing! :-) Clear skies!

[@SimonsAstro]

Superb tutorial Luke! This is just what we need mate👍 I’m going to re-edit my Rosette now using your methods! I bought Topaz from your last affiliate link to that software, so thanks for that, I got a decent discount 😀It is brilliant as you say, excited to try it! Currently waiting for clouds to pass so we I can get on with imaging, got two rigs on the go now👍 Clear skies Luke

[@lukomatico]

Awesome stuff Simon!! Two rigs is the way forwards! :-D I'm really thankful you used the link mate, and for all the support you've given otherwise too! - it's genuinely so helpful in my life right now! Hope you have some clear on the way man, clear skies!

[@chatterjeevideos]

Beautiful and very effective processing technique. Thanks a lot.

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much mate!! glad that you liked it :-) Clear skies!

[@SubhadipChatterjee]

@@lukomatico Quick question for you. Following this technique, is it also possible to do a HOO processing from OSC data? What I am thinking, once I got the Ha (Red) channel, and then create the blue channel (the two pixel math operations ultimately creating the Blue channel), can I use RGB combination of Red to Red, Blue to Blue, and Green to Blue and will that work? I plan to try it myself, but wanted to see if you already know the answer.

[@lukomatico]

It will indeed work mate yeah! I've done it myself with success :-) Good luck!

[@MrSpike2450]

Thanks Luke this is spot on..

[@lukomatico]

You are very welcome mate!! - Clear skies :-)

[@arnaudgraebert1920]

Very useful thank you!

[@lukomatico]

Thank you for watching Arnaud! :-) Clear skies!

[@AstroLaVista]

Hey Luke! I wondered how you'd got the Hubble pallet from your OSC cam, now I know! Such a polished and in depth tutorial as always and I can see why you use PixInsight with the power of some of those tools, just magic, almost literally! :)

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Chris! - I'm glad it came across well matey, - It took a while to figure out a different way to do this process than I'd previously done but it all came together eventually! :-) Gotta agree by the way, PixInsight is pretty much magic at times!

[@joakimastro]

Congratulations, you’ve succeeded in making me want to reprocess my Rosette data ;( Great work!!

[@lukomatico]

Haha! - That's awesome, I'm happy to hear it mate! - but also sorry for the trouble! :-D Clear skies and good luck man!

[@avt_astro206]

Fantastic Tutorial Luke, At First I Thought This Is Gonna Be Sketchy, but After trying Out Some Processing Techniques In Gimp I learnt quite bit On Pixinsight!! Processing always Seems Boring and Hard When You new To AP, But Its Interesting To Learn later! Thanks For Doing This! Clear Skies!

[@lukomatico]

Hey Avanteesh! I hear you dude, it's hard to follow at first but like you say, down the line it becomes interesting! :-) Thanks for watching man, and congratulations on 500 subs!! :D

[@stillontheedge]

As always, an excellent tutorial. More to scramble my brain🤣. Thank you,

[@lukomatico]

Happy to help mate! :-D Thanks for watching!

[@michaelklages4367]

Regular narrow band filter's do work with OSC cameras did this target with 7nm narrow band set and a 300$ DSLR. It's the best image i've taken.

[@lukomatico]

They do work well indeed mate! - Glad to hear you got a nice shot :-D Clear skies!

[@padraigfarrell7150]

Great stuff,

[@lukomatico]

Hey Padraig! - There's a short instructional on how to do this in my video called "get better colours" - about the scripts themselves. If you load them in and they aren't showing, then they will simply be off to the right of the screen, you'll need to scroll across and move them back into the workspace :-) Hope that helps mate!

[@padraigfarrell7150]

@@lukomatico thanks Luke, read further down ,someone else with the same trouble, found them to the right as you said. 🤫 This is really powerful stuff, the reason why I went for the L extreme filter. Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.

[@DavesAstrophotography]

Thank Luke, I love these videos.......

[@lukomatico]

I really appreciate that Dave mate, thank you!! :-) hope you're keeping well!!

[@DavesAstrophotography]

@@lukomatico Counting down the days to get home, into the final 2 weeks now! Just hope I test -ve so can get on the plane, after having tested +ve a couple weeks ago!

[@lukomatico]

My fingers are crossed for you buddy, hope you got over it without issue too 🤞👍 Good luck!

[@DavesAstrophotography]

@@lukomatico yeh, no problems, just a couple of days feeling like the flu. Got myself and IDAS NBZ UHS filter for the Rasa, so see how that goes....

[@lukomatico]

Ahh glad it was over quick for you mate! Awesome to hear about the filter!! Can't wait to see your results mate, that should be a brilliant combo on the rasa 👍👍

[@marcindabkowski6511]

Another great tutorial with yet another methods to give your image a punch. I'm still struggling in my head though whether to keep the "natural" color in my images or false colors. I find the latter more pleasing to an eye rather than mostly red pictures of emission nebulas.

[@lukomatico]

Hey there my friend! :-) I see the appeal to both, so my advice would be to go with whichever palette inspires you the most at the time 🙏 If you keep your stacked master data then you can always revisit it down the line and process again should your tastes change 👍 Hope that helps!

[@thomaswade6896]

Hi Luke, thanks to taking the time to make these amazing tutorials. I am relatively new to Astrophotography and very new to Pixinsight, so these processing tutorials are really appreciated. I have tried downloading the colour masks into Pixinsight without success and wonder if it is due to my running a Mac rather than a Windows machine? Thanks again for your effort in making the tutorials

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much Thomas! - I have to admit to being entirely unfamiliar with Mac so this may be totally wrong, but if the .xpsm file saving format for PixInsight is the same across versions then it should work I'd hope? I'd try simply dragging the icons across into pixinsight and see what happens! (if the console reports them loaded but they are not visible then you may have to right-click and "arrange all icons" to get them to appear on the current workspace) Good luck!

[@garyanderson6192]

Another great tutorial Luke, thanks for sharing. I installed starnetv2 the other day but its not working yet, obviously I did something wrong, lol. The rosette is my next target so will use your ifo in this video to process it, thanks again.

[@lukomatico]

Hey Gary! - Hopefully you can get Starnet2 working soon mate, it's a cracking upgrade over v1! Fingers crossed for you mate, I hope that the tutorial works for you when you get the chance! Clear skies :-)

[@garyanderson6192]

@@lukomatico got it working this afternoon, obviously did something wrong on last install. Reprocessed my ngc7000 due to no new data, due to in turn crappy weather. Keep up the good work Luke, your tutorials are some of the best I've seen.

[@paulwhitton957]

Well done Luke - I used your data and processed it in PI. I got a superb result. Your videos are easy to follow and so useful. Keep up the great work.

[@lukomatico]

Thank you Paul! - I'm real glad to hear that mate, that's very kind of you to say :-) Clear skies!

[@Avocettech]

Many thanks for this update Luke! I was working from your earlier Videos but I am stuck on trying to load the Colourmask Tools. I went back to your earlier video which explains how to get them working but I cant see them in PixInsight after I run the downloaded file. Any thoughts or could you give a more detailed explanation please? Thanks a lot.....

[@lukomatico]

Hey Ed! they are likely loaded in when you open the file, but just off to the right of the screen - you'll need to scroll the screen across to see them :-) then you can select all your usual icons and save the whole lot as a new processing set, Hope that helps!

[@padraigfarrell7150]

SORRY, but had to comment again :) Having a blast with these color masks on the Pacman nebula.

[@lukomatico]

Haha! - That's superb Padraig, I am really glad to hear it mate! :-D Enjoy!

[@BlackravenarmouryUk]

Hey Luke, quick questions: so I’ve been using a 2600mc pro with a ANTLIA ALP-T "gold" Dual Band 5nm Filter. Will this tutorial and workflow be something I can follow ?? I’ve been really curious to have a play with colour more and hear “Hubble” mentioned a lot but didn’t know I can do anything given I’ve not got a mono camera. Also I wondered at the start of this workflow you mentioned you’d need to have done certain “things” before starting the lesson. Could you possibly list the workflow I’d need to do before starting this lesson please, it would be a real help - Alex

[@lukomatico]

Hey there mate! - I hope you are doing well :-) This is absolutely something you can do with data from your ALP-T filter, 100%! Regarding the workflow before starting the lesson, that's mostly covered by the segment called "preparing your image" in the video - very basically you'd need to have your data cropped of stacking artefacts, background neutralized, and gradients removed if possible too (either ABE or DBE will do this) If you'd just like to give it a go and try it out with my data for a test then it's available in the description box too! :-) I hope that helps you make a start bud! If you need any help, just let me know - Good luck!

[@BlackravenarmouryUk]

@@lukomatico your a star, thanks so much for all the advice, it’s really appreciated

[@alessandrobarbato1978]

Fantastic!!! i have a question, is it possibile to find the script for yellow mask, blue mask? thank you

[@lukomatico]

They are linked in the video description for you mate! :-) Hope that helps!

[@chrispz5675]

Hi Luke. When I get to the part of creating the last "new" B image, when I go to combine them on LRGBCombination I get an error saying "Invalid course of color space: B. That new B shows as a RGB image on the top description. Any idea how to correct this?

[@lukomatico]

Hey there Chris! - it sounds like one of the channels, either R or G is in the RGB colour space still before creating the new B in PixelMath, thus the resulting image is also in the RGB. - I'd double check when you extract the channels from the main image that they are all mono and give it another go! Hope that helps my friend, good luck! :-)

[@Ed-yj8ts]

Excellent tutorial. Using OSC images of North American Nebula taken with an astromodified Nikon and an Ha O-III dual band filter, the faux Hubble technique results in less attractive colors - somewhat murky. If one wanted to improve the blues would one start by changing the pixlemath ratios of adding blue and green and red and blue? Should one photometric calibrate colors before the Hubble sequence?

[@lukomatico]

Hey Ed! - there should be no need for PCC during this process :-) Regarding strengthening the blues in the image, I'd stick to the same ratio but perhaps more aggressively stretch the blue/green channel before combination, that would be my solution 👍 I hope that helps you!!

[@romanargentina]

Thanks, this is a great tutorial! I am quite new to Pixinsight, but I can follow well the individual steps. Just one question: I downloaded Bill's colour masks, double clicked on the downloaded icon, Pixinsight saying that it read 7 icons. However, I am not able to find the color mask items in Pixinsight. Could you please give me some advice?

[@lukomatico]

Hey there! :-) To get the icons to show you'll have to load them back in, right click an empty space on the pixinsight workspace and press "arrange all icons" - that'll bring them into view for you! Thanks for watching and good luck my friend!

[@romanargentina]

@@lukomatico Thank you, worked perfectly! Looking forward to playing around with this very nice workflow :-). Best wishes, Roman

[@donandlisa2008]

Thanks for this video. I got Bills Colormasks but the Blur Mask process was not included. How do I get a copy of that? Or a description of the process - Convolution?

[@lukomatico]

That's really odd, I'm sorry you've had a bit of trouble with it! - The blur process should be included, I'd say it might be worth re-downloading and trying once again with a freshly started pixinsight just incase something has gone awry along the way - I hope that fixes the issue for you! Do let me know how you get on please! Clear skies :-)

[@wingshum7551]

Great tutorial, I'm newby which can follow retouch my work. Where can I get thise channel mask scripts and mask blur script? They're great tools.

[@lukomatico]

Hey there my friend! - you'll find the download link to the pixinsight colour masks and blur tools in the video description box :-) hope that's helpful to you! Thank you for watching and clear skies!

[@OptiquevideoFPV]

Beautiful tutorial, I watched the whole thing and don't have pixinsight anymore 🤣 was too hard to use and didn't buy after the free trial. My question is was the original shot taken using no filters? I own a altair quad band osc filter but it's all

[@lukomatico]

Hey there mate! - thank you so much for watching through, that's awesome of you 👍👍 Regarding filters: the original image was taken with an optolong l-extreme filter :-) I hope that helps!

[@patjones7717]

Hello Luke. New to Pixinsight and have been trying to find some good videos to help my learning curve. Really like this video and I am having trouble figuring out how to get Bills color mask that you say I will need to follow this video. Can you help a rookie out here bud. Thanks. I really like your videos. Easy to follow along and very informative.

[@lukomatico]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYLQd3mhe5uLnq8 - starting around 2:00 for installation instructions mate :-D I hope that helps you out and you can get started bud!! Good luck and clear skies :-)

[@patjones7717]

@@lukomatico I was able to download and can find them but I can't seem to get them to show as chooseable icons. When I pick them as save icons it shows on process screen but nothing happens as far as seeing them like in you video.

[@lukomatico]

I'm a little puzzled then I'm afraid Pat! My only last suggestion would be to try and right-click, select all icons, then right-click and arrange all icons, that may work to bring them into view? Worth a try anyhow! Good luck mate!

[@redabdab]

I use the L extreme with a 2600MC Pro, but I don’t have pixinsight. Can this palette be obtained using photoshop? Thanks

[@lukomatico]

Hey Stuart! - it's likely got some transferability over to photoshop but as I don't use the program I can't say with certainty I'm afraid! Good luck if you give it a go mate, I hope it works out well 👍👍

[@fabrizziofalconi]

Fantastic tutorial, but i have a little problem combining RGB channels in pixelmath, image created its RGB, not grayscale. Thanks in advance.

[@lukomatico]

Hey there Fabrizzio! I think the issue could be that one of the images you're trying to recombine is already RGB, making all subsequent versions also RGB. I hope that helps!

[@AudreyGray-mk3mt]

This is incredibly helpful. Any chance you shared the specifics of your starting image anywhere here? (camera / scope / # of lights / stacking software / etc)? Thanks!!

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you found it helpful :-) RE: the image spec - from what I can remember, we're looking at around 5hrs of lights, 5m subs, stacked in Pixinsight WBPP - Scope was Skywatcher Esprit 120 w/ 0.77x reducer/corrector, camera was asi2600mc pro :-) Hope that helps!

[@spookysandwich1355]

Hi Luke is there a way to create the hubble pallet look just within photoshop ? i am just using a DSLR and 600mm lens on a HEQ5 mount no filters just straight out of the camera shots in RAW i have about 6 hours of Orion id like to try this out on // i dont have PI cant afford it many thanks good sir

[@lukomatico]

So sorry about the late reply mate, I'm sure there is a way to do this effect within Photoshop, but I have absolutely zero experience with PS so can't help! Good luck to you though mate! 👍👍

[@ronbernstein2889]

Hi does anyone know where I can download the v2 of starnet++? It seems sound forge has taken it down for some reason?

[@lukomatico]

Glad we got this solved Ron! :-) Clear skies and good luck!

[@kellyclitheroe5466]

Hi, dumb question. I have starnetv2 installed as well as the EZ suite. How do I install Bill's masking tools. I should be able to figure it out, but.... I really enjoy your tutorials. You move along at a nice pace, you explain where each of the tools can be found and why they are used and you don't assume prior knowledge of processes. Thank you.

[@lukomatico]

Thanks for the lovely comment Kelly! - Regarding installing the masks you should be able to find the link in the description box to my google drive, you just need to download the .XPSM file, open pixinsight, and double click the file - they should then be on the screen for you to be saved as part of your usual "toolkit" if you have one already! :-) Hope that helps!

[@kellyclitheroe5466]

@@lukomatico thanks. Got it sorted now.

[@mickeyhuffman1511]

I cannot figure out how to load the color mask and mask blur into pixnsight, i have read all the sites you have posted. Do you have a step by step?

[@lukomatico]

Hi Mickey! - If you've downloaded the file from my google drive link in the description, then simply open pixinsight, then while it's open go to your downloads folder and click the file you downloaded, they should then be on the PixInsight desktop for you. - at this point you can save them permanantly as usual! Hope that helps :-)

[@mxquattro]

HI Luke. I went to get Starnet 2 but got this error: "This project's file releases are suspended because this project has not made source code available under an Open Source license, as required by SourceForge's Terms of Use. " I have starnet built in to pixinsight, just not sure if it is starnet 2 or not.

[@lukomatico]

Ah that must be a problem in the last day or two then I guess mate, there is likely alternative download mirrors available for it though, re: which version it is, Starnet 2 has an icon that says SN2 so it's different to the other one :-) hope that helps!

[@alanrockowitz379]

Brilliant video, as usual! Can you please tell me what software you use to create this video?

[@lukomatico]

Hey Alan! I used nvidia shadowplay to record the footage and voice as I processed, and edited and exported it in ShotCut :-) hope that helps!

[@alanrockowitz379]

@@lukomatico Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. BTW, my daughter lives in Birmingham, and I'm looking to pay a visit sometime soon!

[@lukomatico]

No problem at all Alan! :-) hope you enjoy your visit!

[@piotrpierwszy8114]

Really great tutorial, makes me want to learn something new, only have a problem with masks, won't generate. :PixelMath: Processing view: nowy *** Error: Invalid character in expression: // Simple Yellow Color Mask.

[@lukomatico]

Hey Piotr, I'm sorry that this issue has popped up and is preventing your progress! - I would try a few things in order to fix this 1: re-download and reinstall the masks, I'm case something has ended up saved with invalid values between sessions. 2: ensure pixinsight is up to date, with the newest version downloaded from the website directly. I hope one of those helps with the issue my friend! - sorry for the trouble Piotr 🙏 All the best and good luck! Luke

[@piotrpierwszy8114]

@@lukomatico thanks, I'll check your suggestions, maybe it will work out. once again great job thank you very much.

[@DieterWiedenhofer]

Hello, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. The promo code for Topaz has expired. Could you please provide a new one? Many Thanks.

[@lukomatico]

Hey there Dieter! I'm thrilled to hear you've found the video useful my friend, thank you so much for taking the time to share!! :-) Regarding the promo code, I'm afraid Topaz appears to have ceased promotions for the time being as far as I can tell, aside from pre-planned limited time events, it's a very recent development but I believe they may be altering their promo model in the future. My apologies!! In the meantime if you decide to purchase Topaz without a promotion then my affiliate code for them is still very much active if you'd like to support the channel via it! It's highly appreciated :-) All the very best, Luke

[@chrismcgrew4692]

Where did the mask blur process come from? It doesn't appear to be native in my version of PI.

[@lukomatico]

Hey Chris! - it's explained in the first couple minutes of the video mate, hope that helps 👍

[@chrismcgrew4692]

@@lukomatico Got it - part of Bill's scripts that I've tried for months to get to load on PI but cant. 🤦‍♂️

[@lukomatico]

@@chrismcgrew4692 oh dear mate! - sorry to hear it's been such a pain :-( You could replace that process with convolution I guess in a pinch?

[@clintlemasters6648]

Great Tutorial! Can you please post your process icons shown in your video? Thank you!

[@lukomatico]

Hey Clint! - I could post some of them for sure mate, A few I'm not able to release yet as they aren't ready for a public release though :-) All the best! - I'll try and get those uploaded to the google drive later!

[@clintlemasters6648]

@@lukomatico Thanks!

[@lukomatico]

Hey Clint! - Sorry about the late reply, - the base setup including colour masks are now uploaded for you to the google drive link in the video description - if you already have some icons you use a lot it may be best to merge these ones into them, and have a master set if you like :-) Thanks!

[@clintlemasters6648]

@@lukomatico thanks!

[@gfogarty9367]

Hi there, I followed your steps, when it came back to recombining the LRGB - I get the following error, "Invalid source color space: B" My original image is one shot colour, I split into its components, performed the manipulation ie curves etc (primary image was stretched prior to extraction of channels). I know I've done this before, but I'm not sure if you have any ideas what's going wrong? Thank you. The blue was R*.6+G*.4 ( the G being the combination of 50% of the original B & G ) Hopefully you'll know why, I've googled this error with no luck. Thank you!

[@lukomatico]

Hey there mate! - it sounds like somehow the B file became an rgb colourspace image so you'll need to select the blue and press the cie/l button on that channel to pull out just the luminance from it and use that for your blue channel, - that should work mate! - I'm not sure how the image ended up back RGB though after a split haha! Hope that helps and lets you proceed mate! All the best

[@gfogarty9367]

@@lukomatico Well, thanks for the quick reply, appreciate it. I'll try pulling the luminance as you suggest, and will see how it goes. Thank you!

[@gfogarty9367]

Tried again from scratch, now I get this "Cannot execute instance on view: R Reason: LRGBCombination cannot be executed on grayscale images." ( to your earlier note, there is no way to extract luminence from the split G or B files ). Do you do zooms? Be happy to pay you for 30 mins to watch me and tell me what I'm doing wrong, live in the USA, guessing you're somewhere in the UK? (I'm an Australian so I speak British lol)

[@lukomatico]

Hey mate! - the problem during lrgb combination is that you are likely clicking apply and not apply global (the circle button, next to the square) That should fix the issue for you there :-) I'm afraid I don't do zoom or anything yet mate, though I do appreciate the offer! Hope that helps and sorry for any disappointment 👍👍

[@gfogarty9367]

@@lukomatico Mate! Thank you, stupid me, worked like a charm. Thank you for taking the time to reply, really do appreciate it, only found your videos recently, enjoying working my way through them. Again, many thanks!

[@alessandrogaldiero7796]

hello from a post on fbk they told me that you probably made a video tutorial about it. I would like to add the recordings made with the extreme to those made with the pro, consider that I use wbpp to obtain the recording sum, etc. Thanks, I can't help it. Could you help me?

[@lukomatico]

Hey mate! - you'll probably want to split the extreme data into it's three channels and combine the extreme red with the pro red for a start, using pixelmath should be fine, something like a*0.5+b*0.5 to keep it a simple 50/50 to start with. Hope that helps mate!

[@alessandrogaldiero7796]

@@lukomatico I would like to divide the various channels of the Extreme and add them to those corresponding to the broadband. Is this tutorial suitable?

[@lukomatico]

Hey mate, I'm afraid I don't really have any tutorials aimed directly at what you're wanting to do - sorry about that! My earlier suggestion would probably be the way I'd do it though. Sorry I couldn't be more help for you with this one!

[@saljordano1860]

Dumb question, but how does one install the color masks into PI once the file is downloaded? Thanks!

[@lukomatico]

Drag and drop them into the pixinsight workspace my friend! :-) alternatively you can right click and "load icons" by pointing Pix to the file's location. Hope that helps!

[@saljordano1860]

@@lukomatico Thank you!

[@mxquattro]

Luke, I downloaded the colour mask tools, clicked on it, and PI said it was importing it. However nowhere can I find the tools. What am I doing wrong? Thank you again!

[@lukomatico]

Hey mate, if they are open in PixInsight they likely went off the right hand side of the screen when loading in, you'll have to scroll the screen across and find them there :-) hope that helps!

[@mxquattro]

@@lukomatico Hi Luke! You mean on the menu bar? I dont see them. I dont see them on the screen either. I probably did something wrong :(

[@lukomatico]

@@mxquattro Hey matey! - if you are sure they are loaded in then you can try right click, select all icons, then arrange all icons, - but the simplest option if they're loaded is to just scroll the main screen navigation bar across to the part of the work window that is hidden, they should be loaded in there :-)

[@mxquattro]

@@lukomatico That was it, thank you so much! Going to do your full tutorial now, I really appreciate your help! :)

[@lukomatico]

That's awesome mate, good luck with it!!

[@kurtbauch5491]

I just downloaded the Instances and many are duplicates of what I already have. Can I just delete these duplicates? I had a few warnings, but I continued to download. I’ll wait to hear back from you before I delete the duplicates. Then I shall give it a “go”!

[@lukomatico]

Sorry again about the late reply bud! - happy to hear you've sorted it 👍 Clear skies!!

[@chrismcgrew4692]

I can't get Bill's color masks processes to show up in PI. Any tips?

[@lukomatico]

Hey there Chris! - if you open pixinsight and try to load them in, they'll be off the screen to the right - you'll need to scroll across and grab them from there mate! Hope that helps, All the best!

[@chrismcgrew4692]

@@lukomatico got it, but how to load them in?

[@lukomatico]

Hey Chris! Just open PixInsight, click the downloaded file 'colour masks.xpsm' and it should load them into pixinsight for you, then you can arrange them, select all your icons and then save the process icons as part of your usual set 👍👍

[@chrismcgrew4692]

@@lukomatico That's what I did, but I don't see any of the process icons to the right. Just my usual set of icons that I already put there. I'm not sure why they're showing up.

[@lukomatico]

Hey Chris! Maybe worth trying again from scratch but this time once you've tried to load them in, right click, select all icons then right click and arrange all icons, that should pull them in for you 👍👍

[@AshA-ww8hc]

At some point you wonder where you draw the line between capturing and reproducing a celestial photo / image, and turning this into painting your own picture to look like what you want the celestial object to look like. I don't know.

[@lukomatico]

Interesting question mate! I guess we all have our own 'line' which varies person to person, but maybe there doesn't have to be a line at all! Unless you're conducting scientific research then it's all just art at the end of the day 👍

[@brodymk45]

Does this work with a DSLR, No filters, and Siril?

[@lukomatico]

Hey mate, unfortunately it's not likely to work with that setup :-( sorry for the let down!

[@kurtbauch5491]

I went ahead and deleted. I think that all is good.

[@lukomatico]

Sorry about the late reply Kurt!! I've been away at the seaside for the day 👍 Glad to hear you've got it sorted buddy 💪 Clear skies!

[@kurtbauch5491]

I had to come back to this video because my colors were lacking. Got the BlurX, NoiseX & StarX, along with Bill’s new HOO Normalization Process and was underwhelmed with my colors. Geez, how fast we (I) forget (especially when you get old like me and your brain becomes particularly fossilized)!

[@lukomatico]

Hey Kurt! Glad to hear this is still useful mate, I do still do things manually myself sometimes too!

[@kurtbauch5491]

This really helps boost the colors. Thanks and keep up the great work!