PixInsight Beginner Tutorial Basic OSC Processing

I'm back! In this video I reach out to those just getting into Pixinsight to walk you through a step by step one shot processing tutorial.

[@WayneLittle-qz3fm]

I have to say that I downloaded the free trial of PI and hated it. All the tutorials on KZbin sucked and I couldn't get a picture any better than a 3rd grader could draw. Your tutorial has opened my eyes. This is by far the best tutorial I have watched. Thank you. My wife will probably hate you once she finds out I purchased PI. I'm going to blame it on you. Those are the breaks. Seriously, thanks for a great tutorial.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Lol...I ain't scared of her🤣 right on! And yes I actually hated it too when I first started and went running back to photoshop. But it eventually clicked. Thanks so much for letting me know. Good luck!

[@messianicmuse]

I have watched a dozen videos while testing PixInsight and this is by far the best I've watched. Thanks very much!

[@enteringintospace4685]

Wow! Really appreciate that! Good luck👊

[@KyawNaing-hi1kx]

As a very beginner to Pixinsight, I have been hunting for youtube on easy to understand processing in PixInsight. This is the best video I can understand and follow. Thanks for creating this great instructional video for people like me.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Hey thats great to hear! Thanks for letting me know.

[@petecarpenter1068]

When I watched your video on the EZ way in Pixinsight and you mentioned that you might do an OSC video I thought that will be just perfect. And it was! Thanks Steve, I can just start to see a way through the fog that is processing with Pixinsight. Cheers from NZ.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Hey Pete!! So glad it helped and thank for letting me know!

[@sebastianfrancese1445]

Thank you so much for your amazing work!!!! I must have watched this tutorial about 50 or so times. Now I wrote down the sequence, so I can go on my own from here. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with a healthy sense of humor.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Very cool....thanks so much for letting me know!

[@dadwhitsett]

Thank you. Quite good. A suggestion. With a long discussion such as consider placing chapters. Cheers. Curves Transformation: 28:06

[@azuractive]

I almost didn’t watch this because I’m not ‘zactly a beginner, but I can’t NOT watch a Steve processing tutorial, so here we are. This was awesome! Your “how” is always spot on, but I really appreciated the “why” and the “when” you brought to this one. Super helpful to demystify some of the crazy PI tools, even for a non-beginner.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Wow!! Awesome feedback....really appreciate it! I was listening to a known Pix guru today explain his process and it was hard to follow. I'm a step 1 through 3 and wala kinda guy 😉

[@mikestockley8938]

I've been a Pixinsight user for about 8 months now, and you just demonstrated a lot of basic but very effective techniques that have me excited to go back and reprocess my images. Thank you so much Steve, awesome demonstration!

[@enteringintospace4685]

Hey thats what I like to hear! Excited about reprocessing after learning new techniques!

[@NC_Astro]

Good to see you back man! I completely understand the weather situation. There has only been ONE clear night since Father's Day around here. Driving me insane!

[@enteringintospace4685]

Thanks! It's been awful...and 6 day work weeks haven't help....lol

[@MayfieldCreekObservatory]

This was an absolute big help because there were some things I had not yet started doing. Thanks so much. Your videos are always fun!

[@enteringintospace4685]

Very cool! Appreciate the feedback!

[@anthonygraham6449]

Ok don’t laugh. But you know what could be your longest and best new video I mean epic video. You got through every function of Pixnsight and explain why and when you would use them and how with a quick example. I’m having a problem with the Asiair live stacking at 300s subs causing hot pixel clusters. Someone suggested using defect map would fix it. I on the road so I have no idea where it is or how and when to use it. An I’m sure many of us don’t know more the 20% of the functions You are the master. I will be happy to donate to your channel. Thanks for thinking about it. Anthony

[@enteringintospace4685]

Hey Anthony! Unfortunately I can't really help with live Stacking as I've never used it on the asi air. Definitely give me some thought to trying it out though. Appreciate the kind words and willingness to donate. For now just spread the word😊

[@christophercraig9295]

Thanks so much for the video Steve. Really awesome stuff. I'm going to rewatch a few times because I think I kept doing the "apply alcohol" step too much. LOL. Seriously, really great tutorial. 🙂

[@enteringintospace4685]

Lol....nothing wrong with staying hydrated 😁 Thanks for the positive feedback!

[@AstroCrescent]

I really liked the way you explained the process. Made it easy to understand different functions. Thanks for the video. Subscribed 😊.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Right on!! Glad it helped you....thanks!

[@BryanKennedyPhotography]

Awesome upload, your tutorials are so easy to follow and so knowledgeable!!! appreciate you

[@enteringintospace4685]

Thanks Bryan!!

[@BryanKennedyPhotography]

@@enteringintospace4685 quick question on pixensight, I'm using a one shot color camera is there a way I can (when stacking) only pull out a certain channel (Ha) for example?

[@BryanKennedyPhotography]

I just found the "Seperate RGB" section in batch processing......I'm guessing this is it

[@enteringintospace4685]

@@BryanKennedyPhotography yeah in Pixinsight the icon next to the luminance extraction is the channel separation. So the red channel would contain ha signal.

[@enteringintospace4685]

@@BryanKennedyPhotography haven't used that in bpp, it's a process icon the separates after stacking

[@PatJones82]

WOW! Just plain WOW! I have been holding off on buying PixInsight because I had ZERO idea how to do anything. I’m not a great photoshop user either so my images have suffered thus far. No other video or videos about pixinsight have given me any confidence, certainly not enough the spend the money on it. This video should be THE recommended “gold standard” for new PixInsight wanna-be’s like me! I actually can’t wait to buy PixInsight now and put your process to work!! REALLY excited and grateful to you for taking the time to create and share this! THANK YOU!! :)

[@enteringintospace4685]

Wow! Just Wow on your appreciation for this video! So great to hear how much it helped....the "knowledge is power" feeling is never more present than with image processing. Thanks so much for your positive feedback 👊

[@PatJones82]

@@enteringintospace4685 🤛 👍

[@anthonygraham6449]

Thanks a lot. Now I have to rework 30 photos!!! Awesome.

[@enteringintospace4685]

That's what I like to hear!! Good luck..

[@peterlaubscher3989]

Many thanks, very helpful and clear. Appreciate all the effort you put into this presentation.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Hey! Appreciate the positive feedback 👊

[@FPVsimon]

Best tutorial I’ve seen, going to help me no end, thanks and subbed 👍

[@enteringintospace4685]

Very cool 👊, thanks!

[@bloodstone2000]

Nice to see you around my good man! 🤘🏻

[@enteringintospace4685]

Thanks man!

[@JCinBAMA1]

@@enteringintospace4685 Love your tutorials, Are you a teacher? you do damn fine job of explaining and teaching between you and Shawn at Visbledark my images have improve 10 fold, Thanks for your hard work . Great to see you back, the weather here in North Alabama has been hit and miss for months now tonight looks good though. :cheers:

[@enteringintospace4685]

@@JCinBAMA1 Appreciate the compliment! Not a teacher but I am a construction manager so maybe that's helped. Definitely have plans for more videos, thanks for watching!

[@LeonHulstroem]

Thanks this was a big help starting up using PI

[@enteringintospace4685]

Great to hear!!

[@AstroSidivis]

My goto video for beginning Pixinsight. I've rewatched this probably 30 times just trying to get all the finer points of all the information inside. I'd love to see some more just like this for different types of images that might not include so much nebulosity as I'm sure the techniques would be different.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Hey thanks for watching......so many times😉 I had a subscriber send some ocs data for me to process so I probably make that my next processing video.

[@FAstroHD]

Great video mate, thanks for taking the time to put it out there.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Yeah man👊

[@jurgen77emmen]

Thank you For this fantastic tuturial

[@Kinderriegelfan]

WHAT A GREAT VIDEO!! MANY THANKS, really...

[@enteringintospace4685]

Very cool! Appreciate that 👊

[@wallbke]

Thank you, very interesting😀. I've read a lot of recommendations to go for PixInsigt instead of my Photoshop. I read that Astro Pixel Processor has a good stacking function. Is that also included in PI? What are you using? Could you recommend any online course for PI?

[@enteringintospace4685]

Thanks! Pixinsight has a Stacking script called WBPP that works great for Stacking, I also stil use Deep Sky Stacker. I've not used APP mostly because it's and additional cost. Honestly as far as tutorials there are a bunch that will teach you a ton of features in pix you'll probably never use. All of my video show you exactly what to use to get your data processed. After learning that you can branch out to other features.

[@jtravfishing4762]

A great learning process here.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Thanks JTrav Catching!

[@CaptainCaveman60]

Fantastic tutorial once again and plenty of stuff for non-beginners!! I am missing the background music though.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Lol....I wondered if anyone would notice. I'm working on a star control video....ill male sure and have some.bavl ground mood music. Thanks!!

[@Mistr_A]

Thanks for the video Steve

[@enteringintospace4685]

Yeah man👊

[@andydragonfisher6900]

Very helpful - thank you 😊

[@wichierivera7631]

Do you use GHS in your process? It will be super if you make a video of your workflow using GHS. THANKS for what you are doing for all of us in this journey.

[@enteringintospace4685]

I have not used it. I have watched some videos on but didn't see enough to dl the script. What's your experience with it?

[@afryhover]

Is there somewhere we can see your Astrophotography? Astrobin or Flickr? Thanks.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Yeah....Instagram @enteringintospace. I haven't been in astrobin in a while but I posy all my images to insta and fb. Thanks

[@achernarpolis8842]

Thank you!

[@TiagoRamos79]

WO Zstar 61. My first telescope.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Cool! I like mine so far, still trying to get the spacing right

[@dawnpaulandelizabethromero3458]

Hi, I like the purple backgrounds, they increase the entertainment value. It would be nice to get a short (or longer) video on the Stellarium DSS Red band and how you use it for planning. Actually, doing it in Cartes Du Ciel (DSS Red) would even be better! Also, The Astro Imaging Channel has a Steve Miller coming up ... is that you? If so, I did not know you had a Dob!

[@enteringintospace4685]

I was on that channel last year doing an sho process. Must be another Steve Miller, no dobs here. Thanks!

[@doghouseobservatory]

Can ya do us a favor...and in your style. Show me how to stack photos from, an asi 294/1600/2600 color camera? Simple and also more in depth (2 part?). I think your doing great work...and it gets the job done. I'll keep watching.

[@mickwhitaker4086]

Superb video mukka. Bit confusing at the end with the red image.

[@enteringintospace4685]

Thanks! What were you confused about?

[@mickwhitaker4086]

Hi, it was the very final image right at the end of the video, it looks different to the one you worked on.

[@robertbuckell8341]

Good video but for a beginner you have not explained where the original .tif file came from. Presumably you used PI to create that file. How?

[@enteringintospace4685]

Thanks....yeah this video takes you from a stacked master file to process completion. I need to do a beginning Stacking video!

[@napper1496]

if thats basic im stuffed lol

[@rcolman717]

Really terrible tutorial fror first-time users.