PixInsight Processing Tutorial: LRGB Star Clusters

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00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Crop and DBE
10:29 - RGB Linear
22:13 - Luminance Linear
33:53 - Stretch and LRGBCombination
42:27 - Nonlinear + Final Touches

[@TanoMac73]

Lovely, not only did I enjoy the "no idea what the fuck it means" but also followed it step by step for my Stack of M-3. You rule dude!

[@rodneybutch454]

I have watched dozens of pixinsight tutorials to learn and improve my processing skills. Your tutorial is probably the best processing tutorial I have encountered. Your explanations are clear and to the point. This tutorial has clarified so many critical details in DBE, repaired HSV, arcsingh, MMT, TVG, and LRGB combination just to name a few. I followed this tutorial exactly in my processing of M13 and the final result may be my best processing to date. I can't wait to use the techniques learned here on my next astro project. You are the best. Thank you. Rodney Butch

[@scottlord6832]

Just came across this gem today as I was specifically searching for a tutorial on Pixinsight clusters (for M36). What a great find!! Thank you!

[@ranjitgovindaraj]

Just started to shoot and process my M3 Globular Cluster data. Brilliant tutorial 👌🏼 Especially the Noise Reduction and HSV part. Great job👍🏼 Hope I can pester you for more PI processing tutorials . I really like the way you explain keep the workflow simple enough for the beginner to understand. Thank you. Clear skies.

[@davidmurren4644]

Very good workflow and very helpful, thanks. I had read about HSV repair for improved star colours but couldnt get it to work. You explained it perfectly and it improved my M13 stars, thanks! Also first time I've seen ArcSin Stretch explained, much better than the STF and HT routine! Subscribed.

[@JohnMcGFrance]

A very well presented tutorial. Thank you. I’m quite new to Pixinsight and need all the help I can get!

[@jimmythechicken4802]

Found the time to watch it all the way through, a great video with some great advice! Keep doing what you're doing man! :)

[@marcelomunoz84]

Excellent video. A help in the min 21:00 of the video, if you drag the identifier of the image on the left over the identifier of the right image you will get the same zoom in both images so that you can compare them.

[@carlostello3476]

Thank you for such a great tutorial!! Really clear and to the point.

[@rudycajuso29]

Awesome tutorial. I will have to try it on my M5 and hopefully have similar results.

[@user-tj3xv2ic9v]

very useful tutorial. I learned a lot, you are very good at explaining, thank you very much. I will wait for new tutorials :)

[@geoffhealey866]

Great tutorial, thank you.

[@jonathanshinn4755]

Really helpful, thanks for the careful explanation.

[@theastrocave]

Thank you for your help!!

[@theastrocave]

Hi can you share some of your scripts that you showed like the star mask script, where do you find the scripts?

[@Deeko76]

New to PI - would this guide be suitable for any LRGB data such as for the M42 nebula?

[@leftysastrophotography]

For the most part, yes. You'll probably want to do some L deconvolution prior to linear noise reduction, and try fiddling with additional nonlinear processes (local histogram equalization, HDR multiscale transform, more curves, etc)

[@Deeko76]

@@leftysastrophotography Thank you for the advice, really appreciate the time you have taken for these videos. Cheers.