PixInsight Workflow Basics: Mastering OSC Data with Easy Scripts! 🌌✨ [Part 1]

[@4auswanderer]

Thank you very much for the nice demonstration video here. Very kind of you to do it. Thanks again.

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Thank you and you are very welcome! Please let me know if you ever need anything or have any requests :)

[@gr0uch02a]

Great stuff as always, Tony. Thanks very much. Really looking forward to more installments.

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Thank you and you are very welcome! We will progressively get more in depth with it as we go :)

[@jacquesbeauropert]

Great demonstration Tony👋👋👋

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Thank you!

[@dronefishincanadarob2892]

Great video. Thanks for the shoutout Tony. Can’t wait for part 2👍👍

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Thank you and you are very welcome! You definitely had a very good idea and it was due since all of the changes :)

[@grimreaper1938]

OMG wish I saw you tutorial earlier ! So much easier than the others. When is part 2 coming out?😩

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Thank you, I’m glad this helped out! Part 2 is coming out today :) After that, I am releasing my script for sharpening along with some major updates to the other scripts and then we’ll implement sharpening in the next one :)

[@paulsmaglik5063]

I just wanted to say thank you for this video it was extremely helpful for me to process my images. I am inexperienced in pixinsight and having shown me a streamline process on doing images is a big benefit. I like the pacing on how you do things and explanation on why you are doing it this way helps. I have watched many pixinsight processing videos and a lot of them go way to fast and not explaining things at a beginner level.

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Thank you and you are very welcome! I am happy to hear this has helped :) please let me know if there is anything you’d like to see that isn’t listed. I will be having a series of these coming out going a bit further into it each time :)

[@211milkman]

Great video! I was wondering. Have you ever played around with the C button in curves transformation instead of Saturation? It keeps the luminance of the image the same while boosting up the colors. It's pretty cool tool. Just don't over do it. Clear skies!

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Thank you and yes I have! It’s an amazing feature of curves transformation. It really does leave a cleaner look :)

[@OldGirlPhotography]

All of the steps mentioned (mostly) are things I do in my images now, but the thing I keep tripping over is the order of operations. Everyone seems to do it differently, particularly the things done before and after stretching. Yet the results I see appear to work both ways. Some processes and scripts specifically require linear or non-linear data, but many work both ways and are done both ways (like Croman's stuff). And although the new scripts from wonderful experts like yourself and Seti Astro make life so much easier for a specific step, often you have a choice of several different custom scripts that do the same thing. It has been a challenge creating a meaningful, repeatable workflow for OSC and mono. And that's without considering other software like Photoshop, which many experts also fold into the mix. But that's the fun of it, I guess, finding what works for me. Thanks for all you do, Tony!

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Yes, I agree that there are so many different methods of order of operations out there. There are also so many different processes and scripts to be used. As you mentioned, it really comes down to preference and playing with your data to see what works best :) I try to stick to the same basic order of operations when processing, but have added so much information since my last workflow video. I’m very happy an updated workflow video was requested because it is definitely justified. I also feel it’s good to do a series with it, starting very basic and adding to it with each video with optional processes, OSC, Mono etc. as you’ve mentioned, there’s a lot you can do and picking apart workflows from different people, playing with them and developing one that “fits like a glove” makes this hobby exciting and intriguing :)

[@monteroder2708]

Tony...after running noise X with your new updated star console script would you use screen or unscreen the stars? And why?

[@Hidden.Light.Photography]

Very good question! I prefer to use unscreen stars even though I pull my stars before stretching. Most say unscreen is best used if removing stars from stretched data, but I haven’t had any issues. Keep in mind though, I don’t reinsert my stars until after my data is stretched. If you are pulling stars on unstretched data and then putting them back in prior to stretching, I would use stars only image as I have seen and experienced issues putting unscreened stars back in unstretched (linear) data. I hope this helps :)

[@KJRitch]

Do you think an L Extreme filter would look almost as good. What Bortle location? Did you use an OAG and focal reducer with your C6. What is the focal length? Is this a Hyperstar image? What was the integration time, exposure length? I’ve imaged this target but I get get the colors like you did at the beginning on the first auto stretch. I was imaging at 1442mm with my ASI071MC Pro. I barely got the Western Veil in the frame and the bright star gave me a halo. I’m finding if such a bright star is near the frame edge and corners I get a nasty looping optical artifact which only happens with the focal reducer (Starizona or Celestron), bummer. I’ve been told it’s reflection in the optical baffle. I have yet to try PixInsight. What happens if a script doesn’t work like the one used to initially color balance. Are the Tony De Nardo scripts extra cost? I know all the Exterminators are extra cost. Thanks.