Pixinsight - Arrgh!!!!

[vlazg (George)]

I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this on.

I recently purchased Pixinsight for processing as it is purely for astrophotography compared to Photoshop but what a complicated process to try to wade through ( i have another phrase to use but it is not printable )

I have been using the tutorials on Harry's astroshed, using his workflow for one shot cameras as well as light vortex astronomy,but i would like to know what a Pixinsight guru could do with my data to give some indication of what i may be able to achieve with it.

Is there a dedicated forum here in Aus ( i think i am the only one in Darwin using it, if not please contact me ).
I am posting 2 images, one done with Pix and one with CS6 for comparison

Cheers

George

[RickS (Rick)]

Hi George,

No, there isn't a dedicated PI Forum in Aus though there are many dedicated users here on IIS The global forum is a good place to post for help from a wider pool of users: http://pixinsight.com/forum

It does take some effort to get started with PI and some people just never bond with it. However, I bet you didn't just pick up Photoshop in half a day either. Any powerful image processing program is going to require time and effort to master.

if you're willing to make your data available there's probably a few folks here and on the PI Forum that would have a go at it.

Cheers,
Rick.

[speach (Simon)]

which is which?

[vlazg (George)]

Originally Posted by speach

which is which?

Sorry, 1st one is Pix, hold your mouse over the image

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Just my amateur opinion but I prefer the first done in PI. More nebulosity showing, more colour range, more natural looking IMHO. THe C6 version seems very red dominated, a rather classic look but I'm seeing far more detail and depth in the PI version.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

hi George I also prefer the first one as it show more of the faint dust.
if you were after more of the vibrance in colour of the second, I guess you could open it up in photoshop after using the PI routine and easily crank up vibrance?

Cheers

Russ

ps did you apply flats?

[kimrichards (Kim)]

Pixinsight is definitely worth the effort and is continually being improved.

If you are after an extra resource James Morse has an excellent cribsheet which I find invaluable. He will send you a copy and keep you updated with newer versions if you email him.

jkmorse57@gmail.com

Kim

PS Nice photos and also prefer the first one

[vlazg (George)]

Thanks Rick and Brent, the more i look at them , the more i like the pix version

Thanks Russ, yeah i applied flats, i played a bit with the saturation in curves transformation in pix which boosted it little bit, have to work on masks.

Kim, thanks for the heads up, have sent an email

George

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Hi George,

Echoing others, I also prefer the first version, but both images are good

[speach (Simon)]

Yep the first for me, but I'm a PI user so may be biased

[vlazg (George)]

If you are after an extra resource James Morse has an excellent cribsheet which I find invaluable. He will send you a copy and keep you updated with newer versions if you email him.

jkmorse57@gmail.com

Kim

This resource is fantastic for those on the Pix path. Thanks Kim


Thanks Simon and Slawomir