Elementary Photoshop Tutorial for Deep Sky

[Sharnbrook (Mike)]

Has anyone found a really good tutorial for simple processing of some of the easier deep sky targets? I have looked at a few sites, and nothing yet has really given me what I want. I have PhotoShop 7, and want a basic tutorial on using levels, curves, colours, contrast, sharpening, and whatever else is needed for producing an acceptable image of say the Lagoon nebula. Where do you start, what is used first, how to adjust for contrast etc etc?

I have to say that I can use PS with reasonable competence in terrestrial photography, but only for simple shots. Astro photography is a totally different ball game, and I'm sure that there is a really good tutorial out there somewhere, but I haven't found it yet.

Any pointers please?

[Paul Haese]

Try with these links below. You will need to explore each site quite a lot but the tuts are very good.

http://www.caelumobservatory.com/video/dvd2.shtml

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/TOC_DIG.HTM

Hope you find these helpful.

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Thanks for the links Paul.

Dave

[Bassnut (Fred)]

http://www.newastro.com/zone/

The starters bible, and nice to peruse in print.

[Sharnbrook (Mike)]

Paul & Fred,

I shall check these out, and thanks for the tips, much appreciated.

[tonybarry (Tony)]

If it's any help, Steve Massey and Steve Quirk put out a book recently, "Deep Sky Video Astronomy" which has a fairly good tutorial on Photoshop / Registax etc. I found it worth while.

Regards,
Tony Barry