PixInsight For Dummies (Like Me!) | Part 7: Orion Workflow

In today's video we'll take everything we've learned and put it to the test.  If we can get through the full workflow, we should be pretty comfortable using PixInsight at this point!  Now you are ready to get into the finer details with other content creators like Adam Block  and  VisibleDark Astro 

I'd also highly recommend watching the official tutorials from PixInsight which do a wonderful job explaining many of the topics we covered in this video.

Unfortunately, because I'm still new to PixInsight, I will need to use Photoshop for the blending portion of this workflow.  I'm sure there's a way to do this in PixInsight, but that'll have to wait for a future update.  In the meantime, I still think that Photoshop is a great tool to handle color, contrast, sharpening, and blending.

Here's the Pixel Math equation:

combine(nebula,stars,op_screen())

Outro Music - Ambient Wonder by Marty O'Donnell 

00:00 - Intro

00:38 - Stack Photos w/ WBPP

06:09 - Open Images & Organize

07:30 - Create RGB Image

08:53 -  Fix Gradients w/ DBE or GraXpert

11:34 - SPCC

13:45 - BlurXterminator

14:39 - Remove Green w/ SCNR

15:49 - Prepare for Photoshop

16:38 - StarXterminator

17:04 - Create Dark / Bright Photos

21:48 - Blend HDR Image in Photoshop

27:20 - Saturation Boost / Color Fix

30:16 - Remove Color Noise

31:33 - Save TIFF

32:59 - Curves Transformation 

35:25 - NoiseXterminator

36:08 - UnsharpMask

38:03 - Stretch Stars Photo

39:54 - Blend Stars w/ Pixel Math

43:09 - Final Touches & Save JPEG

46:53 - Outro