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Using The AutoColor Script To Color Calibrate Images
By Erik
/ December 17, 2020
The AutoColor script combines BackgroundNeutralization and ColorCalibration in one step and can often produce results that are better than using...
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Using FastRotation To Rotate An Image
By Erik
/ December 17, 2020
FastRotation is a very easy process to use and you can use it at any point in your workflow. FastRotation...
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Use EZ Star Reduction To Reduce Stars
By Erik
/ December 16, 2020
Update October, 2023: The EZ Processing Suite is no longer available in PixInsight PixInsight includes a process called MorphologicalTransformation which...
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Using SCNR To Reduce Color Noise
By Erik
/ December 15, 2020
SCNR, or Subtractive Chromatic Nose Reduction, is a process that intelligently removes color noise of a specific color. At its...
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Using MultiscaleLinearTransform To Sharpen An Image
By Erik
/ December 15, 2020
MultiscaleLinearTransform, or MLT, is typically used for noise reduction but you can also use it for sharpening an image based on wavelet...
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Using ColorSaturation
By Erik
/ December 14, 2020
The ColorSaturation process, under Process – IntensityTransformation, is used on nonlinear images when you want to modify the color saturation...
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Using The ColorMask Script To Create A Mask Based On Color
By Erik
/ December 12, 2020
The ColorMask script creates a mask using the color information in your image. Using the color information in your image...
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Using LocalHistogramEqualization To Improve Contrast In An Image
By Erik
/ December 11, 2020
LocalHistogramEqualization can improve the contrast of low contrast regions of a nonlinear image. Use LocalHistogramEqualization late in the workflow when...
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Using HDRMultiscaleTransform To Increase Contrast
By Erik
/ December 10, 2020
HDRMultiscaleTransform is a great tool for increasing contrast in areas of high signal. It’s an easy to use tool, but...
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Using TGVDenoise To Reduce Noise In An Image
By Erik
/ December 10, 2020
TGVDenoise is a noise reduction process in PixInsight that you can use both with both linear and nonlinear images. When...
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Boosting Areas of Faint Signal Using Curves, StarNet and Other Processes
By Erik
/ December 9, 2020
Sometimes your image includes some areas of faint signal like the nebula in the following image (Sh2-240): In this case,...
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Using BackgroundNeutralization To Neutralize The Background Of An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
BackgroundNeutralization makes an adjustment to the entire image to make the background more neutral. Use BackgroundNeutralization when your image is...
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Using ColorCalibration To Calibrate An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
The ColorCalibration process automatically calibrates the colors in your image based on a sample of white pixels and background pixels....
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Using PixInshght’s ArcsinhStretch To Stretch An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
ArcsinhStretch is a unique process in PixInsight because you can only use it with RGB data and it focuses on...
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Using MaskedStretch To Stretch An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
MaskedStretch focuses on stretching mid tones and avoids saturating very bright regions. MaskedStretch works by progressively masking your image with...
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Using ExponentialTransformation To Stretch An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
ExponentialTransformation (ET) is best used with images that have already been stretched using another process, so ET is best suited...
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Using EZ Soft Stretch To Stretch An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
Update October, 2023: The EZ Processing Suite is no longer available in PixInsight Update October, 2023: The EZ Processing Suite...
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Using AdaptiveStretch To Stretch An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
AdaptiveStretch that’s useful when you want to achieve a stretch in a short amount of time. If the amount of...
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Using HistogramTransformation To Stretch An Image
By Erik
/ December 8, 2020
HistogramTransformation is probably the most used tool to stretch an image into its nonlinear state because it is easy to...
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