{"id":8386,"date":"2024-10-15T18:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?post_type=product&#038;p=8386"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:18:43","slug":"pixinsight","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/shop\/pixinsight\/","title":{"rendered":"PixInsight Astrophotography Image Processing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This 133 page guide takes you through PixInsight&#8217;s processes and scripts step by step, building your confidence with the interface while showing you how to get it working effectively from the ground up.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll follow real workflows for deep sky, comet, solar, lunar and planetary images, using downloadable practice files so you can follow along exactly as shown.<\/p>\n<p>Written by UK astrophotographer Dave Eagle, this guide is aimed at astrophotographers moving from other software into PixInsight, or complete beginners wanting a clear route through one of the most powerful (and often intimidating) processing packages available.<\/p>\n<p>This book is also available to purchase from <a href=\"http:\/\/firstlightoptics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Light Optics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">This PixInsight edition covers, amongst others, the following topics:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">PixInsight&#8217;s Graphical User Interface (GUI).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Workspaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">View &amp; Process Explorer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Process Explorer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Resources, Repositories, Installing Modules and Updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Let the GPU Take the strain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Processes &amp; Scripts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Process Icons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Blink.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Weighted Batch Preprocessing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Screen Transfer Function.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Dynamic Crop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Blur Xterminator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Noise Xterminator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Deconvolution &amp; Noise Reduction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Separating Stars from the Background Sky.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Gradient Correction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Stretching methods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Increasing Image Contrast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Increasing Image Saturation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Removing Green Colouration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Merging Starless and Star Images.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Saving images.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Creating LRGB Images.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Creating Pseudo-Hubble Palette Images.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Creating Hubble Palette Image.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Comet Integration and Processing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Processing Solar, Lunar and Planet images.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Other useful Processes and Scripts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Handy Hints and Tips.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dave Eagle&#8217;s PixInsight astrophotography image-processing guide demonstrates how to get started and offers useful workflows using various Processes and Scripts.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8391,"template":"","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Star-Gazing PixInsight Astrophotography Image Processing Guide","description":"Step by step PixInsight astrophotography processing guide, 133 pages, by Dave Eagle. 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