Part 1, Astrophotography Processing in Photoshop – Stretching

This is the first video of a 5 part series I put together on my methods of stretching, color correcting, and curves adjusting my astro-photographs. View some of my work here: www.slas.us I have learned many of these techniques from various places online, and from tips from very good DSLR astrophotographers. I will not say these are the best methods for processing astro photos, and any tips are welcome. These methods have worked best for me, and I am always learning new tricks. This is two photos of M42, the Great Orion Nebula. Image Info : Shot the night of 11.25.09 from Southern UT Image Info: Scope : Orion 10" F4.7 OTA Camera : Canon Rebel XSi, (Self Modified) Corrector : Baader MPCC Mount : Orion Atlas EQ-G (EQMOD) Images : 18 Lights @ 180sec ISO 800 - 12 Lights @ 10sec ISO 800 (core data) 9 Darks 10 Bias Software : Subtraction in Iris, Registration stacking in Registar If you not sure what any of the above means, google it I plan on doing another series as well that goes over the basics of astrophotography, how to aquire the shots, the equipment needed, and how to get them ready for processing. This series is mainly for people who have already stacked an image, and are looking for good methods to stretch and process it for the final result. In This Video: I start with two photos, the first is a series of photos stacked to bring out the fainter part of the nebulae, the second is a series stacked to bring out the bright core. This video will show how I go about the ...

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