Image Processing *Does* Make a Difference!
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We've all seen DVD's, read books, and gone to conferences in-person, but if you're anything like me, you prefer to be shown how to do things in person.
I'm offering tutoring that is dedicated to any level of astro-imager who wants to accelerate their learning curve, through hardware and camera setup, image acquisition, initial processing, and image finalization in Photoshop. The format would be a dedicated evening, say 2-3 hours. By using remote access facilities, we collaborate together on one system, either yours or mine. You can use various recording tools that allow you to record our sessions together.
Topics available include:
• Image acquisition and guiding techniques with MaxIM or CCDSoft
• Automation approaches with CCDCommander or CCDAP
• Mount alignment with T-Point or PoleAlignMax
• Use of FocusMax
• Initial image processing with CCDStack, MaxIM, other tools
• Bloom control, image registration, normalization, advanced data rejection techniques
• Deconvolution and DDP
• Color combining and G2V/B-V calibration
• Other tools like Registar, Tria, FocusMagic
• The myriad possible techniques in Adobe Photoshop; Data optimization, advanced selections and layers, sharpening (Smart Sharpen, Unsharp Masking, "True" Unsharp Masking, Multi-layer High Pass Sharpening), Color balancing and adjustments, gradient control, and mosaics
Actual Before and After Tutorial Examples:
This shot of M51 was processed along with an entry-level student, the results of which you see here. The processing techniques used included:
• Improved channel registration and color combine
• Color enhancement
• Zonal noise control
• Additional color enhancements
• Blind deconvolution
• Core adjustment
• Faint areas enhancement
• Advanced contrast adjustments
This Rosette example illustrates combining Ha data with RGB data:
• Improved channel registration and color combine
• Advanced gradient control
• Ha-RGB channel combines
• Color adjustments
• Contrast enhancements
• Polka dot elimination
• Zonal noise control
• Star color enhancement
• Edge contrast sharpening
• Deconvolution
This M81/82 example was processed along with an advanced user. The improvements along the way included:
• Gradient control
• Adjustment layers for color balancing
• Zonal noise control
• Core and faint zone enhancements
• Color enhancements
• Star color enhancements
• Multiple layer edge contrasting and sharpening
• Color noise reduction
• Fractal-based sharpening
I have been privileged to be invited to speak at AIC, NEAIC, MWAIC, and have had images published on APOD, and in both Sky & Tel as well as Astronomy Magazine. Further details available on my web site at flemingastrophotography.
Individual hours purchased for tutoring costs $25/hour, if you buy 5 or more hours as a package that works out to $20/hour. If you have any interest, just drop me a note at neilfleming at hotmail.
Regards...Neil
I'm offering tutoring that is dedicated to any level of astro-imager who wants to accelerate their learning curve, through hardware and camera setup, image acquisition, initial processing, and image finalization in Photoshop. The format would be a dedicated evening, say 2-3 hours. By using remote access facilities, we collaborate together on one system, either yours or mine. You can use various recording tools that allow you to record our sessions together.
Topics available include:
• Image acquisition and guiding techniques with MaxIM or CCDSoft
• Automation approaches with CCDCommander or CCDAP
• Mount alignment with T-Point or PoleAlignMax
• Use of FocusMax
• Initial image processing with CCDStack, MaxIM, other tools
• Bloom control, image registration, normalization, advanced data rejection techniques
• Deconvolution and DDP
• Color combining and G2V/B-V calibration
• Other tools like Registar, Tria, FocusMagic
• The myriad possible techniques in Adobe Photoshop; Data optimization, advanced selections and layers, sharpening (Smart Sharpen, Unsharp Masking, "True" Unsharp Masking, Multi-layer High Pass Sharpening), Color balancing and adjustments, gradient control, and mosaics
Actual Before and After Tutorial Examples:
This shot of M51 was processed along with an entry-level student, the results of which you see here. The processing techniques used included:
• Improved channel registration and color combine
• Color enhancement
• Zonal noise control
• Additional color enhancements
• Blind deconvolution
• Core adjustment
• Faint areas enhancement
• Advanced contrast adjustments
This Rosette example illustrates combining Ha data with RGB data:
• Improved channel registration and color combine
• Advanced gradient control
• Ha-RGB channel combines
• Color adjustments
• Contrast enhancements
• Polka dot elimination
• Zonal noise control
• Star color enhancement
• Edge contrast sharpening
• Deconvolution
This M81/82 example was processed along with an advanced user. The improvements along the way included:
• Gradient control
• Adjustment layers for color balancing
• Zonal noise control
• Core and faint zone enhancements
• Color enhancements
• Star color enhancements
• Multiple layer edge contrasting and sharpening
• Color noise reduction
• Fractal-based sharpening
I have been privileged to be invited to speak at AIC, NEAIC, MWAIC, and have had images published on APOD, and in both Sky & Tel as well as Astronomy Magazine. Further details available on my web site at flemingastrophotography.
Individual hours purchased for tutoring costs $25/hour, if you buy 5 or more hours as a package that works out to $20/hour. If you have any interest, just drop me a note at neilfleming at hotmail.
Regards...Neil
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