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Capturing the Universe
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Capturing the Universe

by Chris Woodhouse
May 2020
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
14h 35m
English
Focal Press
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Image Processing (part 3)

Selected techniques to meet the unique challenges of deep-sky imaging.

In this final image processing chapter, we look at some specific methods rather than an entire workflow. These consider imaging through separate filters as well as some additional and alternative tools for improving the detail and noise levels in more challenging targets. Ordinarily, I would use PixInsight and although this program is capable of exceptional results, it is more appropriate to the intermediate and advanced imager. My challenge, in writing this chapter, was to find alternatives in the more familiar world of photo editors, without spending money on plug-ins. There is a practical limit to what can be achieved, beyond which specialist ...

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