LRGB Complete Workflow: Part 2 -- PixInsight Initial Processing

The subs are culled and the masters stacked. Now we're going to do the initial developing in PixInsight wherein we will play to its strengths. We'll do initial sharpening and deconvolution, align and color balance the masters, combine the RBG information, stretch the histograms and denoise the resulting images in preparation for advanced developing in a nondestructive, layer-based photo editor.
This is the second part in a four part series covering the complete technique and theory for LRGB processing. While this information is on LRGB processing, much of it also applies to OSC subs, too.
If you would like to practice these techniques, you can use the xisf data:
drive.google.com/file/d/1XKS2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1iAUC...
drive.google.com/file/d/13mgi...
drive.google.com/file/d/1aEHj...
You can view the final image created in the four part process at the Sky Story Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/4jdauk/J/
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[@stevengrunfeld5627]

Excellent presentation.

[@mr.b3054]

Excellent video, I love this series

[@davidandersen208]

Thank you for making this series!!!

[@RigoFromSpain]

More than nice😊

[@addos999]

great presso mate, am definitely going to try some of your approaches in my workflow! btw Russ now has on his website a link to an additional repo he hosts that downloads and auto-installs the cuda mod for you, takes 30 seconds now!

[@SKYST0RY]

That's great to know. It'll simplify it for those of us who are programming savvy. I can manipulate photo and CGI data but know so little about programming.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Okay.