Pixinsight - DBE Tool Examples

[frostynixon]

Hello everyone,

so far i only used Deepskystacker and Photoshop as my software tools. Uniform gradients are somewhat doable in photoshop but everytime i had more complex gradients in my picture i was kind of stuck. Then i heard of the DBE tool in pixinsight. 

I downloaded the trial and after playing around i was able to remove a double ringshaped gradient with very little effort:

There`s still a slightly uneven background at the right picture but it`s almost unnoticable to me.

After this i`m basically sold on the software

It would be nice if you could also contribute your DBE tool successes!

best regards

[wxsatuser]

It's a fantastic tool and has removed some complex gradients for me.

[frostynixon]

I have to post another example. I revisited my old M45 image with PI and this is what came out:

I watched the eight first beginner tutorials by Harry and already functions like color- and background calibration seem so much better than my manual actions in photoshop. I wonder what else thsis software has in stock...

[frugal]

I wonder what else thsis software has in stock...

It can even plate solve and annotate your images. The plate solving is a bit hit and miss for me, but when it works the annotations are gorgeous.

[happy-kat]

I think startools removes black rings from around stars

[ollypenrice]

DBE alone is worth the Pixinsight asking price. It does indeed remove gradients but it also gives a really durable colour balance which is likely to survive all sorts of pushng and pulling during stretching. I also run SCNR green at the ealy linear stage.

Key DBE pointers for me are,

- remove all edge artefacts first. ie crop.

- keep markers very well away from any nebulosity, galaxy etc.

- Don't use too many but make them good.

- Check the gradient model, stretched, to confirm that it shows a pure gradient and no vestige of the content of the real image.

Olly