How to create an inset box in an image

[swag72]

Sometimes in an image there's an area of interest that is just begging to be shown off while keeping in context with the original image. I've just created a tutorial on my website which is easy to follow in order to make the kind of magnified insets shown below. 

I hope that someone finds it useful and informative.

I welcome any thoughts on the tutorial and whether there's anything missing or needed to be made easier to understand

 

[Yamez]

14 minutes ago, swag72 said:

I hope that someone finds it useful and informative.

I certainly did, this will come in useful for my wide-field DSLR shots. Thanks

[Yamez]

Had a quick go at this method, you explained everything very well:

[swag72]

@Yamez - That's great to know! Thanks! Of course once you get the hang of it you can do other stuff - So you can transform the magnified inset by a little (perhaps 110%) and then it 'looks' to be more magnified. But then you are in danger of losing detail.

I appreciate the feedback

[Freddie]

Thanks Sara. Will come in useful with some of my shots of the smaller PNs.

[swag72]

Hope it helps @Freddie - I try to make my site as informative as I can

 

[gnomus]

Thanks for this helpful tutorial Sara.  My effort  - I popped up the 'brightness' in curves in the 'zoomed' layer just to make the detail a bit more visible:

[swag72]

That's great Steve - As you say, you can do all manner of things with the 'magnified box' including some curves, or increase the scale in the transform mode to make it more enlarged in comparison to the main background

You clearly found it easy to follow

[gnomus]

Very easy.  And it's something else you can't do in PixInsight!

[swag72]

1 minute ago, gnomus said:

....... And it's something else you can't do in PixInsight!

Oh really? Well fancy that   Well I never ....  

[swag72]

Incase anyone wants any further clarification (or is struggling to sleep  ) I've made a YouTube vid of the above after a few people asked. 

Happy to listen to comments and thoughts

 

[ollypenrice]

This looks fun. I'll be off to have a look. Thanks, S.

Olly

[swag72]

Just now, ollypenrice said:

This looks fun. I'll be off to have a look. Thanks, S.

Olly

You just want to listen to my dulcet tones    

[ollypenrice]

3 hours ago, swag72 said:

You just want to listen to my dulcet tones    

Of course! 

 

[martin_h]

Brilliant tutorial! Many thanks.