Image processing primers feedback

[MartinB]

Rather than post feedback under the individual primers I would be grateful if you could post and comments here. It is difficult to know how much detail to include and whether techniques are adequately and clearly explained. Any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated. I am more than happy to edit these primers if they need it.

[CELESCOPE]

Huge thanks on that Martin, i know just how long that must have taken , a lot of hard work , and i,m sure ppl on here as they progress in their imaging will be delighted to have these to look back on , great stuff , i know i will try one of them , which is new to me ,

Cheers

Rog

[Grant]

Martin this looks awesome! I can't wait to get some clear skies and some images to work through these tips. I think I might print them off so I can have them sat beside me to refer to

Thanks for all the hard work you put into making these, it is greatly appreciated

[geppetto]

Yes, well done Martin 8)

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Great primers Martin. I'll be back with feedback when I've tried some of them. Had a quick go at making a star layer last night so I've learnt something already.

Thanks for all the hard work.

Captain Chaos

[HotBlack]

Hi Martin,

I'm new to the forum, but I've been imaging and processing for a couple of years but have only just started using Photoshop Elements, so these primers are really useful. I still find that Paint Shop Pro is better for some things though (e.g. printing the final image, saving to JPEG format).

Chris

[Saso]

Thank you for posting primers. Very good work.

Saso

[Jamie]

Those primers are gonna be so invaluable to any imager Martin

Thanks for taking the time to do them as i know how time consuming it

must have been.

Nice one

[Triskellion]

Martin

You are a god

Thanks very much for the effort it is most definitely appreciated i think its just what a lot of us need.

Sorry for the very late reply

Andy

[MartinB]

Thanks Andy. Sorry about the deleted images. I will get round to reposting them.

[GingerNut]

Hi Martin,

Just a reminder to put the deleted images back please?????

Yours Roy

[MartinB]

Yes, sorry Roy, I must do this. Trouble is it is quite a faff. They primers complete with images are on my new website under the resources section

www.astropixels.co.uk

[Helen]

Martin,

You could just add the link to your website to the top of each of the primers - I'm sure people don't care where they are stored as long as the info is available! (Alternatively, I can do the uploading for you if you want - got some time over the next few weeks )

Helen

[LaVey]

thank you very much for the time put in to these.. already I see a difference in my output just using the k3ccd and registax primer!!

[MartinB]

Thanks for the feedback LaVey. I need to re upload the images but for now you can find the primers with images on my web site www.astropixels.co.uk Go to the resources section

[thing]

Invaluable resource for a newby like me, thank you very much.

[jgs001]

Thanks very much Martin. I didn't find this post after my usage of the primers. It certainly made a difference on my Leo shot.

[ollypenrice]

I've just worked through creating star layers and improving stars. The instructions are, in my view, perfect and I cannot thank you enough. (When I was an English teacher I spent a long time thinking about 'instructions' and they don't get any better than yours.) They all worked first time for me and, I can tell you, that doesn't often happen with me at the keyboard!

One trick I have tried and found occasionally useful is to use a very light (1 pixel radius) Median filter when the stars are selected. It reduces slightly a tendency in my images for stars to have all their colour concentrated in a ring around the edge.

Many, many thanks for this godsend of a tutorial.

Olly.

[MartinB]

Chuffed to hear you found it useful Olly. Good tip about the median filter as well. I will try that. Hope to see you at Les Granges one day. Have April 1010 in mind!!

[ollypenrice]

Ten thousand and TEN??? I'm quite old already, you know...

Olly.

[MartinB]

Life moves more slowly down there, you'll still be full of vigour!