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SUMMARY OF VIDEO COLLECTIONS

Pixinsight:

PixInsight Fundamentals is the complete collection of content that will give you insight into all aspects of PixInsight as well as principles of image processing in general. Much of the content is arranged in a "path" that can be followed with some logical consistency and relevance. However, members can access videos for reference in any desired order. Subsets of the content (indicated below) are also available. 

PixInsight FastTrack is the course for anyone starting out with PixInsight and wants an easy-to-follow, repeatable workflow that results in a finished image. FastTrack is straightforward, fast, and explains the steps that you will always do when creating your images PixInsight. It's streamlined enough that you can go from the raw files to a completed image in a single sitting. FastTrack comes complete with 5 hours of high quality video tutorials and sample data download. Your purchase amount goes towards buying PixInsight Fundamentals if you choose to continue your training....

Stretch Academy is the course that answers the question: "What do I do next.... " After preprocessing and calibrating the data (say with WBPP for example) and with master light files in hand the next steps are critical and eventually lead to stretching the data. In Stretch Academy Adam rigorously shows how to stretch images using different methods and why you would choose one method over another. GHS, one of the recent popular tools for stretching, is covered extensively with information not found anywhere else. By the end of this masterclass you will become masters of contrast and curators of color. You will be in control of the data... not the other way around!  Your purchase amount goes towards buying PixInsight Fundamentals if you choose to continue your training....

PixInsight Horizons expands (your horizons beyond) the breadth of basic video lessons by offering both utilitarian and creative data processing- it assumes some proficiency in PI. PixInsight Horizons is the collection that will contain creative and in some cases "Adam Block" original content that will be added to indefinitely. This is the reason for the subsequent year(s) fee that keeps you in the circle of the very best instruction and techniques available for PI. The PixInsight Edition of the Cosmic Canvas will be included here as well. Please see the contents of PixInsight Horizons to see the currently available data sets. Fundamentals is *not* included in the Horizons collection. Expect full processing sessions to continue to be published in Horizons ... with some varied and interesting data sets! (Just the data sets made available in Horizons are of significant value.)  These sessions are something like Bob Ross versions of astrophotography with Adam Block. 

Comet Academy is a unique astrophotography masterclass. This course teaches you how to plan for acquiring and processing cometary imagery. Comet image processing is a complex multi-stepped affair that has many variations- not unlike the comet subject being captured! This course included video demonstrations, in-depth PDF guides, data to follow along and much more. Content will be added as necessary to benefit all members of this ever-changing astrophotography. Your purchase can be put towards buying Pixinsight Horizons if you want to see more like this in other areas... 

Mosaics demonstrates how to use John Murphy's excellent Photometric Mosaic script in PixInsight. This is one of the few in-depth courses on the use of this script to make seamless Mosaics. Indeed, Adam made a few nice suggestions that improved the script. Unlike other methods, this script allows the user all possible adjustments to match frames through stellar photometry, gradient matching, and seam specific optimizations. This is a specialists' tool that is its own small universe a properties- which are all explained and demonstrated in this masterclass. 

Dimensions of Photoshop and CCDStack:

Both of these collections are now static. Your one-time contribution gives you access to all materials and files associated with the content in each respective collection. If I should add something in the future- you will enjoy access to the new material as well. The version of Photoshop recorded in these tutorials is circa 2016. These videos are mostly for those imagers that would like to learn the CCDStack + Photoshop path of image processing.

Download Access

Purchase of this feature will allow you to download the videos to your computer and view them off-line. Please be advised of all Terms and Conditions for use of these videos. Once you are a member of this site (by purchasing access to any of the collections above) you can add this feature by logging in and going to "My Account." Go to Manage Subscriptions and purchase the download access. 

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