Inside PixInsight
In this book, Warren Keller reveals the secrets of astro-image processing software PixInsight in a practical and easy to follow manner, allowing the reader to produce stunning astrophotographs from even mediocre data. As the first comprehensive post-proce
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Inside PixInsight
The Patrick Moore
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/3192
The PixInsight Workspace
Inside PixInsight
Warren A. Keller
Warren A. Keller Buckhannon, WV, USA
ISSN 1431-9756 ISSN 2197-6562 (electronic) The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series ISBN 978-3-319-25680-1 ISBN 978-3-319-25682-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25682-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016941744 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover design by Firdo at studio escalamar Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
This book is dedicated to my late mother Roslyn Pearl Schiff with all my love. She would have been so very proud! She was my greatest supporter, a world-class musician and teacher, and the greatest friend that those who knew her ever had. She was equally fluent in the languages of love and Debussy and awaited my latest astro-image with genuine eagerness and appreciation. We miss you mom!
Preface
If the astrophotography community presented an Academy Award for outstanding software tools, Pleiades Astrophoto’s PixInsight would have earned that trophy. In an already crowded field of very capable image processing programs, PixInsight has risen above the crowd, taking it by storm. In addition to its state-of-the-art preprocessing capabilities, PixInsight is also a post-processing platform rivaling Adobe® Photoshop®, once the de facto standard for astrophotographers. Now, with PixInsight, astro-imagers, both amateur and professional, can take their images from raw data to finished fine art photographs using a single program. PixInsight is the brainchild of software developer Juan Conejero of Valencia, Spain. Released in 2004 as limited edition freeware, it had evolved into the commercial product known as PixInsi
