Folks, I have never met Adam Block.......I became a member of Adam Block Studios close to two years ago.. This was the investment that paid more dividends than all of my gear purchases. I paid far less for membership to the studios than the cost of my last guide camera. For the record I do not know Adam Block although I feel like I do from watching ALL of his videos.
Well... as I recall you posted a video called the "BEST TOOL EVER" ... I chose to avoid that since things are changing and things don't always age well. lol Thanks for watching. It isn't polished... but best I could put together in just a few days- both processing and making a video.
@@AdamBlock Oh mate, you've done a wonderful job on the video - You're far too modest! 🙂 RE: "BEST TOOL EVER" well, it might be time for me to make a "BEST TOOL EVER PT2" LOL! :-D Clear skies!
I joined Adam Block Studios several months back and went through all the Pixinsight videos. Gold star for me. It’s a lot of information! But weather (pre-smoke) has been a no go until May new moon. I got a small set of images to work with on M27. So for the past 3 weeks I’ve been going back through the videos to get a better idea of what to do. Was still learning Nina and didn’t get any useful flats. I’m at the deconvolution section, which refers me here. Obviously I’m buying the tool. I just want to thank Adam for all the work he’s put into this project. You said Blur-exterminator is the wow factor. Adam, you are the Wow Factor!
I saw this new tool before I watched your video. I instantly purchased it before trying it myself, because Russ's tools are the ones I use the most, they are unbelieveable good. At first I was a bit shocked when the price showed up, but it is really worth the money, it is what you need.
Thanks so much for your continued focus on Russ Croman’s work! His new modules are forcing me to go back and revisit all my old data sets. And now I have to start over all again :). And having watched, WOW!!! Bought it as soon as I saw this!
Holy Moly !!! In essence, it is the tools that constantly daydreams; for a beginner like myself, deconvolution is really challenging. It has been quite satisfying to see an expert's review. I'll attempt it in my few sessions. Ty Adam !
Hi Adam, thank you very much for this review. I was blown away by Noise Xterminator's simplicity and efficiency. Blur Xterminator has that same feel. Looks really promising!
Absolutely wow! I just got into astrophotography last year and boy did I time my entry well. Incredible improvements in telescope designs, go-to mounts, acquisition, CMOS cameras and post processing. Russell's tools are incredible. Thanks for taking the time to provide detailed explanations in all of your videos! Dr B from Manitoba, Canada
Hey Adam! This was a lengthy video but I didn't notice until it was over as the wealth of information you have shared about this new tool is very generous. Russel is really becoming the AI whisperer when it comes to training the neural net to do impossible feats like this. Your deconvolution videos on your site were very helpful but also very time consuming as deconv can be. This is like magic! I am happy to have learned the process the manual way to appreciate what Russ has created here. Thanks for the video! CS!
The BlurXterminator tool along with StarXTerminator will manage my biggest flaws in imaging. I'm about to tear down my CGX because at 30s, I have to reject 50% of my subs for star eccentricity alone. I'll still fix it, but I plan on getting this tool and fixing some of my favorite images I have taken in the past. I have already had great results with his star removal tool that makes it feel like I'm almost cheating. Also Adam's "Fundimentals" program has allowed me to use PixInsight far more effectively and plan on moving onto his other program. This last year has been gamechanging for me.
I simply say "Thank you for such a complete introduction of BlurXTerminator". Impact is clear and I already started to use and see impossibles now possible.
Wow! Excellent video, Adam! The difference of what you were able to do with your M4 data, compared to when you originally processed it during your first time using PixInsight, is dramatic - and really speaks to the effectiveness of this tool!
Amazing stuff Adam. I bought it the minute I saw your endorsement. Amazingly I brought up an image of M51 last year shot at roughly 733 mm with my Stellarvue triplet and with the BlurXterminator it is allowing me to zoom in and present a larger image that actually holds up. Cool stuff. Thanks for the info and video!
Amazing topic. Thanks for those detailed explanation and examples, Adam. And of course a huge thank you to Russel for making this state of the art technology available to the astrophotography community!
this is like falling in love with Astronomy all over again...this is really blowing my mind..and I will certainly to reconsider doing PXS purchase after doing a trial of it a while back. This tool seems to be worth every penny for sure. Thanks a ton Adam.
Wow. Extraordinary results. I was hoping at some point Russ would do something like this but this exceeded all my expectations. Thank you for being so quick in releasing this tutorial. It’s going to transform everyone’s images and make beautiful images from amateur equipment and even more stunning images from high end equipment.
The results you show are astounding. Beyond WOW. thanks to Russ the tools, and to you for the clear introduction, description and explanations. I look forward to trying this out.
Thank you for this very informative tutorial. I tried it right away and the results are incredible. Moreover, it works even with my latest Mars images when you set the PSF manually.
Perfect timing! I have been trying to get my head around Deconvolution and failed, even using EZDeconv hasn’t been very successful, and now this comes along. Thanks for breaking the news.
Minute 42: The differences are easily visible in your post. This looks like a spectacular advance. Than's for sharing a detailed insight into how to use it.
This will vastly improve “effective seeing” for those of us with larger oversampled scopes for our average seeing conditions. My 9.25 just got a new lease on life.
Another excellent and informative video Adam! Just this morning I thought to myself, 'I wonder if Russ is working on a sharpening program, that would be so cool'.
I hereby dub thee Russ Croman the best tool creator in the galaxy (probably). Thanks for the in depth look at this tool I'm excited to go back through my stuff!
Very interesting. And now also the name Deconvolution started to make more sense, as in the past it seemt to me like it should be called Convolution and vice versa :D
I'm going to download it right now. I had to go back through all of my old images when NoiseXterminator came out, and then again, to a lesser degree with StarXterminator AI11, but it looks like another 3-4 months of re-does is going to be in order.
What!! This is an amazing step forward. I've been trying EZ Decon and also applying your decon steps Adam, but always end up with unwanted ringing or other problems. I'll be revisiting a recently completed nebula image and stepping through it again by adding this tool into the fold. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Adam - your AB Studios lessons have re-energized my astrophotography goals.
Many thanks Adam. I am now trying this out. VERY useful to know that NR should not be done first. I would always assume you should reduce noise before sharpening (lest you sharpen the noise too!). So very happy to stand corrected!
On my processing of that IC 405 image I had actually successfully employed Deconvolution, one of my first times doing so. Russell is making astrophotography processing almost too easy! Thanks for the video, Adam. -A
This is mind-blowing :) I can't wait to implement this in my typical narrowband workflow. I typically often use star exterminator on each filter first and then stretch just the nebulosity. With the intention of re-introducing a separately captured RBG stars dataset. Given this, I assume I'd run BlurX first on each filter right after integration, then StarX and continue my workflow? And of course run BlurX on the RBG dataset as well before re-introduction. Thank you so much for getting this video out so quickly :)
It's probably best to run BlurXTerminator on color images rather than individual channels. The network is trained to look at all channels together, and do things like correct for unequal FWHM values between the channels. It can't do this if it doesn't see all of the channels simultaneously.
@@rrcroman Thank you so much Russell for your reply, this process is really amazing, great work! Since the process has to be run on linear data I suppose it’s not possible to use it in a narrowband workflow where one typically stretches individual channels separately?
For NB, I would 1) channel combine linear to SHO, 2) calibrate color using SPCC NB mode or ColorCalibration with nebula as white reference (both are described in the SPCC doc), 3) run BXT. After BXT decon, if other palette/stretching choices are desired, extract back to separate channels and have at it.
Thanks Adam. I got it when Russ put it out there and was already using it but this provided a great deal of context and info. Agree it would be nice to display or log the PSF being used but trial and error works for now. Thanks again
Fantastic work! AI models are certainly shining in these application areas at the moment. In terms of workload, I would normally use EZ-Decon on the integrated mono channels and then combine into RGB. With BXT in the workload, would I no longer use EZ-Decon and just apply BXT to the combined RGB or LRGB image? Thanks!
Silly question. You said best time to apply is just after dbe and color correction when you first make an rgb image. Imaging LRGB am I to do LRGB combine use decon then split the Lum for further processing? Idk maybe I have been going about this all wrong. Do I not need to process LUM separately? I have been since I began.
Yup... Russ will be getting more of my $$$ :) Edit: I just purchased it and ran it on its default settings against some of my data. The difference is very immediately noticeable. 25 minutes into your video watching you do all the "what does this setting change" tests.
Thanks for analysis! I've just tested it on some of my own data: extremely impressive on good initial data, ok to good on not so good data (tracking error, pinched optics). Better on mono channels than on OSC data. But a huge time saver compared to the complete manual process which leads, at least in my case, to worse results... You can't stop progress I guess... but for people who have been through the tedious deconvolution and denoising learning processes in Pixinsight this is a bit of a slap in the face ;)
I know I already commented once and asked a question sorry :) I am a member of you site if that matters :) My second question is what impact might this have one relaxing any subframe selection parameters as they relate to eccentricity...? Knowing that we have potentially more correction available for fixing eccentricity, might we allow more eccentric star though the subframe selector now? Thereby giving us access to subs we might have rejected before?
Great work from Russ, and a great explanation from you! Only thing that 'bothers' me (a little bit): i paid quite an amount of money for Pixinsight. But to take it to the next level, i have to pay money for extensions that 'correct' the way pixinsight handles thingsAt the end of the day we pay $500 or more to get a complete tool
Narrow band? Where would we use this in our workflow? I’d like to remove stars at the beginning, like your rosette color modifier video. All three masters? Ha? First step Once combined?
58:49 This reminds me very much of wavelet sharpening of images of Mars. There is a lower limit on size, and oversharpening causes artifacts of that size.
Extraordinary Adam. For a first reaction, it's excellent. I've added BlurXTerminator to my workflow now but am enduring the "dilemma of choice" phenomenon. Which of my images to I start with? I have a good idea after seeing your video.
the change at 12:00 makes me really wonder how it could pull out that much information. For example If i just focus at the top of the biggest pillar, the fine details are incredible.
@adamblock Awesome video and so timely - though I must say, as a member of Adam block Studios, I can't wait to see what you unpackage further in your tutorials and can't recommend it enough! Whilst watching however, I wondered if the difference of visible/missing data (in the previewed finger area of your M1 vs HST's image) could be due to its expansion and rapidly changing structure as evidenced in your earlier time lapse, i.e. the 2 images were taken at different times?
Not so much of a difference in structure there... you will note I purposefully choose the outer envelope. Those structures are large and not really changing much while moving outward. At least not on these time scales..but you do have a good point!
Many thanks for the video Adam. Very comprehensive review of what looks like a great new tool. You mention your video about fully processing M51. I always have trouble processing galaxies in PI so would find this useful. Which of your packages is this included in? Thanks
Extremly cool, Adam. Thank you and Russ for that. Just one question: Do I use the Blur XTerminator on RGB and additional on the luminance with LRGB data or only on one of the two? CS Christian
Good question. This is uncharted territory.. and good ABS tutorial material. :) I did have a little experience with this... since the sharpening can be local to some degree... there might be differences between the L and RGB in a way that creates an interesting blend of LRGB later. You might find (as I did) that faint stars and things in the RGB were sharpened/brightend to a degree that brough more color to these things when creating the LRGB than you might expect. I had some crazy red galaxies in the background. So the safer route is probably make the LRGB first... then BXT to avoid some weirdness.
@@AdamBlock Thank you so much for the detailed answer. I'll try than all methods first and will wait patiently for your experiences in the upcoming tutorial at ABS.😀😅
You implied that local Deconvolution is dependent on local PSF, which lead you to conclude that BXT won’t work iteratively - you can’t fix star shapes first and then run stellar and non-stellar sharpening as a separate step because the first step will have modified the PSFs for all stars. So it means we have only one shot to sharpen the image and correct stars, correct? Also where in the process would you apply NoiseXterminator? Still in linear phase? Applying it before BXT would also modify PSF so definitely it can’t be used before BXT. For narrowband images: apply BXT and NXT on each channel first or create a channel combination and then apply sharpening and denoising on the colour image (after colour calibration and SCNR)?
Folks, I have never met Adam Block.......I became a member of Adam Block Studios close to two years ago.. This was the investment that paid more dividends than all of my gear purchases. I paid far less for membership to the studios than the cost of my last guide camera. For the record I do not know Adam Block although I feel like I do from watching ALL of his videos.
Thanks for that unsolicited kindness!
@@AdamBlock You are more than welcome - it is deserved!
Dude! I feel the exact same way - even what's free on youtube has been an absolute game changer for me. thanks Adam!
Your channel is criminally underrated.
Help Me! LOL thanks for that...
Good grief this looks incredible, Russ's work is wild! - Thanks for sharing this and demonstrating so comprehensively Adam, you're the man! :-D
Well... as I recall you posted a video called the "BEST TOOL EVER" ... I chose to avoid that since things are changing and things don't always age well. lol Thanks for watching. It isn't polished... but best I could put together in just a few days- both processing and making a video.
@@AdamBlock Oh mate, you've done a wonderful job on the video - You're far too modest! 🙂
RE: "BEST TOOL EVER" well, it might be time for me to make a "BEST TOOL EVER PT2" LOL! :-D
Clear skies!
WOW, is right!!! Thank you for the detailed explanation Mr. Block. I will be purchasing this tool...
I joined Adam Block Studios several months back and went through all the Pixinsight videos. Gold star for me. It’s a lot of information! But weather (pre-smoke) has been a no go until May new moon. I got a small set of images to work with on M27. So for the past 3 weeks I’ve been going back through the videos to get a better idea of what to do. Was still learning Nina and didn’t get any useful flats. I’m at the deconvolution section, which refers me here. Obviously I’m buying the tool. I just want to thank Adam for all the work he’s put into this project. You said Blur-exterminator is the wow factor. Adam, you are the Wow Factor!
Sold! Thanks Russ and Adam! Oh btw Adam, you’re a great marketeer for Russ’ product 😀
It is truly incredible...just applied to some old TIFFS and WOW!!!!...thankyou RC and Adam for this 1st video
Yes, completely changed and massively simplified my workflow....
Amazing tool and equally amazing presentation of its capabilities!
Thank you! Best I could do on short notice!
Nice Adam! Thanks for being ahead of the curve
Thank you my friend.
I saw this new tool before I watched your video. I instantly purchased it before trying it myself, because Russ's tools are the ones I use the most, they are unbelieveable good. At first I was a bit shocked when the price showed up, but it is really worth the money, it is what you need.
This looks absolutely amazing! Thanks again Adam for everything you do to keep our hobby moving forward!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Adam for the in-depth demonstration. I’ll be adding this to the other tools from Russ.
BXT seems really impressive ! Thanks for this video !
Thanks so much for your continued focus on Russ Croman’s work! His new modules are forcing me to go back and revisit all my old data sets. And now I have to start over all again :). And having watched, WOW!!! Bought it as soon as I saw this!
Awesome video, again, thank you Adam and obviously another fantastic tool from Russell Croman
Really incredible. Thanks to Russ, and to you Adam for tutoring us as usual. [and 6770 is spectacular!]
Holy Moly !!! In essence, it is the tools that constantly daydreams; for a beginner like myself, deconvolution is really challenging. It has been quite satisfying to see an expert's review. I'll attempt it in my few sessions. Ty Adam !
Hi Adam, thank you very much for this review. I was blown away by Noise Xterminator's simplicity and efficiency.
Blur Xterminator has that same feel. Looks really promising!
Russell has hit another one out of the park. You've done it again, too, with this demonstration of its powerful results. Thanks to both of you.
Oh yes, that's a very big WOW !
Thanks for your high quality video!
Just great. I recon this tool will be helpful for many people. Thanx Adam.
Absolutely a fantastic addition to Pixinsight. Thank for a very informative tutorial on this new method!
Absolutely wow! I just got into astrophotography last year and boy did I time my entry well. Incredible improvements in telescope designs, go-to mounts, acquisition, CMOS cameras and post processing. Russell's tools are incredible. Thanks for taking the time to provide detailed explanations in all of your videos! Dr B from Manitoba, Canada
This is extremely cool. Thanks for sharing this guide.
Thanks for you r kind words.This was all done in just a few days... so not polished.. .but hopefully useful.
Hey Adam! This was a lengthy video but I didn't notice until it was over as the wealth of information you have shared about this new tool is very generous. Russel is really becoming the AI whisperer when it comes to training the neural net to do impossible feats like this. Your deconvolution videos on your site were very helpful but also very time consuming as deconv can be. This is like magic! I am happy to have learned the process the manual way to appreciate what Russ has created here. Thanks for the video! CS!
Thanks Dave!
The BlurXterminator tool along with StarXTerminator will manage my biggest flaws in imaging. I'm about to tear down my CGX because at 30s, I have to reject 50% of my subs for star eccentricity alone. I'll still fix it, but I plan on getting this tool and fixing some of my favorite images I have taken in the past. I have already had great results with his star removal tool that makes it feel like I'm almost cheating. Also Adam's "Fundimentals" program has allowed me to use PixInsight far more effectively and plan on moving onto his other program. This last year has been gamechanging for me.
Absolutely 💯 amazing 👏
I simply say "Thank you for such a complete introduction of BlurXTerminator". Impact is clear and I already started to use and see impossibles now possible.
Fantastic demonstration!
Wow! Excellent video, Adam! The difference of what you were able to do with your M4 data, compared to when you originally processed it during your first time using PixInsight, is dramatic - and really speaks to the effectiveness of this tool!
Wow! Thank you, Russel and Adam for dissecting it!
This is incredible, like magic!
thanks for sharing.
You are right… it is a wow…I did some polls on Facebook…. But here I found the answers… Your explanations are excellent…. Thank you so much
Thanks for watching!
A very useful review of BXT thanks Adam. Your final four animated images are sensational!
Thank you!
Another excellent tool, thanks for the demonstration and info 👍
Amazing stuff Adam. I bought it the minute I saw your endorsement. Amazingly I brought up an image of M51 last year shot at roughly 733 mm with my Stellarvue triplet and with the BlurXterminator it is allowing me to zoom in and present a larger image that actually holds up. Cool stuff. Thanks for the info and video!
Well, I'll be downloading the trial and having a go as soon as Christmas/work is out of the way! Great video, thanks.
Thanks for sharing! I'm already testing!
Amazing topic. Thanks for those detailed explanation and examples, Adam. And of course a huge thank you to Russel for making this state of the art technology available to the astrophotography community!
this is like falling in love with Astronomy all over again...this is really blowing my mind..and I will certainly to reconsider doing PXS purchase after doing a trial of it a while back. This tool seems to be worth every penny for sure. Thanks a ton Adam.
Thank you
Wow. Extraordinary results. I was hoping at some point Russ would do something like this but this exceeded all my expectations. Thank you for being so quick in releasing this tutorial. It’s going to transform everyone’s images and make beautiful images from amateur equipment and even more stunning images from high end equipment.
This is going straight into my Pixinsight workflow, thank you for doing this tutorial 👍🏻😀
Thank you for watching!
The results you show are astounding. Beyond WOW. thanks to Russ the tools, and to you for the clear introduction, description and explanations. I look forward to trying this out.
Wow. that is incredible! Thank you for explaining in such detail, especially the psf.
Thank you for this very informative tutorial. I tried it right away and the results are incredible. Moreover, it works even with my latest Mars images when you set the PSF manually.
Great intro to another great tool by Russ. Thank you!
Perfect timing! I have been trying to get my head around Deconvolution and failed, even using EZDeconv hasn’t been very successful, and now this comes along. Thanks for breaking the news.
As a subscriber, thanks for this video and all your other videos. Some of the best money I've spent on this hobby.
Minute 42: The differences are easily visible in your post. This looks like a spectacular advance. Than's for sharing a detailed insight into how to use it.
This will vastly improve “effective seeing” for those of us with larger oversampled scopes for our average seeing conditions. My 9.25 just got a new lease on life.
Speechless! What a fantastic tool...
Another excellent and informative video Adam! Just this morning I thought to myself, 'I wonder if Russ is working on a sharpening program, that would be so cool'.
You said WOW. I literally exclaimed "Holy $@&!". Look forward to seeing this integrated into your future Horizons workflows as well.
LOL I do plan on making some AdamBlockStudios.com specific videos on this...
Excellent video, esp.regarding the background infos and your expectations! Got my BXT license immediately as I already use SXT and NXT very successful
Thanks for watching the video!
Hello from UKRAINE! Excellent tool! Thank you for review!
A great gift for Christmas!
I hereby dub thee Russ Croman the best tool creator in the galaxy (probably). Thanks for the in depth look at this tool I'm excited to go back through my stuff!
I "get" your statement re using BE in Linear state before extended processing but it still has an incredible performance on old finished TIFFS
The de-ringing looks impressive... indeed no black eyes.
No one wants a black eye of any kind!
Is this even real life? What an awesome tool! Thanks Adam for explaining in detail how to use it and show the results with different types of DSOs.
Very interesting. And now also the name Deconvolution started to make more sense, as in the past it seemt to me like it should be called Convolution and vice versa :D
I'm going to download it right now. I had to go back through all of my old images when NoiseXterminator came out, and then again, to a lesser degree with StarXterminator AI11, but it looks like another 3-4 months of re-does is going to be in order.
I wasnt all that impressed with NoiseTermintorX but i've tried blurXterminator and its a game changer, unreal.
What!! This is an amazing step forward. I've been trying EZ Decon and also applying your decon steps Adam, but always end up with unwanted ringing or other problems. I'll be revisiting a recently completed nebula image and stepping through it again by adding this tool into the fold. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Adam - your AB Studios lessons have re-energized my astrophotography goals.
OMG! This is revolutionary!
It really is...
Adam, Thanks for the video
your welcome
Thanks for walking through the tool. It is impressive!
Many thanks Adam. I am now trying this out. VERY useful to know that NR should not be done first. I would always assume you should reduce noise before sharpening (lest you sharpen the noise too!). So very happy to stand corrected!
On my processing of that IC 405 image I had actually successfully employed Deconvolution, one of my first times doing so.
Russell is making astrophotography processing almost too easy!
Thanks for the video, Adam.
-A
Thanks A -A
This is mind-blowing :) I can't wait to implement this in my typical narrowband workflow. I typically often use star exterminator on each filter first and then stretch just the nebulosity. With the intention of re-introducing a separately captured RBG stars dataset. Given this, I assume I'd run BlurX first on each filter right after integration, then StarX and continue my workflow? And of course run BlurX on the RBG dataset as well before re-introduction. Thank you so much for getting this video out so quickly :)
It's probably best to run BlurXTerminator on color images rather than individual channels. The network is trained to look at all channels together, and do things like correct for unequal FWHM values between the channels. It can't do this if it doesn't see all of the channels simultaneously.
@@rrcroman Thank you so much Russell for your reply, this process is really amazing, great work! Since the process has to be run on linear data I suppose it’s not possible to use it in a narrowband workflow where one typically stretches individual channels separately?
For NB, I would 1) channel combine linear to SHO, 2) calibrate color using SPCC NB mode or ColorCalibration with nebula as white reference (both are described in the SPCC doc), 3) run BXT. After BXT decon, if other palette/stretching choices are desired, extract back to separate channels and have at it.
@@rrcroman This is excellent, thank you Russell
Thanks Adam hope to see you at NEIAC.
Thanks Adam. I got it when Russ put it out there and was already using it but this provided a great deal of context and info.
Agree it would be nice to display or log the PSF being used but trial and error works for now.
Thanks again
Thank you so much for your time and the effort you put into this!!
Fantastic work! AI models are certainly shining in these application areas at the moment. In terms of workload, I would normally use EZ-Decon on the integrated mono channels and then combine into RGB. With BXT in the workload, would I no longer use EZ-Decon and just apply BXT to the combined RGB or LRGB image? Thanks!
Excellent video
Thank you!
Unreal!!! Thanks for this video
Silly question. You said best time to apply is just after dbe and color correction when you first make an rgb image. Imaging LRGB am I to do LRGB combine use decon then split the Lum for further processing? Idk maybe I have been going about this all wrong. Do I not need to process LUM separately? I have been since I began.
Yup... Russ will be getting more of my $$$ :)
Edit: I just purchased it and ran it on its default settings against some of my data. The difference is very immediately noticeable. 25 minutes into your video watching you do all the "what does this setting change" tests.
I am sure he will appreciate that...
fantastic video. always a great teacher. thanks
Thanks for analysis! I've just tested it on some of my own data: extremely impressive on good initial data, ok to good on not so good data (tracking error, pinched optics). Better on mono channels than on OSC data. But a huge time saver compared to the complete manual process which leads, at least in my case, to worse results... You can't stop progress I guess... but for people who have been through the tedious deconvolution and denoising learning processes in Pixinsight this is a bit of a slap in the face ;)
hear hear!
I know I already commented once and asked a question sorry :) I am a member of you site if that matters :) My second question is what impact might this have one relaxing any subframe selection parameters as they relate to eccentricity...? Knowing that we have potentially more correction available for fixing eccentricity, might we allow more eccentric star though the subframe selector now? Thereby giving us access to subs we might have rejected before?
Wow Adam how cool.Just got it!!!
Great work from Russ, and a great explanation from you! Only thing that 'bothers' me (a little bit): i paid quite an amount of money for Pixinsight. But to take it to the next level, i have to pay money for extensions that 'correct' the way pixinsight handles thingsAt the end of the day we pay $500 or more to get a complete tool
amazing!!! thanks a lot
Narrow band?
Where would we use this in our workflow? I’d like to remove stars at the beginning, like your rosette color modifier video.
All three masters?
Ha?
First step Once combined?
58:49 This reminds me very much of wavelet sharpening of images of Mars. There is a lower limit on size, and oversharpening causes artifacts of that size.
Amazing. Thanks Russ and Adam. Would drizzling before running blurXterminator interfere with its function?
No... Drizzling is part of the integration of data. BXT operates on integrated images. So all is fine!
This is so cool
I can't wait to see what I can do with halos introduced by my filters. Awesome
Extraordinary Adam. For a first reaction, it's excellent. I've added BlurXTerminator to my workflow now but am enduring the "dilemma of choice" phenomenon. Which of my images to I start with? I have a good idea after seeing your video.
Looks promising! I hope it can do wonders with planetary
the change at 12:00 makes me really wonder how it could pull out that much information.
For example If i just focus at the top of the biggest pillar, the fine details are incredible.
@adamblock Awesome video and so timely - though I must say, as a member of Adam block Studios, I can't wait to see what you unpackage further in your tutorials and can't recommend it enough! Whilst watching however, I wondered if the difference of visible/missing data (in the previewed finger area of your M1 vs HST's image) could be due to its expansion and rapidly changing structure as evidenced in your earlier time lapse, i.e. the 2 images were taken at different times?
Not so much of a difference in structure there... you will note I purposefully choose the outer envelope. Those structures are large and not really changing much while moving outward. At least not on these time scales..but you do have a good point!
Many thanks for the video Adam. Very comprehensive review of what looks like a great new tool. You mention your video about fully processing M51. I always have trouble processing galaxies in PI so would find this useful. Which of your packages is this included in? Thanks
I don't know what's more incredible:
Russell's new toy,
or that even you have to pay for telescope time! ;)
Ooo, Lot's of stuff in this video. I'll have to watch it a few more times in order to absorb all the information presented about this tool. 8-)
Extremly cool, Adam. Thank you and Russ for that.
Just one question: Do I use the Blur XTerminator on RGB and additional on the luminance with LRGB data or only on one of the two?
CS Christian
Good question. This is uncharted territory.. and good ABS tutorial material. :) I did have a little experience with this... since the sharpening can be local to some degree... there might be differences between the L and RGB in a way that creates an interesting blend of LRGB later. You might find (as I did) that faint stars and things in the RGB were sharpened/brightend to a degree that brough more color to these things when creating the LRGB than you might expect. I had some crazy red galaxies in the background. So the safer route is probably make the LRGB first... then BXT to avoid some weirdness.
@@AdamBlock
Thank you so much for the detailed answer. I'll try than all methods first and will wait patiently for your experiences in the upcoming tutorial at ABS.😀😅
You implied that local Deconvolution is dependent on local PSF, which lead you to conclude that BXT won’t work iteratively - you can’t fix star shapes first and then run stellar and non-stellar sharpening as a separate step because the first step will have modified the PSFs for all stars. So it means we have only one shot to sharpen the image and correct stars, correct?
Also where in the process would you apply NoiseXterminator? Still in linear phase? Applying it before BXT would also modify PSF so definitely it can’t be used before BXT.
For narrowband images: apply BXT and NXT on each channel first or create a channel combination and then apply sharpening and denoising on the colour image (after colour calibration and SCNR)?
Been fooling around with this, impressive script.