Interesting -- I'm trying to follow it, and maybe when I play all five a few more times I'll fully understand. Thanks for posting, Joe --- On Wed, 12/2/09, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote: From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Just posted video processing tutorials To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:21 PM Here a 5 part series on how I processed my M42 shot in Photoshop. The shots were already taken and stacked. Most stacking programs start you out with this very ugly grey photo as there is way too much data in the image, a lot of which needs to be tossed out to focus in on the light data. The videos show you how to stretch, composite, and color adjust the images. Playlist Here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1EA349A70CEB7265 Best in HD _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com