Process With Me | Bring Out The Blue in M45 | PixInsight LRGB Workflow

Learn how to process M45 (the Pleiades) in PixInsight with this step-by-step LRGB astrophotography tutorial! Follow my complete PixInsight processing workflow using your own monochrome data, or download my FREE M45 LRGB dataset and process along with me. Welcome to Process With Me, a new AstroPics UK series where we turn stacked astrophotography data into finished deep-sky images! In this episode, I'm processing the beautiful Pleiades star cluster (M45), bringing out its delicate blue reflection nebulosity using my current LRGB workflow in PixInsight. I'll take you through my processing techniques, explain the decisions I make along the way, right or wrong, and show you how I get from the original stacked data to the finished image. 🔭 DOWNLOAD THE FREE M45 DATASET 👉 https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... 🌌 JOIN IN! Whether you're using my M45 data or applying these techniques to your own images, I'd love to see what you create! Tag @astro_pics_uk on Instagram when sharing your results, or leave a comment below and let me know how you got on. 👍 If you enjoyed the tutorial, please Like, Comment and Subscribe for more PixInsight tutorials, astrophotography processing workflows and deep-sky imaging videos. Thanks for watching, and clear skies! 🔭 🔗 USEFUL LINKS PixInsight: https://pixinsight.com/ MY CURRENT PIXINSIGHT PLUGINS, SCRIPTS & REPOSITORIES These are the tools and resources I currently use. Some links are product or installation pages rather than direct repository addresses. Process Icons: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CaiP... BlurXTerminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/BlurXTermina... NoiseXTerminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/NoiseXTermin... StarXTerminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/StarXTermina... Narrowband Normalization: https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-modu... Colour Mask: https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scri... Foraxx Palette Utility: https://foraxxpaletteutility.com/FPU/ PixInsight Toolbox: https://www.ideviceapps.de/PixInsight... Seti Astro Suite: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/set... Seti Astro CosmicClarity: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/set... DeepSkyForge GraXpert: https://pixinsight.deepskyforge.com/u... GHS Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch: https://www.ghsastro.co.uk/updates/ RC Astro GPU TensorFlow: https://www.rc-astro.com/TensorFlow/P... ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Installing PixInsight Plugins 02:48 Loading Process Icons 06:19 Gradient Correction 08:34 BlurXTerminator 11:55 Noise Reduction 14:15 Colour Combination 15:34 Colour Correction 18:08 Removing Green Cast 19:24 Star Removal 21:57 Image Stretching 24:37 Removing Magenta 25:51 Curves Adjustment 27:48 Increasing Saturation 29:49 Stretching the Stars 31:04 Recombining Stars 32:29 Image Convolution 33:42 Further Image Stretching 36:48 Curves Adjustment 37:49 Boosting Contrast 40:57 Further Star Stretching 41:21 Star Combination 42:12 Luminance Combination 47:08 Removing Magenta 47:58 Final Noise Reduction 49:43 Final Curves Adjustment #PixInsight #Astrophotography #M45 #Pleiades #LRGB