Challenge Peter - Elephant's Trunk Nebula

In this tutorial I'll show you my latest PixInsight / Photoshop workflow that can radically transform an image! This photo was sent in by one of my Deep Space Course students, who was having some trouble extracting the nebula from the background. Without the help of the advanced tools in PixInsight, I don't think I would've been able to pull this off! If you want to learn more about astrophotography, check out my Deep Space Course: https://www.howtube.com/series/eUVHB9fI 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Why We Need PixInsight 01:48 - Easy Contrast / Color Cast Fix 02:51 - Image Solver 06:59 - SPCC 10:53 - A Quick Word of Flats 11:46 - BlurXterminator 12:22 - StarXterminator 13:24 - Stretch Data 15:53 - GradientXterminator 18:52 - Fix Dust Spots 19:56 - Camera RAW Filter 23:12 - NoiseXterminator 24:37 - High Pass 26:33 - Curves 27:36 - Selective Color 29:51 - Blend Stars with Pixel Math 33:11 - Final Touches 35:24 - Outro