How to Blend Tracked Milky Way and Foreground (Photoshop)

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In this video I show two examples of how to blend tracked Milky Way photos with an untracked foreground using Photoshop. Images captured with a star tracker can result in blurry foreground subjects, so how can we deal with those?
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@grigoryvidishev1810 Ай бұрын

We keep watching your videos Alyn and you are still alive with us. Thank you and RIP.

@iigal 2 ай бұрын

Your videos were always great, and I keep coming back to them. RIP my friend.

@damienk2372 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all your help mate and R.I.P Damo

@zakstone9821 Ай бұрын

Miss you. Driving right now it’s 11:03 PM. Milky Way is about to rise in 90 minutes. These next photos are for you, Brother. Thank you for getting my skies clear.

@mohamine771 Ай бұрын

let us know where to find your new photos Sir.

@paiged186 11 ай бұрын

One of the best tutorials on blending and masking...I now understand making much better with milky way photography! Thank you!

@NeoMullen 22 күн бұрын

Went to mt Teide on Tenerife last week. Looks like this photo is from there? Anyway, I thought about you and your video's while driving there alone. It was an amazing experience, since I've never stargazed on my own in the middle of nowhere. Now I'm going to use this toturial to blend the photo's I made. Thank you for everything, rest in peace.

@jorgeflores9714 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all Alyn

@isaackhasawneh8123 2 ай бұрын

Rest in peace Alyn

@NeilArthurs 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic video! an invaluable asset to anyone that is looking to blend tracked images. I am hoping to get a tracker at some point on my astro journey and I have no doubt that I will be coming back to this video time and time again! Cheers!

@happymystic9800 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this very instructive video. If you want to improve the quality of your night sky photography, sooner or later you need to have tools available to blend foreground and the starry sky without blur. This video helps a lot in understanding manageable tweaking and fine tuning options. Keep this good stuff going …

@stevethompson8154 11 ай бұрын

Thank YOU Alyn. I had never thought of using the remove tool on a mask. I can't wait to try this!

@DennisSiebertPhotography 11 ай бұрын

I don't use Photoshop very much because it's just very complex. But here you showed me options that I did not know and that I could not even guess.

@StarScaperPhoto 11 ай бұрын

That overlay brush has been saving various blends of my recent trip. Thanks for the video!

@bukcity9790 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Alyn! Was just struggling with this issue trying to post process a few images. Definitely going to try adding to my workflow.

@matthewnielsen2912 11 ай бұрын

Super helpful, thanks for making this video! It really helped me confirm my understanding of the process.

@mike_abramyan 11 ай бұрын

Super useful!! I never use overlay for fixing up the mask, that's brilliant!

@trentb4631 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Alyn, very timely video on this subject.

@anderslonn730 8 ай бұрын

Amazing tutorial ❤, thank you Alyn

@timfarmer5535 11 ай бұрын

Great instruction. There are a few tips I will incorporate into my process. Keep it coming Alyn

@stevenmccarron-talesfromli4831 11 ай бұрын

Another fantastic video Alyn. I trust that you are well in your new surroundings. This video will be one Ill be watching time and time again over the coming months.

@timscanlanphotography 11 ай бұрын

Hi Alyn. Like others on here, I use sky replacement as my default and it works 99% of the time. When it doesn't I'll rewatch this cracking video. Many thanks for sharing.

@Lukescania 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic just the other day I was trying to blend images two images and needed this video 🎉

@allenlloyd1074 11 ай бұрын

Superb Alyn. I didn’t know about usin brush in overlay mode for fine tuning a mask. Brilliant tip. Thank you.

@tonymarsh3541 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip about the new remove tool - I wasn't aware of that one.

@matthewfletcher 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful tutorial thanks for that! I would have used the old method you mentioned with the content aware fill but didn't know about the new remove and ai options Thanks!!❤

@jawadsaleemastro 11 ай бұрын

Great Tutorial Wally. Will be sure to use this on my next edit. Cheers

@DevonFlair 11 ай бұрын

That overlay tip is awesome! Never knew that!

@Greengrass1972 8 ай бұрын

Superb, beautiful work 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👌

@bmichaud1000 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@bmichaud1000 11 ай бұрын

This video was HUGELY helpful!!! Thanks so much Alyn!

@bartkoper1985 8 ай бұрын

I always thought: thats super difficult. With your explanation it's getting a lot easier!

@GregShaw 11 ай бұрын

Perfect timing as I took a MW shot in the field next to my mums house to get more of the MW in view and now want to blend that with the night shot of the house for the foreground.

@Chorge1972 11 ай бұрын

Superb!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!!!!!!!

@raahensalophotography 11 ай бұрын

Good tips, thanks! 👍

@videodewd01 11 ай бұрын

Really well-timed video, just got to processing some photos from a trip to joshua tree. Thanks for your inspiration, Alyn!

@Myu007 11 ай бұрын

Nice work.

@shupingyin8082 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@cmichaelhaugh8517 11 ай бұрын

Another of your videos to go in my Reference file!

@joeneely9970 11 ай бұрын

good stuff, I haven't used my tracker in a while

@wademorales 11 ай бұрын

Amazing, makes me want to buy a tracker again.

@schoonhovenk 11 ай бұрын

Lol I emailed you about this exact thing two months ago. I appreciate your help then and this video now!

@jcwangphotography 9 ай бұрын

excellent.

@darenhomewood7853 11 ай бұрын

I have gotten so used to using "sky replacement" that I have forgotten many of the basic methods for manual blending. A great video explaining the methodology and new tools available that has inspired me to get out of my lazy ways 🤣

@AlynWallace 11 ай бұрын

I did consider showing the sky replacement method in this video but decided to save it for a separate video :) It's super useful when you have lots of trees and complicated subjects silhouetting the sky.

@konradk.2898 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial Alyn great video 🎉🌌📷

@MHarvey-tp5km 7 ай бұрын

Great

@alandyer910 11 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial. Good to see the new tools and techniques put to use. I think I’d try to create the mask first with Select Sky and refine it from there as perhaps a better starting point than Quick Selection. The new AI selection tools are making the old manual tools obsolete! Clear skies!

@AlynWallace 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Alan! I recently tried the sky replacement mask on this image and it required a LOT more cleaning up with the overlay brush. I find the sky selections in Photoshop not so good when there are star trails in the foreground image. It tends to select the trails as sky which then need to be cleaned up quite a lot.

@neild108 11 ай бұрын

Very useful. I was able to use your instructions pretty well. Only thing is that at 1:49 of your video, when I push "Select and mask," it does not create a black and white rendition of the scene, and my selection completely disappears. So I undid "select and mask" and winged it from there. I wonder what I did wrong. That said, you deserve a great vote of thanks for bringing out this info about the PS quick selection tool.

@RifetOkic 11 ай бұрын

I was wondering how you made your profile photo’s of yourself with the stars in the background…. They are amazing 🤩

@RifetOkic 11 ай бұрын

Nvm, you just shared it i see 😆

@wrightdobbs 11 ай бұрын

Great video 🎉. How does this process work for scenes where you're stacking? Have you had successes with the same method or is it more recommended to get an unobstructed view before merging?

@AlynWallace 11 ай бұрын

Stacking software normally stacks the sky and foreground separately and blends them for you

@MrIanharper68 11 ай бұрын

Great video Alyn. Just ordered your book last night after watching loads of you videos :) One question for you, as a Benro ambassador I am surprised you haven't done a video on the Benro Polaris yet? Watched a few from Kamil Pekala and just thought I would like to see your take on it :) Look forward to your reply.

@AlynWallace 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Unfortuantely the Benro Polaris I had was full of issues so I never made a video. I recently found out the unit I had was a pre-pre-production model which they now confirm is not reflective of the finished product. I should be getting a new unit in August.

@MrIanharper68 11 ай бұрын

@@AlynWallace Thanks for the quick reply. Yes I have heard there were issues but I believe most of them have been sorted with the latest software/firmware updates. I know it is almost double the price of the Sky-Watcher but for the ease of set up and the fact that you can also do Panos, HDR, Time-Lapse, Motion Time-Lapse, Focus Stacking, Sun and Star Tracking I believe it will be worth the extra money. Plus it has a better payload and easier to transport than the Sky-Watcher :)

@Priyanshu369up 11 ай бұрын

Hello Alyn bro, how are you❤

@AlynWallace 11 ай бұрын

Good thanks hope you're all doing well too!

@inakilauzirika5076 11 ай бұрын

Hey Alyn! Any coupons for getting your book with a better price? As you say in your page... Brexit makes so much fun! 🥺 Cheers from northern Spain 🤙

@AlynWallace 11 ай бұрын

My book is already 10% off on eBay right now (because I can't set up discount codes there)

@inakilauzirika5076 11 ай бұрын

@@AlynWallace Placed order this morning. Thanks Alyn!

@voederbietels 11 ай бұрын

I have problems with trees in the foreground. Foreground in your tutorial is easy to overcome.

@rattlhed1 11 ай бұрын

I have problems with trees as well. They are the worst. It’s to the point where I just avoid them (or make sure they don’t protrude into the sky). I’ve never been able to properly blend trees with a tracked image.

@voederbietels 11 ай бұрын

@@rattlhed1 thats why most tutorials avoid shots with trees in the foreground. This kind of blending you see in this vid are verry easy to .

@voederbietels 11 ай бұрын

and i also never had any luck with tracked images and trees . you end up with ugly hallos around the trees.

@thibaultgodet854 Ай бұрын

🫡

@Geekchess 11 ай бұрын

You look very tired bro.

@RifetOkic 11 ай бұрын

Keeping it real tho. I like how he’s calm and just being himself. Perhaps he didn’t consider posing or waiting till he could please the audience or something. I found it pretty relaxing to be honest :) It makes him more relatable