How To Process a Milky Way Nightscape

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Ай бұрын

In this video I show how to process a Milky Way nightscape in Photoshop alone. No other software or additional plugins. I cover AI noise reduction, basic edits, and blending a foreground with a tracked sky.
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@kevinashley478 Ай бұрын

Thanks Walt. Watching your videos is helping pass time as i lay in this stupid hospital

@normwitt5882 Ай бұрын

Really love the no bs, only meat and potatoes in this video. Tons of valuable info here delivered in 18 minutes. Thank you!

@Mr09260 Ай бұрын

Brilliant Video I can now proceed carefully with instead of taking 1 image I can now take a Pic of Foreground I can go to take a Milky Way and then Merge >> I have the Equipment >> Z8 and Nikon 20mm f1.8 S but at 73 Computers scare me .. but this Video gives me confidence>> from South Africa

@Jfrigg-ye6ip Ай бұрын

Hey Walt, hope you’re feeling better real soon and getting back at it. Just wanted to let you know shot my first Milky Way last night. Never really thought about Astro photography until I stumbled across your channel a couple months ago. Having recently retired I gifted myself a new R6 and the Rokinon 24 mm f1.4 thanks to your inspiration. I’m really excited to get back out there and get some more.

@NeilArthurs 9 күн бұрын

absolutely wonderful video! Great tip on using the "sky replacement tool" in photoshop. I have no idea when I never thought to do that! super looking forward to getting out soon to shoot! Cheers

@edsmith-ug2kp Ай бұрын

Thank you, out standing vid, many thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@odalv316 Ай бұрын

Dude, you are a gem! Best tutorial videos regarding astrophotography.

@deltaastrophotography Ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you got something from it!

@gr-astro Ай бұрын

Great video Walt. Nice to learn about the sky replacement tool and fine tuning masks using 'overlay' blend - very useful. The PS AI denoise function is very good and will probably discourage me from taking too many single exposures!!!

@garthkipping2755 Ай бұрын

Great job. Clear,concise and to the point. I have watched a lot of other tutorials and often people rush through steps and it takes multiple replays to see where the mouse clicks are.

@the_hu7192 Ай бұрын

Awesome video, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! Again I learned new tricks which will help me process my nightscape images:)

@mariopereira8261 Ай бұрын

Thanks Walt, excellent continuation video from the previous video, I really enjoyed this Milky Way editing class. Thanks Walt and continuation of Clear Skies

@ermescabas610 Ай бұрын

Great video as usual. It would be really interesting to see something similar but applied to a more complex foreground, such as a series of tree silhouettes that usually drive me crazy.Ciao ciao.

@jayrichardson2907 Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to use these techniques later this summer 🤙🏼

@99jlink Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video! It’s the best tutorial that I’ve found on Milky Way photography editing.

@bulentcoban1042 Ай бұрын

Such videos are a treasure for my personal development in Astro, thank you

@7411niels Ай бұрын

Great video that I will use in the future! Thanks for sharing this 👌

@dennisblack4444 Ай бұрын

Thank you Walt, I was having trouble with some of my sky replacement, this has really helped. Thank you again for an awesome tutorial.

@1chrisandrew1 Ай бұрын

Thanks Walt - great tutorial without using the extra add-on software - this is ideal

@MCGreenofly Ай бұрын

Awesome video as always !

@pksacoma Ай бұрын

🎉great job,….thank you very much 😊

@bobslfcu773 Ай бұрын

Nice video, way too cool.

@AmatureAstronomer Ай бұрын

Nice.

@williammcginnis4151 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your expert knowledge Walt. I have been curious about using LRC Denoise for Milky Way. Can denoise substitute for stacking say 10 Milky Way images for noise reduction? I use the same method you did in the video for star reduction and like it.

@keithhanssen7413 Ай бұрын

👍🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

@cameronwalker5078 Ай бұрын

Great video, thankyou 🎉 Do you prefer PS to Lightroom for this job? Regards, Cam

@Byaltair Ай бұрын

Great video mate! A question, when you combined the two images, it appears that a lot of stars around Milky Way gone purple/pink again and a lot more of them like before the reduction, do you reckon?

@thefailedastronomer7407 Ай бұрын

Hey Walt. Great video. Question..... Do you ever run into snakes?

@deltaastrophotography Ай бұрын

All...the....time! Especially in the fall when it starts to cool down and they move too slow to get out of the road before I walk up on them.

@211milkman Ай бұрын

Great video Walt! A great way of combining things. Looks fantastic!!!

@DS-iu9ut Ай бұрын

Nice video, informative. Have you ever thought about using Siril and Affinity for processing, instead of pay for software. Just asking from a cheap beginner perspective.

@deltaastrophotography Ай бұрын

If I didn't have PixInsight, Siril would be my go-to for deep sky processing. It's really great software. As far as a Photoshop alternative, I haven't really tried much. For every one GIMP or Affinity astro tutorial on KZfaq there are probably 100 Photoshop tutorials. And the same goes for plug-ins. There are so many great plug-ins out there for Photoshop. The $10 a month kinda sucks, but I have friends that spend that daily on coffee. Photoshop is WAY cheaper than that!

@user-jb4pb5le1b 28 күн бұрын

Great. Its Photoshop 2022?

@Byaltair Ай бұрын

And another question, do you think using a selection tool instead dodge/burn (white/black) would have been easier to merge two images together or more complicated? What's your experience?

@deltaastrophotography Ай бұрын

It really depends. On an image like this where the sky and foreground were taken at dark site at about the same time, it would be easier to just make a selection and turn it into a mask. But when shooting the foreground at blue hour or when the moon is out, the sky replacement tool really helps with balancing colors. I should probably make a video showing all the different ways you can blend. There's no right or wrong way to do it as long as it turns out looking good.