Make Your Astrophotography Colors Pop (Selective Color Boosting)

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4 жыл бұрын

How to effectively boost the colors and saturation of your deep-sky astrophotography images using Photoshop.
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In this tutorial, I show you a few ways to really make the colors in your galaxy images "pop", by selectively adjusting the vibrance and saturation of the image.
I also share a technique you can use to selectively de-saturate the space around your galaxy or nebula. This is useful when you have a noisy, color mottled background sky.
I hope this astrophotography tutorial was useful for you! Until next time, clear skies!
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@Photoshop 4 жыл бұрын

Woah, we’re seeing stars. Nice. 👍

@alexshi9320 3 жыл бұрын

Woa, didn’t expect see photoshop in the comments

@hanniballecter3727 3 жыл бұрын

you're nice too :)

@astroindianx 6 ай бұрын

Whoo

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you found this tutorial useful! Whether you're acquiring images or spending hours processing them, don't forget why you're doing this! HAVE FUN

@TLI72 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial I need help with astrophotography keep it up I’m new to astrophotography

@lsastrophotography1252 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Trevor fantastic video, I'm just wondering if you can make a video on how to make the images look like they have depth to them instead of a flat image, I'd be happy to send the stacked TIFF of my ETA Carina nebula if you would like to use that in the tutorial

@nrm8831 4 жыл бұрын

I didnt think id get my ig comment whining answered in a video lol

@RaysAstrophotography 4 жыл бұрын

Great example of color Mask! I used Pixinsight, but this is good to know how to do this in Photoshop!

@RaysAstrophotography 4 жыл бұрын

Yes - did noticed your bounty! Good one too!

@mattbowman4950 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all your help. I am just getting started in this awesome hobby and just got my first presentable picture of bodes and cigar galaxy. What a feeling. Your advice and tutorials have been very helpful. Thank you. I am hooked for life

@davidaylsworth8964 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch your videos I learn more. I’m having a rough time retaining it all, but there’s times when I’m in front of one of my images and I have that memory flash of something I picked up from these videos. Thanks Sir!

@JWAstronomy1 4 жыл бұрын

Everything you do, you're doing it right! Love to see how you make your hobby into your own business. Good luck with that!

@vertex3243 3 жыл бұрын

were are you bro

@spc7163 3 жыл бұрын

@@vertex3243 he has a new channel

@AstroFarsography 4 жыл бұрын

Hmm the colour mottling selective desaturate, sounds like something I really need. Thanks Trevor great tutorial. Amazing how you come up with these techniques

@TheBackyardCosmos 4 жыл бұрын

Really stepping up the production quality with every tutorial. Well done!

@sabinroman 4 жыл бұрын

Your Image Processing Guide is amazing! A year ago I wrote a doc with the most useful processing tips from your videos; I actually wanted to send it over to you in case you want to post it :D But today I saw your guide, and I instantly got it! Congrats man, you are doing an amazing job! Since starting watching your videos like 2 years ago, I am getting more an more excited about astrophotography, I changed my entire kit: going for EQ6-R, ES127, ASI294, you know, all your recommendations :D

@SharpStarAstro 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Trevor! Can't tell you how much this improved my images!

@evalaczko2718 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I will try it step by step. Clear skies.

@herbertwillkomm2145 4 жыл бұрын

the most lovely word to say to a fellow astrophotographer. "Have a clear sky"

@johnnyredfireastroimaging5266 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always. Thanks for all your contributions to astrophotography!

@raghavendranappu 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect time to upload Trevor. Big fan of your work and right now I am struggling with my whirlpool galaxy post processing. Gonna do this side by side.

@alineradventureswithsimons79 4 жыл бұрын

Big Congrats on the 100K Play button. Well deserved! Love your tutorials.

@tmxv-bg8cz Ай бұрын

You're an excellent teacher. Thanks for sharing your expertise.

@eyesoftexasskywatch 4 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are so so helpful! Thank you for sharing these tips.

@stevecolwill9761 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, Trevor. These techniques are definitely something I will try. And yes, I did notice it, congratulations! 🥳

@TadyWalsh 4 жыл бұрын

YES! Adjustment layers! Finally! Good man, been watching your PhotoShop for a while and it's been driving me mad you haven't been using them. You can get an adjustment layer by also clicking the black and white, half and half circle at the bottom of the layers palette. Also, if you CMD (Mac) or CTRL (Windows) click on the line between the adjustment layer, it'll apply the adjustment to just the layer below it (not all layers below it). But great work sir!

@SCAerialsSteveCarpenter 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Trevor! Excellent tips and tricks tutorial with Photoshop, Nicely Done! Also saved this video to my saved folder for future reference, take care!

@jezrougan 3 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video Trevor, ive been following your work for two years now and I think im going to have to visit your website to learn how to get started with image processing as I have no idea where to begin tbh... taking the images is the easy part... ive only just started stacking my images in deep sky stacker... Ive got alot of data to start this journey to creating beautiful deep space images...

@the_astro_garden 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice Trevor, between yourself and Dylan, my learning curve has been steep but super quick. Love what you do and really enjoy watching your videos and subscribed information material. Cheers, Bill.

@azizghanim 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome technique,! Many thanks for sharing.

@aventgps 4 жыл бұрын

It amazes me that In this hobby i never stop learning, this video gave me a tool i have been looking for some time, Thanks Trevor, i will reprocess some data i have to practice... this is why you are one of my Astro Heroes!!! take care, Have fun!!!

@radicalrenegade8528 4 жыл бұрын

You're getting better. Thanks.

@fercalderon6156 4 жыл бұрын

This tutorial was so useful, thank you!!

@TheWonkyAstronomer 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Some really useful techniques.

@AlynWallace 4 жыл бұрын

Great little tips Trevor!

@kevinwenrick7657 4 жыл бұрын

As always, good stuff! Very helpful in understanding what goes into making a good image, a great image. Thank you.

@edoubleist 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome editing tutorial! I will certainly be watching this many times.

@tim_peaky 4 жыл бұрын

congratulations on the 100 000 subscribers Trevor! trophy well deserved! am a huge fan from early on!! learned so much from you, thanks for the inspiration!

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks a lot Tim!! Its guys like you - that's what got me to this point! Clear skies

@magedsyehia 4 жыл бұрын

I think this solves many of issues in my processing, I will definitely try that !

@JamesSmith-fv6vb 11 ай бұрын

Love it. This was so helpful.. Thank you.

@terrence3258 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I found this very useful. Looking forward to making my images pop!

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I wanted to hear. Thank you sir!!

@theprincipal1110 4 жыл бұрын

I am completely new to Deep Sky photography and just got myself Photoshop. Your videos are really helpful, thank you for making them!

@catchingphotons 4 жыл бұрын

I thank you for this great tutorial. It will help a lot of people making their photos look even cooler! Keep on doing your great work! Greetings Chris

@thejace3333 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Trevor. Super helpful.

@ChrisTurchin 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Trevor. I learn a little something new from each video you produce. CS!

@uwedeutermann1163 4 жыл бұрын

I bookmarked this video, very good Trevor! Actually excellent!

@thomaskirkpatrick3147 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial Trevor! I think you just saved my Leo Triplet image with your background desaturation trick. Thank you!

@Greebstreebling 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video, nicely done. Layer masks based on user selections are so useful for astro image processing. Without them, its difficult to be effective in your processing operations, and often being able to select regions of interest is key to being able to process them without destroying other detail areas.

@nkondrashov 4 жыл бұрын

Really good tutorial! Thank you Trevor!

@afryhover 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tutorial. I've been struggling with my color and saturation for a while.

@unsinndj 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks that’s really useful!

@eddyboi6976 4 жыл бұрын

I just got my first "real" camera, and im trying to learn astrophotography, so i always use your videos to learn. I also love watching all the pictures you take they are sooooo coooool!

@mikeries8549 4 жыл бұрын

By the time he posts the "pictureS" he takes they've been stacked and edited to the point where they only appear to be photographs. Note how he calls them images?

@joeshmoe7967 4 жыл бұрын

The real trick Trevor is getting the darn sky to clear so I can get some hours on target!! Definitely M51 is #1 with a bullet for me this year. I got just an hour back in January and 4 hours is my minimum goal. Good tutorial. Great images. Cheers

@StevenMorrisPhotography 4 жыл бұрын

Great guide showing just how powerful photoshop can be and how the majority of us barely touch the surface of it. Also congrats in your 100k...

@samuelmcbride9797 4 жыл бұрын

Great channel dude!

@wernerrecks 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Trevor, again a great tutorial for processing astro images in PS. Even if it's sometimes too fast for me. So I have to watch it several times and this helps ! I will try it asap with my pictures !! Regards from Germany, Werner

@thegodfather4713 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Thank you brother, congratulations.

@hymanmj 4 жыл бұрын

Cracking tutorial Trevor. Thank you. :)

@andrewgordils1 4 жыл бұрын

Just bought an explore scientific ED127 apo with Exos 2-gt mount can't wait to play. Thanks for your inspiration and knowledge Trevor!

@derheld395 4 жыл бұрын

As usually, great advices. Thanks to you i also leapfrog in my PS knowledge.keep bringing them.

@IGATECK 3 жыл бұрын

That really helped me with my Andromeda picture, Thanks

@AstroQuest1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that de-saturation technique, I wish I knew about that a long time ago or even 2-weeks ago - better late than never. Cheers Kurt

@mattsmith010171 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations bud you deserve it. Couldn’t of happened to a nicer guy.

@Brendenowits 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video as always! so much useful information

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, cheers!

@jmseldon 3 жыл бұрын

This is really useful.

@marlonmc8080 4 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to obtain my light pollution filter and use all your astrophotography tutorials

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. You should get a lot of value out of my image processing vids because a LOT of the data I play with was shot using an LP filter!

@beatriceheinze2294 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, Trevor! Your images of those galaxies are amazing! I definitely will apply these tips on the data of M51 and M101, that I gained recently.

@joeshmoe7967 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you post somewhere we can see. I love to compare what others are getting. Cheers

@l00t3R 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy. Really enjoyed this

@Dances_With_Skies 2 жыл бұрын

That desaturate technique works well and I’ve found you can clean it up a bit by taking the masked image into camera raw and applying some noise reduction to the background as well! This almost works better in some cases.

@HelenasAstrophotography 4 жыл бұрын

Another awesome one Trevor! I’m going to find this very helpful. Thank you 🙂

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Helena. Yes I think you will 🙂 Try the selective saturation on your M101!! 👊

@HelenasAstrophotography 4 жыл бұрын

AstroBackyard thank you Trevor! I will 🙂 are you active on IG messages? I could send the results there....think I sent you one a while back.

@MrGChuff 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent I got 8 hours over 2 nights last week. I’ve processed it in startools but I’ll give ps a go tomorrow 👍

@theheavensdeclareastro 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Trevor! Love the M51 image too!

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben! Cheers

@MrVirkMedia 4 жыл бұрын

quickly came in to like the video, will watch later with a cup of tea

@travlon5101 4 жыл бұрын

This is really going to be helpful for my images that I'm just starting to learn how to process. Thank goodness for the pause button though, because you go soooo fast !! Just because you know what you're doing, go slower for us newbies. Thanks !!

@mikebenengtouncry3613 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Trevor !!

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@edfig_7 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Trevor, thanks again for another great instructional video. Bought the guide today, and it has proven to be very useful, particularly the Adobe PS stacking tips. Also, I’ve recently captured Comet Atlas 2019-Y4 and have been struggling to find the best way to create a high res video loop of the comet (like Chuck does) but in Adobe PS. Would love to hear your thoughts or see a video on that. Oh and congrats on the KZfaq award...keep the content coming!

@edjones3390 4 жыл бұрын

Yet another great tutorial! I'm not sure I'll be using this just yet (....still trying to capture good data in the first place) but this is bookmarked in my head for future use, as well as in my browser :)

@avananana 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not into astrophotography but I do enjoy your videos and let's be honest, just looking at pictures of stellar objects is truly beautiful. But maybe one day I'll get into photography :P I'll keep this video in mind for that day.

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Avana!

@myphonevideo 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Nice!

@ditchiu2528 4 жыл бұрын

Fire educational videos

@headlink9825 4 жыл бұрын

Really cool, right point in time. Just fighting to bring my M81 shots to life... 😀

@stevesolon6710 Жыл бұрын

Hi Trevor. "Hoped this helped" - dude, are you kidding?!? You explain things so clearly and distinctly, there's no way your videos COULDN'T be a help. Thanks for your time, expertise, and delivery. Some of us older imagers are not as 'hip' to all the techniques available. I use both PIxInsight and PS, but there are so many tools, and time to experiment is not always available. Again, many thanks, and hope the current fires are not in your area. - - Steve

@EdwardJ7130 4 жыл бұрын

grreat job

@Jcorban08 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome & helpful tutorials. Thanks so much! Just a little curious if you have tried the “Smooth” slider located just above the “Feather” slider....

@viniciusceccon7755 4 жыл бұрын

This video is definitely Dustin approved

@shaheermansoor2560 4 жыл бұрын

Instead of copying and pasting selected areas to the new layer you can just simple press Ctrl+J to get the selected area on new layer this is going to be much helpful

@joeshmoe7967 4 жыл бұрын

Took me about 10 years to discover that one! I still use copy/paste because the habit was so strong. Photoshop user since '97

@gunnarkoksnase3243 4 жыл бұрын

just used deepskystacker the first time ever on m51...and now this...ill have to go out soon and take some more pictures!!!

@alberto28488 4 жыл бұрын

You may have better results if you use the "selective color" option in "new adjustment layer". With this tool for each type of color you can modify the balance of CMY. With thay you can both increase the saturation (without loosing details) - correct the specific color and modify the luminance ( for example in M51 the brown color can have less blue and more magenta and yellow)

@marklowry4431 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! What equipment did you use to capture the galaxy images?

@chrisdavis6789 4 жыл бұрын

Trevor, Congrats on the 100k+. You are an inspiration. I have a question though. In this video, it wasn't clear how you acquired your image that you processed. Was it through One Shot Color or using Monochrome with Filters and stacked?

@oliveranders9702 4 жыл бұрын

Helpful as always. Thats why I subscribed now and hope that it wil be possible to hang out with you live in your backyard :)

@eliasrws1924 4 жыл бұрын

amazing video, as always. Btw. Your Opinion on Starlink?

@guttulatus 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Trevor. Been finding your videos so useful and informative. I am going to purchase my first telescope next month and my budget is around $600. What would you advise? Been tempted with Celestron Nexstar 4SE. Greetings from the UK and keep up the great content! Alex

@TLI72 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you I’m new to astrophotography can I do it with a go to dobsonion and a dslr thanks awesome tutorial

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thank you!

@SCTyler. 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Trevor! Your videos are as always super helpful, a question though. How do you recommend cleaning a DSLR camera sensor? The Amazon seller i bought it from sent it with a large grain of dust on the sensor i've not been able to get out short of just going in but with no clue what i'm doing im afraid to do so.

@theodossisman 4 жыл бұрын

We need a video where you acquire those amazing galaxy photos! Did you use your 11" Edge HD? Thanks for the tutorial!

@ioannisioannou7518 4 жыл бұрын

Theodossis Papadopoulos Ξαναπέστο φίλε... εντάξει εδώ παλεύω με ένα 70αρι doublet (με καλούς φακούς και τρίποδο) και μια rebel T1i, αλλά ούτε στα πιο τρέλα μου όνειρα δεν βγαίνει έτσι καμπάνα το M51 και Μ101. Αν και ο τυπαρας δουλεύει με φίλτρα που κοστίζουν όσο όλο το rig μου...

@theodossisman 4 жыл бұрын

@@ioannisioannou7518 Και εγώ που έχω 8" TS F5 reflector, μαζί με μια Nikon D3500 (μούφα, πρέπει να πάω σύντομα σε μία cooled CCD/CMOS) δεν βλέπω τέτοια λεπτομέρεια. Πρέπει να τα έχει τραβήξει με το 11" Edge και την Starlight CCD που έχει.

@02emma1 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video but stupid question how did you get the colours in the first place once you have stacked in DSS?

@allen4564 4 жыл бұрын

Really great technique but I had trouble continuing afterward. How do you get back to a layer where you could do it again with another color? After a number of unsuccessful attempts I finally had to flatten image before I could proceed.

@astrorya 4 жыл бұрын

You ever just wonder why anyone would dislike a video? I wonder that.

@pupperemeritus9189 4 жыл бұрын

can you do a tutorial on dealing with class 8-9 sky light pollution with unmodified camera and without tracker and only using camera lenses and a tripod

@kevinburke8608 4 жыл бұрын

This is great, starting to learn Ps... For some reason, I've felt that I should learn photoshop before trying Pixinsite despite some advice I've gotten. M51 was my first color astrophoto (beginning of this month)... nothing like yours though. Colors, focus, and collimation are off... though I'm excited about it. Hopefully, I can get color in the stars eventually doing LRGB... I haven't gotten it correct yet. You and Dylan have been a huge help. Thanks!

@joeshmoe7967 4 жыл бұрын

You can't go wrong learning photoshop. It is a tool with some much use, way beyond astro. You will never wake up one day and wished you hadn't learned PS! Cheers

@jkbooo4378 4 жыл бұрын

How do you preserve colours of the stars so nicely? Is it because of monochrome camera with filters? I can't even think of not getting blown out stars with my 600D.

@emanuelacostagutierrez2255 4 жыл бұрын

i really need some help processing the Rho Scorpii region, i'm shooting with a rebel t5i not modified

@AstroBackyard 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry if it's too fast! I had 3 cups of coffee before recording this 😐

@nimaliperera1704 4 жыл бұрын

I 'm also got a photo of orion nebula .

@AstroEssentials 4 жыл бұрын

Can you please review the Celestron Starsense Explorer telescopes?!?!?!?

@duke227 Жыл бұрын

Are you available for some 1 on one processing sessions?

@angel-eh2fe 4 жыл бұрын

im new to the redcat51,trevor,what camera do you recomended

@SimonGodfrey 4 жыл бұрын

In the middle example you created an adjustment layer for Vibrance. How would I go about creating a new adjustment layer for the same selection?

@MrPixelspin 3 жыл бұрын

In Photoshop you can just copy the mask. Make a new adjusment layer and while holding the alt key (option on mac) drag the layer from the vibrance layer to your new layer. Photoshop will ask you if you want to replace the existing layer so simply confirm.