Develop Your Image Processing Skills
There are many tutorials, walkthroughs, and tips floating around online, but what you really need is an easy-to-understand method that works.
Accelerate your learning with a 100+ pages of step-by-step, beginner-friendly instruction that will teach you powerful processing techniques to edit your astro photos.
Overview
Edit Your Images From Start To Finish
This guide is most useful for beginners looking to edit color images captured using a DSLR or one-shot-color astronomy camera.
Stack and Calibrate Your Images
Combine your field data to create a master file to process in Adobe Photoshop.
Enhance Detail, Color + Sharpness
Understand the various tools/techniques used to bring out the hidden details of your image.
Reduce Star Size + Fix Color Fringing
Give depth to your images by reducing star size and removing unwanted glow.
Requirements
Using The Guide
This image processing guide includes techniques and best practices using DeepSkyStacker and Adobe Photoshop.
DeepSkyStacker (Free): Needed for image stacking
Adobe Photoshop (Subscription): Needed for image processing
Other recommended software:
Adobe Bridge (Free with Photoshop)
Adobe Photoshop is required
The techniques, tools, and shortcuts were written specifically for Adobe Photoshop using a Windows PC.
Mac users can still enjoy the processing portion of this guide (90%) but will have to use the Mac shortcut alternatives.
Open the PDF in a web browser or PDF reader
In order to utilize the hyperlinks and exclusive videos in the guide, open the emailed PDF in your web browser or PDF reader.
Hang onto your original download email
Future updates to the guide can be accessed using your original download link. You can find more information on latest updates below.
The Plan
Get the Most Out of Your Data
Processing your astro images can be intimidating.
If you don’t have experience, you may struggle with knowing where to start, what tools to use, and developing a workflow.
Save time with the AstroBackyard Image Processing Guide that walks you through image processing from start to finish.
Get the most out of the image data you worked so hard to collect, and avoid having data that sits unprocessed.
Download the PDF digital guide
After purchase, your guide will be sent via email.
Practise the techniques
Use the guide to practice on your image data.
Produce stunning images
Bring out the beauty hidden within your data.
Learn with an expert
You’ll Learn How To:
Jeff Newgard
“As one of the most affordable processing guides on the market, it is something that everyone should have on hand for the next time they feel lost.”
Pricing
Image Processing Made Easy With AstroBackyard
$49 USD
Includes exclusive videos that are not available anywhere else and free lifetime updates.
Testimonials
What Other Astrophotographers Are Saying
“I definitely learned a lot to implement into my own processing techniques. I had no clue of the tools available until I used the processing guide. I kept learning how to master what I’ve learned in the guide to the point that I got an APOD! Was definitely worth getting!”
Steven Powell
Virginia, USA
“This guide, was the booster I needed. An almost overwhelming source of inspiration. It gave me, as a newbie, the courage to deep dive into photo editing (without getting lost!). To this day, I keep using it as main reference for my standard workflow.”
Tim Tausendfreund
Switzerland
“A must-have for novice and experienced imagers. Trevor and Ashley provide a comprehensive, step-by-step demonstration demystifying the complex steps of pre- and post-processing, helping to make astrophotography accessible to everyone.“
Jeff Newgard
Oregon, USA
Recent Guide Updates
2024/08/13 Added Advanced PixInisght Techniques and Star Removal
2024/07/22 Added Milky Way Image Stacking and Processing Video
2024/02/25 Added Broadband Target RAW Data to Practice On