Astrophotography: Essential Photoshop Techniques.

Dave Eagle, FRAS, astrophotographer, author and astronomy tutor has been running astronomical workshops and outreach for many years. Due to demand from students he has converted some of the contents of his tutorials into handy guides. Step-by-step this 49 page guide shows you how to set the software up a simply as possible to enable you to process astrophotographs using Photoshop after the stacking process. This powerful image processing software can transform your images when the tools embedded within it are used effectively. Unfortunately, the power of the software is its biggest downfall. Starting out with the software can at first be quite intimidating. T This guide to processing astrophotographs leads you step-by-step through the Photoshop tools used in a nice flowing workflow to get the best out of your images. These include curves, levels, layers and saturation. It also guides you towards some paid for plug-ins that are definitely worth-while investing in and will help get the very best out of your hard earned images. Using this guide will soon get you well on your way to producing your own stunning photos of astronomical objects, before moving onto more advanced techniques.