Brief tutorial on adjusting RGB color balance

[Nocturnal]

Hi,

this is probably nothing new to even the most novice PI user but I was struck (again) by how powerful the BN and CC processes are for getting ball-park correct color balance in RGB images. I took some screen shots, added a few ranting paragraphs and the result is here:

http://www.carpephoton.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31:getting-the-right-color-is-easy&catid=10:pixinsight&Itemid=4

[Harry page]

Hi

Good stuff , more wood for the fire 


Harry

[Nocturnal]

Thanks Harry. I tried to record a video with Camstudio but that didn't work so I stuck with the screenies

[Silvercup]

Hi Sander:

I have published a similar mini-tutorial in one of the forums I am suscribed. It's in spanish, sorry. The only difference is that I select for withe balance the whole image and select 7 or 8 Layer, so that I get all stars (the average must be white) and the minimun possible of nebula.

http://www.asociacionhubble.org/portal/index.php/foro/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=45691

Silvercup

[Nocturnal]

Hi Silvercup,

using the entire image with appropriate layers will also work, that's true.