PixInsight - Easy Beginner's Workflow | 2025 Edition

There are many different ways to use PixInsight for editing, and in this video I'll show my simple "streamlined" workflow that takes advantage of the latest version of PixInsight. I realize the video is nearly 45 minutes long, but once you get some practice the actual workflow should only take about 10-20 minutes and provide great results 90% of the time. For the other 10%, you'll need to do a bit more work with some advanced tools. For a more comprehensive overview of PixInsight, check out my PixInsight For Dummies series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tFhWHSOW5pIYVLrkbeDaYdKFLBEl5wL You can download the practice file for today's video here: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZMurY5ZjeHCrjOSQg7t86VU0USRizFP6V4X Here's my Repository List for the PixInsight plugins: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZQkcY5ZEidsIoYkVrQLtXmavv8h7ywfTs6V For Nvidia users, read through Rus Croman's article and grab the Tensorflow GPU link listed there: https://www.rc-astro.com/TensorFlow/PixInsight/GPU To learn more about astrophotography, check out my Deep Space Course: https://www.howtube.com/series/eUVHB9fI 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Installation 02:30 - Manage Repositories 04:31 - Thread Performance Analysis 05:13 - Control Bars / Interface 05:39 - Download Practice File 06:12 - Preview Stretch 07:09 - Process Explorer 08:18 - Step #1 - Fix Color Cast with SPCC 11:27 - Step #2 - BlurXterminator 15:50 - Step #3 - StarXterminator 17:38 - ScreenTransferFunction 19:49 - Step #4 - DynamicBackgroundExtraction 27:58 - STF 2 28:37 - Step #5 - NoiseXterminator 31:36 - Fix Green with SCNR 32:14 - STF 3 32:45 - Step #6 - Stretch Photo 34:50 - Step #7 - Curve Adjustments 37:35 - Step #8 - Create HDR Image (Optional) 39:22 - Step #9 - Blend Stars 41:39 - Saving 42:27 - Final Thoughts