Astro Photography

Astro Image Processing using PixInsight

updated: 2026-07-09

PixInsight

Sub-chapters

• Basic PixInsight Function
• PixInsight Image Processing Workflow
• Image Pre-Processing Options
• Linear Image Processing
• De-Linearize or Stretch the Image
• Improving the Non-LinearImage

Resource(s)

• some but no all processes and functions are accompanied by internal documentation that can be opened by clicking on the Process Explorer and then on the process icon or by clicking on the documentation icon at the right lower edge of the currently open process window 
  
• In September 2022 PixInsight announced a new official video tutorial "Introduction to PixInsight - YouTube" on YouTube.
• There are some tutorials available from PixInsight, please visit: PixInsight — Software Tutorials or PixInsight — Resources
• Very good (unofficial) reference guide: PixInsight 1.5 - The Officially Unofficial Reference Guide (deepskycolors.com) the actual version of PixIsight is V1.8) 
• There are many YouTube videos available on the net, I recommend this one for absolute beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIXJJqew6rQ. The chapters below are more or less based on this tutorial.
• PixInsight — Pleiades Astrophoto

Previous Chapter

• Astro Capturing Session Workflow

Next Chapters

• Basic PixInsight Functions
• Image enhancement with Lightroom
• Image enhancement with Photoshop

Tutorials

• PixInsight Studios on YouTube
• PixInsight Resources