Astro Photography

Image Post Processing using PixInsight

updated: 2025-10-13

PixInsight

Sub-chapters

• Image Post Processing 
• Picture Post Processing on ASIAIR Device
• Picture Post Processing using ASIAIR Studio
• Picture Post Processing using PixInsight
• 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.

Website

PixInsight — Pleiades Astrophoto