PixInsight - Improving the Non-Linear Image

MMT - Ring Free Sharpening with MultiscaleMedianTransform

updated: 2026-03-23


Purpose

In this step PixInsight is used to sharpen details in the nearly final image

Activation

Menu: Process 🡺 Multiscale Processing 🡺 MultiscaleMedianTransform

Input

a nearly final non-linear image, preferably of the the DSO object without stars after the MAS (Multiscale Transform Stretch)

Output

a sharpened image

Tutorials


Steps:

  • Open the nearly final non-linear image, preferably of the the DSO object without stars after the MAS (Multiscale Transform Stretch), e.g.:
  • Open  Process 🡺 Multiscale Processing 🡺 MultiscaleMedianTransform and set these parameters:
  • Open the preview window to see the result
  • Apply the process to the image.
  • ... and check the result:


Before

After


Hint: A simpler method is to increase the sharpness and detail levels in Lightroom Classic (LRC). However, since LRC cannot import XISF files, this method only works with TIFF or JPG files.

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