PixInsight - Improving the Non-Linear Image

Sharpening Details with Multiscale Linear Transform

updated: 2026-02-19


Purpose

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

Activation

Menu: Process 🡺 Multiscale Processing 🡺 MultiscaleLinearTransform

and: Script 🡺 Image Analysis 🡺 Extract Wavelet Layers

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

Tutorial

From Blurry to Brilliant: Master Image Sharpening with PixInsight Multiscale Linear Transformation


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 🡺 MultiscaleLinearTransform and set these parameters:
  • Open Script 🡺 Image Analysis 🡺 Extract Wavelet Layers and set the following parameters:
  • Click on OK and hide the wavelet windows that are being created by this script.
  • Go back to the MultiscaleLinearTransform and open the preview window to show the effect of the transformation.
  • 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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