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Narrowband FastTrack Primer
This group of videos is a Primer for the Course. The workflow examples are below with data provided for each to follow along. SEE THE LIST OF SCRIPTS AND RESOURCES USED IN THIS COURSE
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Filters and Transmission
Published 07/07/2024 This video is the first in a series as a primer for Narrowband Imagery. A quick require of filter characteristics such as…
NB Filters in Detail
Published 07/07/2024 This video is part of the primer on narrowband imagery. In this video the characteristics of narrowband filters are discussed in detail…
Multiband Filters and OSC
Published 07/07/2024 This video describes some of the strengths and implications of using multi-band filters in combination with OSC sensors. This is a very…
False Color, Mapped Color, and SPCC
Published 07/07/2024 This video highlights a little bit of the language concerning the colorization of narrowband images. What is the difference between false color…
Calibration Pedestals
Published 2024-07-17 This video highlights the peculiar effects of not using a pedestal and what to look out far. It is such a common…
Calibration and WBPP
Published 2024-07-17 Although the differences between narrowband and broadband calibration and processing with WBPP are small- this video steps through the considerations for best…
Elements of Narrowband Images
Published 2024-07-21 This video describes how to understand histograms and the effects they have on the mapping of colors in narrowband imagery.
Narrowband Combine Methods (1)
Published 2024-07-22 This video begins the deep dive in the multitude of ways that narrowband images can be combined. However, as is typical in…
Narrowband Combine Methods (2): Pixel Math
Published 2024-07-25 This video is a primer to explain the basic functionality of Pixel Math as a flexible way to combine NB images. Also…
Narrowband Combine Methods (3a): NB ColourMapper
Published 2024-07-29 This video highlights the usage of the NB ColourMapper script to colorize narrowband imagery. The trivial case of generating color mappings of…
Narrowband Combine Methods (3b): NB ColourMapper
Published 2024/07/29 This video follows up the previous video by demonstrating the full color mapping freedom of the NB ColourMapper Script.
Other NB Combine Methods
Published 2024-08-01 This video briefly shows two other scripts that are useful for combining narrowband data. The repository for the “ToolBox” is https://www.ideviceapps.de/PixInsight/Utilities/.
Colored stars from NB Images (1)
Published 2024-08-04 Previous sections concerned generating color mapped images of the nebulae. As continuum sources of light, stars are handled independently for quick and…
Colored Stars from NB Data (2)
Published 2024-08-04 This video is a continuation of the topic on creating colored stars form NB data. In addition to using Pixel Math, there…
Colored Stars with NB Normalization
Published 2024-08-15 This video highlights more information the use of the synthetic green channel when working with HOO data. In this video creating colored…
SPCC Narrow Band Mode
Published 10/12/2023 Here is a discussion of the narrow band mode of SPCC. This topic comes up often especially with image processors that are new…
Wizard Nebula Demo
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Wizard Nebula Data Download
Published 2024-08-08 These are the Zipped files for the NGC 7380 data (Generously provided by Josep Drudis). Remember if you are using a Mac…
Workflow 1: SXT, Channel Combine, NB Colored Stars (BXT for stars)
Published 2024-08-08 This video begins the Workflow demonstration for narrowband imagery based on the previous concepts of this course. Stars are extracted and colored…
Workflow 2: Linear Fit, Narrowband Normalization, BXT, Blemish Removal
Published 2024-08-08 The next step that is generally helpful in working with narrowband images is to perform a linear fit between the channels. As…
Workflow 3: NXT, Image Blend, SelectiveColor, and other Final Adjustments
Published 2024-08-14 The video begins with reducing (color) noise with BXT. The workflow proceeds with the use of DBE to improve the overall illumination…
Ooops, I messed up but kinda of like it.
Published 2024-08-14 In this video I explain the mistake I made when I first generated the videos for NB FastTrack which resulted in a…
Inserting RGB Stars into Narrowband Images
Published 2024-08-08 This video capitalizes on the extra data provided with is this target (again, courtesy of Josep Drudis). RGB (broadband) stars can be…
NB LRGB Demo
Published 2024-08-14 This video shows how to take a non-linear color NB image and utilize one of the wavelength bands (Ha) as a Luminance.…
WR 134 Demo
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WR 134 Data Download
Published 2024-08-19 This are the masterlights used in the WR 134 (monochrome) HOO demonstration. Data is generously provided by Frederic Germain. Just the…
HOO Workflow: Pixel Math and NBN Part 1
Published 2024-08-16 In this video the workflow for HOO processing is demonstrated starting from Pixel Math and leading to Narrowband Normalization. The data was…
HOO: WR 134 Update
Published 2024-08-20 This video highlights the changes I made in the final HOO processed image of WR 134. I felt I needed to show…
WR 134 SII addition (The Gilding Method)
Published 2024-08-21 This video highlights a method of easily incorporating SII data into an HOO produced image. Called the “Gilding Way” (yeah, I made that…
M16 Dual Band OSC HOO Demo (ASKAR D1 and D2 Filters)
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M16 Dual Band HOO Data Download
Published 2024-08-19 This is the M16 Dual Band HOO demonstration masterlights. The video shows how to process from the beginning with WBPP- however the…
Dual Band OSC HOO: Examine Data and WBPP
Published 2024-08-19 This video begins the workflow demonstration on Dual Band OSC data kindly provided by ABS member Matt Simmons. We begin by looking…
Dual Band OSC HOO: DBXtract, NXT, NBN, Lum Planning
Published 2024-08-19 The processing of Dual Band OSC data continues with the use of a very nice script called DBXtract which properly extracts the…
Dual Band OSC HOO: HDRMT, L(Ha)HaOO, High Pass Filter
Published 2024-08-19 This is the final video in the Dual Band OSC HOO processing of Matt Simmons M16 data. The Luminance (Ha) is permanently…
M16 SII addition (The Gilding Method)
Published 2024-08-21 This video is a second demonstration of the adding of SII technique shown previously in an effort to show that the technique…
NGC 7000: North American Nebula (new method)
Published 2024-09-13 Like the Rosette Nebula and a few other videos in NB FastTrack- this tutorial highlights the new method of working with narrowband…
Dragons of Ara
Demonstration of Processing this Beautiful Nebula
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Dragons of Ara Update using FB Narrowband Methods
Published 2024-08-24 This video updates my initial recording in 2023 in which I explained how to use Narrowband Normalization. However, at that time I…
Helix Nebula
Demonstration of Fun Processing a Popular Subject
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Data Download: Helix Nebula for Narrowband FastTrack
Published 2025-07-18 These are Russ Croman’s (three HSO)Â Helix Nebula master files you can use to follow along for the associated lesson in Narrowband…
Helix Nebula: SXT and Linear Fit
Published 2024-08-28 This video is the first in a series on processing the Helix Nebula. Unlike galactic (diffuse) nebulae, a PNe is a strong emission…
Helix Nebula: BXT, Slow Stretch and HOO
Published 2024-08-28 In this video the BXT is applied to the Ha and OIII bands for a modest improvement. Then a “slow stretch” is…
Helix Nebula: SII Inclusion (gild) and Multiply
Published 2024-08-28 This video demonstrates the inclusion of the SII information into the HOO image. In addition, careful work is done to increase the color…
Helix Nebula: Luminance and Final Rendering
Published 2024-08-28 This is the last video in the series on the Helix Nebula. We start with creating a Luminance from the three bands…
Rosette Nebula
Demonstration of Processing the Rosette Nebula
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Download Russ Croman's NB with RGB Rosette Data
The narrowband and RGB data of the Rosette Nebula provided by Russ Croman. (Please give me/AdamBlockStudios AND Russ Croman attribution for any images you make…
Rosette Full Narrowband Demonstration Using Adam's Technique!
Published 2024-09-08 This video is yet one more example that shows the new method of processing narrowband images that I hope is adopted. The…
NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
Demonstration of processing NGC 7000 Using the New Methods
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NGC 7000: North American Nebula (new method)
Published 2024-09-13 Like the Rosette Nebula and a few other videos in NB FastTrack- this tutorial highlights the new method of working with narrowband…
Blending Ha Into M33 Demonstration using NB ColourMapper
These sections show how to do Continuum Subtraction with NB ColourMapper as well as blend in the result H-alpha image into the RGB (or LRGB) image. This technique is now even easier with the ImageBlend script.
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NGC 300: Narrowband Blending Ha/LRGB (I)
Published 2025-12-01 This lesson is the first of two parts that demonstrates the incorporation of narrowband images into a color (LRGB in this case)…
NGC 300: Narrowband Blending Ha/LRGB (II)
Published 2025-12-01 This is the second lesson of a two-part demonstration on blending narrowband data into a color image (LRGB in this case). This…
Continuum Subtraction using NB ColourMapper Script
(The content here is shown for completeness. Today many of ColourMapper’s features are available in ImageBlend. However, this script does off a unique and powerful…
Blending H-alpha using NB ColourMapper (after Continuum Subtraction)
This video features the NB ColourMapper Script. (The content here is shown for completeness. Today many of ColourMapper’s features are available in ImageBlend. However,…
Description
A clear introduction to the core concepts of narrowband imaging and explores a wide range of processing techniques—including both monochrome and dual-band filter workflows. Also included is an exclusive AdamBlockStudios method for crafting stunning HSO and SHO images, found nowhere else.
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