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DVD Contents
The DVD is like a complete second book. It includes different types of tutorials
from multiple authors, as well as support files for the book and other goodies.
- 100+ MB of support files for the book's tutorials
- Bonus chapter: Imaging workflow
- Bonus chapter: detailed background on emission lines by Steve Pastor
- FITS and Photoshop files for book tutorials, organized by chapter
- PowerPoint presentations
- Introduction to CCD imaging
- Original one-day Zone System CCD workshop (Houston version)
- Understanding the Zone System
- Color Balancing
- Calibration
- Understanding and Controlling Seeing
- 2.5+ GB of practice images
- Step-by-step tutorials from the four-day Imaging Camps in New Mexico
- Software tools you can use, including:
- Trial version of Russell Croman's Gradient XTerminator
- Automapper (use with CCDSoft and TheSky)
- CCD Calculator with Neil Flemming's additional images
- Pixel Scrubber for cleaning up hot/cold pixels
- NewAstro DeBloomer plug-in ($49.95 retail value, includes CCDSoft and MaxIm DL versions)
- NewAstro Gradient Remover ($39.95 retail value, works with CCDSoft and MaxIm DL)
- Color Flat Maker plug-in for one-shot color cameras ($10.00 retail value)
- Video tutorials cover:
- Fundamentals of the Zone System
- The Standard Curve
- Setting Levels When You First Open a File
- Creating a Standard Curve - the Dim ZOne Point
- Creating a Standard Curve - Middle and Bright Zone Points
- Adjusting Levels after Each Iteration of the Standard Curve
- Setting the Dim Zone brightness correctly
- Selecting and Smoothing the Dim Zone
- Selecting and Sharpening the Bright Zone
- Micro Contrast
- Selecting Stars
- LRGB Processing
- Working with Color Bias
- Balancing Color
- Fixing Star Elongation
- False-Color and working with more than three colors
- Bonus: Video tutorials from Don Waid an Don Goldman
You can view a non-linking version of the DVD table of contents here.
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