Course outline
The Essentials - Astro Landscape
Get started in landscape astrophotography with a tripod and a wide-angle lens, without needing a star tracker. Learn to plan your outings and prepare your captures before moving on to processing.
The training covers planning, Planit Pro, capture and Photoshop, with processing workflows and a complete edit. Explore the 8 modules and 49 lessons to see each step of the course.
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8 modules · 49 lessons
Modules and lessons
Introduction
3 lessons
- The Universe before your camera
- Basic equipment
- Get your camera ready
Planning
3 lessons
- The Perfect Moment
- The Search for the Place
- Your Roadmap
Planit Pro
11 lessons
- Initial settings
- First Look (The Interface)
- Calendar and events
- Compositions
- Dark sky
- VR headset
- Photographic tools
- The Milky Way according to hemisphere
- Stars as dots
- Starlight traces
- Other objects
Capture
7 lessons
- Exposure time
- Diaphragm and optics
- Relationship: Exposure Time and Optics
- ISO (The Amplification)
- Steps of light
- Preliminary adjustments (The Golden Hour)
- Capture of the Milky Way
Photoshop
8 lessons
- Understanding the environment
- Interpreting the histogram
- How to use curves
- Color space
- RGB color
- Color theory
- Color tools
- Masks
Raw processing
11 lessons
- Camera Raw Interface
- Histogram
- Camera Raw Masks
- Optics (Lens Correction)
- Luminance (Light Control)
- Curves
- White balance
- Saturation
- Color mixer
- Detail / Noise Reduction
- Effects
Editing workflows
3 lessons
- Layered editing
- Mask groups and settings
- Divide heaven and earth
Complete edit
3 lessons
- Raw processing
- Noise Reduction by Stacking
- Layer editing in Photoshop