The following are links to some of the methods that I use in processing CCD image data.
Basic Processing Concepts
CCD Data Calibration - Dark Frames, Bias and Flat Fields.
Final Processing of Monochrome Images Using Adobe Photoshop.
Layer Masking for Monochrome Images.
Advanced Concepts
Final Processing of RGB Combined Images in Photoshop - Use of the "curves" and "levels" tools.
Image Enhancement Using the Photoshop Select Color Range Tool - a step-by-step procedure for enhancing astronomical CCD images using the Photoshop "Select Color Range" tool.
Layer Masking for RGB Images - How to use layers in Photoshop to restore image information back into saturated areas of processed images.
Bright Star Edge Shaping - The use of the Photoshop tools "select color range" and "minimum filter" to restore a gradient back into saturated stars.
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