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E Lopez

the aurora banner is a wonderful sky with pleny of stars.
Is it there tuts or tips for astrophotography for Luminar/Autora in the community?
I didnt find any...

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    Julia Kot

    Hi!

    For now, we have only the tutorials on how to shot the night sky:

    https://skylum.com/how-to/how-to-photograph-milky-way

    https://skylum.com/blog/night-sky-photography

     

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    E Lopez

    I am new to Aurora/Luminar (bought both), but I think tuts about taking sky photos are mass in internet. The question is actually:How to post-process these photos with your software? wich one is reccomended (Aurora or Luminar)? Should exist Nightsky Presets?
    It would be nice if you have a video.
    Maybe some day; thanks anyway!
    Meanwhile Im trying to enhance my night sky photos with Rawtherapee as reference...

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    Angela Andrieux

    Hi!

    The processing steps will depend largely on what you captured - different cameras, lenses, and settings can vary greatly, especially with astrophotography.

    In my own night sky work I made use of the Tone (or RAW Develop/Develop), Clarity, Saturation/Vibrance, and Denoise.

    If you'd like you can post an example of one of your images and I'll be glad to make suggestions on filters to try.

    This article on our blog also has some post processing suggestions: https://skylum.com/how-to/how-to-take-pictures-of-stars

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    E Lopez

    Dear Angela Anddrieux:

    Thanks for your offer. My photos aren´t good, but maybe enough for your sugestions. I tried to upload three *.CR2 files

    (18 MB each), but such isn´t permited in your post system. Hereby is a JPG 50% reduction:

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    E Lopez

    I think it would be a very nice idea to have such sky tuts with LUMINAR/AURORA, just because the main pic in SKYLUM is a stars sky.

    If you think I shold post you here the other two photos, let me know.

    Thanks for your time!

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    E Lopez

    Post processed with LUMINAR:

    https://500px.com/photo/271475265/orion-by-elopez?ctx_page=1&from=user&user_id=14616121

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    Angela Andrieux

    Hi E Lopez,

    It looks like you certainly improved the image with Luminar (comparing the one posted above, and then checking out the link to 500px).

    You may also want to try a Tungsten white balance (or experiment with different white balance settings), increasing the vibrance a bit, and also increasing contrast.

    Let me know what you think.

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