How NASA imaged Webb's First Deep Field with Joe DePasquale

00:00 Introduction
01:00 Joe DePasquale and different workflows
01:55 How to download FITS files from MAST
04:45 Extracting and viewing image files in PixInsight
09:20 Using Star Alignment to register the images
10:55 Renaming images for later
12:00 Initial color application with Pixel Math
15:42 Crop image to just the galaxy cluster
16:30 Balancing the colors with preview images
19:27 Full Color Calibration using spiral galaxies
23:35 Apply final color calibration with Histogram Transformation
25:25 Splitting out the image into R,G,B color channels
26:18 Photoshop sharpening with APF-R plugin
28:46 Fixing the background levels
31:53 Applying color
34:06 Additional background adjustments
35:27 Camera RAW adjustments
38:34 Fine background adjustments
41:44 Removing camera artifacts
42:48 Final background neutralization and crop
44:24 Discussion with Joe

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