Day #3 Opening Question:
You're starting to 'place' your three images together and 'layer' them in PIXLR. Unfortunately the stars don't line up (really!)
What do you do?
(Also, please note I've added a BUNCH of new photos for you to use for your main project. Please go to our Observing Website | Student Images | Menu Icon | Raw Data page to see them all
TUTORIALS:
- How do start a WeVideo Tutorial is HERE
- For tutorials on using PIXLR and layering images (those will be in Photoshop, but you'll get an idea on how to proceed) please o to our observing program website. Find your way to the Imaging page and you'll find the tutorials listed there.
ASTRO IMAGES:
Raw Data images ready for processing are on our observing website HERE
Photoshop or some other software that allows you to do LAYERING
PIXLR.COM is free and is very photoshop-like, although MUCH easier to learn
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Please find your way to our GHHS Observing Program site
- Go to student photos page
- Then find and click on the menu icon and select "Raw Data"
We'll ALL practice with those pictures to start
Day #1 -- Practice
You'll need access to a Photoshop imaging program (it must support *layers*)
Photoshop is kinda spendy these days so I recommend using Pixlr.com (please select the expert version). IT's FREE!!!
Go to our observation page and find your way to the Student Pictures page.
From there, find the menu icon and click on "Raw Data"
- Find the HA version of the Crescent Nebula
- Work with your team to enhance that image
- When you have a good looking image, work with your team to colorize that image to make it RED
Day #2 -- Practice continues
- Finish your HA version of the Crescent Nebula
- Be sure and save a copy to your Google Drive
- Now do the same thing with the SII version of the Crescent Nebula, except this time you'll make that BLUE. Note-- there is VERY little of the Crescent Nebula in SII, but we have to process that anyway. Why is that?
- Now do the same thing with OIII version of the Crescent Nebula and make that Green
- Work with our MOST gracious and HUMBLE Observing Team Members to MERGE all three of those objects using layering!
Day #3 -- Practice concludes/Project Begins!
- Finish your 3 layer version of the Crescent Nebula
- Choose an image to begin your main (graded) project from the RAW DATA page
- "Register" you choice by signing up for it HERE (no more than 2 people can do the same object.
NOTE: Elephant's trunk is kind of easy and only has two images. I'd prefer that you not choose that one. If you do, the highest grade you can achieve is a "B"