PixInsight's ImageBlend Script with Adam Block | 2025-08-10

World-renowned astrophotographer Adam Block joins us tonight to show us the ImageBlend script, which brings a wealth of capability that was previously not easily available within PixInsight. He will cover conditional blending, screening, colorization, "glowy stuff," LRGB, and how masks work. Over a 20 year period from 1996-2016, Adam shaped public outreach programs in the southwest United States. After studying astronomy and physics at the University of Arizona, he was hired to work at Kitt Peak National Observatory, where he developed highly popular stargazing outreach programs. Later he created an entirely new venue, the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter for the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. With the installation of a 0.8m telescope, the SkyCenter touts one the largest publicly accessible telescopes in world. Under Adam's management, the SkyCenter became one of the not-to-be-missed tourist destinations in southern Arizona. Adam is an acclaimed public speaker who transforms his presentations into instructional videos that are easy to understand. Over the years he became proficient in many specialized astronomical image processing programs and made significant contributions to the hobby through innovative techniques. His development of an on-demand streaming video service represents his latest efforts to cater to the needs and expectations of today's astrophotographers worldwide. Adam Block Studios: https://www.adamblockstudios.com/ Adam's AstroBin: https://app.astrobin.com/u/CWTauri#ga... 🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: https://bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe 💫 What do you want to learn about? Suggest a topic for a future show: https://theastroimagingchannel.org/co... Want more TAIC in your life? ✨ Like us on Facebook:   / theastroimagingchannel   ✨ Join our Facebook group:   / 1329722943877857   ✨ Visit our website: https://theastroimagingchannel.org/ Found this helpful? Here are the best ways to support TAIC: 🌟 Donate: https://tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: https://theastroimagingchannel.org/co... Who are we? We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images. We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you #astrophotography #space #PixInsight