Step-by-step

ORDER IS IMPORTANT, BUT FLEXIBLE

• Step 0: Use Display colour calibration tool before starting
• Step1: Set mode to 16-bit color, crop edges to remove stacking artifacts and duplicate layer
• Step 2: Set black-point and adjust your levels
• Step 3: Curves
• Step 4: Fix gradients
• Step 5: Adjust Levels
• Step 6: color balance
• Step 7: Noise reduction

Beginner’s Tutorials

Steps as shown by AstroFarsography

Astrophotography Editing Tutorial In Photoshop - AstroFarsography

Steps as shown by AstroStace

Beginner Photoshop Astrophotography Editing Tutorial

More advanced methods

Arcsinh Stretch in Photoshop to preserve color by Mark Shelly