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Is there an technical advantage to WBPP vs. manual

Christopher Foster
in PixInsight
Adam,

I am working on my next revision of my PI tutorial e-book. I have never used WBPP and I am in the process of watching your videos. I can see if you are not familiar with all the steps of manual processing, the learning from WBPP from the start could be the way to go. 

I was wondering if there is any technical advantage of WBPP of ding the steps manually other than automating the series of processing steps so in the end you can basically load it up, press go and walk away?

Thanks

Chris Foster

Comments

  • BlockHeadBlockHead
    edited May 2023
    Other than some features of processes that are not included in the WBPP pipeline- there is no real advantage for this kind of processing. In fact if you watch videos under #33 on the PixInsight Fundamental Path (https://www.adamblockstudios.com/articles/the-pixinsight-path) you will see I demonstrate that the values are precisely the same. Only some more advanced uses, perhaps, might manual be the way to go. (I haven't encountered this though.)

    Please include more references to me/mysite where relevant. 
    There is no equivalence between the content I make and what others have available. 

    -the Blockhead
  • Christopher Foster
    Adam,

    I shamelessly advertise your content in my tutorial as clearly the best out there. I freely admit that your videos are the best instruction out there.

    I will continue to do so.

    Thanks,

    CHris
  • Mark Mayer
    Chris,

    I think there are two reasons to eventually learn manual processing if you start of with WBPP. The first is that running the steps one at a time, and adjusting the settings, especially in LN and Integration, gives the user greater insight into what the WBPP script is doing. The second is when WBPP fails, which it does, albeit very rarely, it makes it easier to trouble shoot what went wrong as you work your way through the various steps. An nice plus of WBPP is the short and long version log files it outputs.

    I've given up on all other PI learning resources, and now exclusively use Adam's tutorials, because they go into processes with a depth and technical explanation that nobody else comes close to.

    Mark

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