BlurXTerminator is an AI-based deconvolution tool designed specifically for astronomical images taken with equipment commonly used by amateur astrophotographers. It is available as a process module plug-in for PixInsight only.
Not all AI is created equal. AI-based sharpening tools for general photography exist but, when applied to astronomical images, they are prone to “inventing” detail that does not exist. They also don’t usually handle stars very well. Their neural networks were not trained on astronomical images, so they often make bad “guesses” as to what the original, unblurred scene looks like.
The design intent of BlurXTerminator is to recover as much detail as possible based on low-contrast information actually present in an image, without fabricating detail that does not in fact exist just for the sake of an image that appears sharper. Great care has been taken in the architecture and training of the neural network to ensure that its output is as faithful as possible to reality if it is properly used.
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