First, I take monochromatic video shots of the Sun. Each video shot can consist of 100 to several hundred frames. Due to atmospheric turbulence, some frames are blurry, while others are crisp and sharp. I take the video and import it into a program called Registax. Registax allows me to take all those frames and align and stack them. Aligning is the process of putting all the frames on top of each other in an even column, since some of them wiggle a little when recording the video. Stacking is the process of taking the best quality frames and putting them one on top of the other for a more complete image. Then I apply a process called wavelets to sharpen the image. This brings out details such as prominences, filaments, and surface spicules.
This is all part of the first phase in creating my solar images. There's great data captured in the video shots. Registax allows me to bring that data together to show the fine details of the Chromosphere of the Sun like you've never imagined! Ionized hydrogen plasma becomes visible to our human eyes!