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Che, Thanks so much for putting up with me. I dropped in my limited data M33, just about 85 minutes worth, and followed what you said. Welllll, the background turned kind of mottled mauve, and the galaxy turned a combination of lime green with some white. Really strange. I just sent my money for the...

I'm going ahead and pulling the trigger on the purchase of the license for this software. I sure hope I can figure out how to use it. Still having difficulty with the Masking part, but that will eventually come along. I'm also having some weird happenings when I use AutoDev on my M33 or other simila...

I can't Bin and save, as I still have yet to purchase the license. I am waiting to do that for one reason, and that is I need to know that I can actually use this software. I've purchased software that I never could figure out how to use, and I kind of dislike spending money on something that is onl...

Most of these files are over 200mB, so they are just too big to upload and then have someone download.

When I can get some time, I will try the masking again, and somehow, try to keep from losing the main objects in the photo, the galaxies or nebulosity. Caley

Che, Thanks, Believe it or not, I just could not figure that out. I have been trying to process one photo that has many faint galaxies in it. The problem is that with Star Tools, I cannot see those, like when I preprocessed things with DSS, and then went to either WLPG or GIMP. Star Tools seems to b...

I downloaded Star Tools in the hope I can learn how to use this software. I am not a very techy type, and one of the big problems I have had is understanding "Masking". Yes, I've read about it, but for some reason, just like most things that are usually obvious with most people, I just do not get it...