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Good Job, Ivo!

SVDecon with my problem child M8-Lagoon is much better - can actually use SVPSF.

HDR is very good as well.

Small niggle - HDR module "Gamma Smoothen" could be more fluidly named "Gamma Smooth" (maybe that's just my bastard American)

Thanks,
Jack

... a limitation of my system but I'm just reporting it in case it helps. It's quite frustrating because it's that last step after all the other modules, just before the final Color module reveal! If this is because my setup isn't quite up to scratch for this specific operation (it handles everything ...

Hi all, The latest alpha is now up for download; * New HDR module (implementing Spatial Contrast and Gamma Limited Local Histogram Optimisation), with more consistent results, better stellar profile protection, better multi-core and GPU utilization and ...

... then, since I do find sometimes they do not work to fully protect the stars from getting larger after processes. I also find use of the color module in ST challenging in regards to saturating narrowband data without oversaturating stars, or trying to process HOO data and remove the color cast ...

... jpg and to correct the sky background (I did not use wipe as I did not have the linear data) I used superstructure and Isolate, then I used colour module and reduced brightness saturation and then picked legacy, I repeated this nodule three times and this sorted the blueness of the bottom third ...

... 1.8.512alpha Fri Sep 24 17:16:47 2021 ----------------------------------------------------------- Loading red channel data File loaded in LRGB module [D:\PRE-PROCESSING\NGC6960\NGC6960 FS LE 7-28-21\Veil k2-5 9hr and opt dark.fts]. Loading green channel data File loaded in LRGB module [D:\PRE-PROCESSING\NGC6960\NGC6960 ...

... bit less bright, but of course it unfortunately still remains discolored; to be honest, I almost can't see any difference :( Firstly, in the Color module, we can choose Artistic, Not Detail Aware as the Style. This will desaturate highlights; Yes, I also noticed that! Next, we can also use the ...

... the blue (and also a little red) channels are out of focus, relative to the green chanel; a case of classic chromatic aberration. In the Compose module, loading the stack as red, again as green, again as blue and setting "Luminance, Color" to "L From R(2xG)B, RGB (Color from OSC/DSLR)" will use ...

... more and get little bit better, and the new 1.8xxx is really making a difference, Can't wait for Ivo's next release; he mentioned a revamped HDR module. Let me know if you can post one of your logs as would be great to review someone else's process and see how they approach things. Cheers.

Ivo, I've been playing around with the compose module, trying to understand what's going on with my data. I'm not sure where is technically the problem. Not sure which is the channel with the most aberration. More than finding a solution, I would ...