Synthetic Luminance

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Hondo
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Synthetic Luminance

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I have used this technique to create a synthetic luminance. Why not use 100% of the Ha vice a percentage of the image, would you not get a better result?

http://forum.startools.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=236
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Re: Synthetic Luminance

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You end up loosing traces of blue reflection nebula and areas where ha isn't very intense from the image. Synthetic Luminance gives you a balance of both.
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