Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

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micheleorsini
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Joined: Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:28 pm

Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

Post by micheleorsini »

Hi Startools friends!
this is my last achievement: more than 10 hours in Ha and RGB.

Image

Image


Frames taken in November and December, but it took me a while for post processing.
- I was waiting for new hardware (and it rocks!)
- I had a long discussion with some of you in the past weeks (see http://forum.startools.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1245, thank you Guy and Rkonrad!)

I'm not completely satisfied, because I wish I had a more "red" and less "pink" color in the image but the problem is much less relevant than in my previous photos

still, doubts remain concerning the synthetic luminance and I'd be grateful if someone will answer

1. why weights are on the total integration time and not on a single frame? we are averaging the frames, not summing, so the number of acquired photons is related to 1 frame, the RMS, instead, is related to the integration time

2. I did "as if" LRGB frames where shoot from a mono camera but this is not true: my DSLR has TWO green sensors, should this influence the mixing (please note how this question is influenced by the first!)?

3. How to take into account the fact that HA and RGB frames used different ISO?

clear skies
Rkonrad
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Re: Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

Post by Rkonrad »

Hi Michele,

Sorry I can't answer your questions though I think best on my feet. If you would like to forward your linear files I could try to help you - especially regarding the pink/orange colour of the image. The HA is really wonderful by the way - nice job!

Richard
micheleorsini
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Re: Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

Post by micheleorsini »

Hi Richard,
the "pink" problem, I think, can be solved in "post production" after having finished with Startools (with, e.g. Gimp/Photoshop/Apple's preview), I already made a few attempts but I'm waiting for "my buddy" approval.

Anyway, if you want linear data to play with ... no problem of course!

1. HA https://www.dropbox.com/s/u95k154ax0k9o ... A.fts?dl=0
2. RGB https://www.dropbox.com/s/akehqaw54sk8l ... e.fts?dl=0

here is an high level summary of my procedure

1. made syntethic luminance
2. processed luminance and RGB separately with RGB heavily denoised
3. LRGB module increasing red to "limit" the pink effect
4. turned on tracking for: develop, Color, life
5. turned off tracking and denoise

have fun!

Michele
Rkonrad
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Re: Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

Post by Rkonrad »

Well...this took a bit of time and I'm still not satisfied with the red but I may be satisfied with the notion that what I'm looking for may be in my imagination :P .

I used the HA alone as luminance since I thought the l of the lrgb contributed very little except to dilute the detail of the HA. I separated the channels with Rowland's programme (thanks) then blended the R and Ha to 67 and 33 % to make a final "R" . I then loaded all the linear (unprocessed) as separate channels and processed normally. At the end I removed the stars to shrink and reduce gamma slightly. With the starless image, I adjusted colour a bit with detail aware (mainly decreased the blue - plus the green slightly). My log file is all over the place but I can post it if you want. Great data!!

Second version I used the normal red without ha, stretched it more from the start which would reflect more red in the background.

Richard

https://www.flickr.com/gp/rkonrad/97iV79 and
https://www.flickr.com/gp/rkonrad/zr2Q3U (links are not public)
micheleorsini
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Re: Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

Post by micheleorsini »

Veeeery god job Richard!
I like the colors of the first, the second dumped non red colors (see the central blue stars) but the signal is magnificent!

Also, I appreciated you saved star profiles, mine are so bad (see tadpole on my original). You have inspired me to try another attempt!

post the logs please!

thank you very much

Michele
Rkonrad
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Re: Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

Post by Rkonrad »

I think I found a better way to do this. The method - multiply under layers, already discussed on this forum has never been successful for me but as long as you keep the stretch low, the reds are really nice. Here I processed the lrgb and ha separately and the trick is not to stretch the lrgb too much - then the reds are great. I processed these very minimally amd quiclklyi so no sharpening, contrast etc though I removed the stars and put them back in both instances. I also binned it 50 percent which makes the stars a bit ugly....
I didn't have to alter any colours an used "scientific" colour.

The lrgb one is https://www.flickr.com/gp/rkonrad/K32T8Y
After processing the ha (sorry didn't save it) I used multiply with layers to combine ha and lrgb to get: https://www.flickr.com/gp/rkonrad/Eg1bjq

Here is the log. Good luck following it!
StarTools 1.4.332
Wed Feb 21 17:00:30 2018
-----------------------------------------------------------
Loading luminance channel data
File loaded in LRGB module [/home/rkonrad/Downloads/20171217_Flaming_Tadpole.fts].
--- LRGB
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Channel Interpolation] set to [On]
Parameter [RGB Blur] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Blue Ratio] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Green File] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Red Ratio] set to [1.00]
Type of Data: Non-linear sRGB source
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/l.tiff].
Loading luminance channel data
File loaded in LRGB module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/l.tiff].
Loading red channel data
File loaded in LRGB module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/r.tiff].
Loading green channel data
File loaded in LRGB module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/g.tiff].
Loading blue channel data
File loaded in LRGB module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/b.tiff].
--- LRGB
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Channel Interpolation] set to [On]
Parameter [RGB Blur] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Blue Ratio] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Green File] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Red Ratio] set to [1.00]
Type of Data: Linear and was Bayered, but not whitebalanced
--- Bin
Parameter [Scale] set to [(scale/noise reduction 50.00%)/(400.00%)/(+2.00 bits)]
Image Size 2604 x 1738 pixels
--- Crop
Parameter [X1] set to [104 pixels]
Parameter [Y1] set to [80 pixels]
Parameter [X2] set to [2545 pixels (-59)]
Parameter [Y2] set to [1681 pixels (-57)]
--- Wipe
Parameter [Mode] set to [Correct Color & Brightness]
Parameter [Temporary AutoDev] set to [Yes]
Parameter [Precision] set to [256 x 256 pixels]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [3 pixels]
Parameter [Drop Off Point] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Corner Aggressiveness] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Aggressiveness] set to [75 %]
--- Auto Develop
Parameter [Ignore Fine Detail <] set to [Off]
Parameter [Outside RoI Influence] set to [15 %]
Parameter [RoI X1] set to [0 pixels]
Parameter [RoI Y1] set to [0 pixels]
Parameter [RoI X2] set to [2441 pixels (-0)]
Parameter [RoI Y2] set to [1601 pixels (-0)]
--- Develop
Parameter [White Calibration] set to [Use Stars]
Parameter [Gamma] set to [0.44]
Parameter [Skyglow] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Digital Development] set to [Off]
Parameter [Blue Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Green Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Red Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [Off]
--- HDR
Parameter [Small Detail Precision] set to [Max]
Parameter [Channels] set to [Brightness Only]
Parameter [Algorithm] set to [Equalize]
Parameter [Dark/Bright Response] set to [0.16]
Parameter [Detail Size Range] set to [21 pixels]
Parameter [Strength] set to [1.2]
--- Color
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Bias Slider Mode] set to [Sliders Reduce Color Bias]
Parameter [Style] set to [Scientific (Color Constancy)]
Parameter [LRGB Method Emulation] set to [Straight CIELab Luminance Retention]
Parameter [Dark Saturation] set to [9.80]
Parameter [Bright Saturation] set to [Full]
Parameter [Saturation Amount] set to [155 %]
Parameter [Blue Bias Reduce] set to [1.02]
Parameter [Green Bias Reduce] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Red Bias Reduce] set to [1.07]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
--- Wavelet De-Noise
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian Noise Diffusion]
Parameter [Grain Size] set to [4.5 pixels]
--- Wavelet De-Noise
Parameter [Scale 1] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 2] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 3] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 4] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 5] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Scale Correlation] set to [6]
Parameter [Color Detail Loss] set to [18 %]
Parameter [Brightness Detail Loss] set to [18 %]
Parameter [Grain Size] set to [4.5 pixels]
Parameter [Read Noise Compensation] set to [Off]
Parameter [Smoothness] set to [75 %]
--- Heal
Parameter [Quality] set to [Low]
Parameter [New Darker Than Old] set to [Yes]
Parameter [Grow Mask] set to [2 pixels]
Parameter [Neighbourhood Samples] set to [0]
Parameter [New Must Be Darker Than] set to [Off]
Parameter [Neighbourhood Area] set to [200 pixels]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/ns.tiff].
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Subtract]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
--- Color
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Bias Slider Mode] set to [Sliders Reduce Color Bias]
Parameter [Style] set to [Scientific (Color Constancy)]
Parameter [LRGB Method Emulation] set to [Straight CIELab Luminance Retention]
Parameter [Dark Saturation] set to [9.90]
Parameter [Bright Saturation] set to [9.90]
Parameter [Saturation Amount] set to [70 %]
Parameter [Blue Bias Reduce] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Green Bias Reduce] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Red Bias Reduce] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
--- Magic
Parameter [Mode] set to [Shrink]
Parameter [Mask Grow] set to [1 pixels]
Parameter [Iterations] set to [1 pixels]
--- Develop
Parameter [White Calibration] set to [Use Stars]
Parameter [Gamma] set to [0.51]
Parameter [Skyglow] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Digital Development] set to [Off]
Parameter [Blue Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Green Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Red Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [Off]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/s.tiff].
File loaded [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/ns.tiff].
---
Type of Data: Non-linear sRGB source
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Blend]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [5.5 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Blend]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [4.4 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/ns.tiff].
File loaded in layer module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/s.tiff].
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Add]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/c.tiff].
Loading luminance channel data
File loaded in LRGB module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/NewLRGBComposite.tiff].
--- LRGB
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Channel Interpolation] set to [On]
Parameter [RGB Blur] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Blue Ratio] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Green File] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Red Ratio] set to [1.00]
Type of Data: Linear and was Bayered, but not whitebalanced
--- Bin
Parameter [Scale] set to [(scale/noise reduction 50.00%)/(400.00%)/(+2.00 bits)]
Image Size 2604 x 1738 pixels
--- Crop
Parameter [X1] set to [104 pixels]
Parameter [Y1] set to [80 pixels]
Parameter [X2] set to [2545 pixels (-59)]
Parameter [Y2] set to [1681 pixels (-57)]
--- Wipe
Parameter [Mode] set to [Correct Color & Brightness]
Parameter [Temporary AutoDev] set to [Yes]
Parameter [Precision] set to [256 x 256 pixels]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [2 pixels]
Parameter [Drop Off Point] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Corner Aggressiveness] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Aggressiveness] set to [68 %]
--- Auto Develop
Parameter [Ignore Fine Detail <] set to [Off]
Parameter [Outside RoI Influence] set to [15 %]
Parameter [RoI X1] set to [0 pixels]
Parameter [RoI Y1] set to [0 pixels]
Parameter [RoI X2] set to [2441 pixels (-0)]
Parameter [RoI Y2] set to [1601 pixels (-0)]
--- Develop
Parameter [White Calibration] set to [Use Stars]
Parameter [Gamma] set to [0.35]
Parameter [Skyglow] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Digital Development] set to [Off]
Parameter [Blue Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Green Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Red Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [Off]
--- HDR
Parameter [Small Detail Precision] set to [Max]
Parameter [Channels] set to [Brightness Only]
Parameter [Algorithm] set to [Equalize]
Parameter [Dark/Bright Response] set to [0.18]
Parameter [Detail Size Range] set to [21 pixels]
Parameter [Strength] set to [1.2]
--- HDR
Parameter [Small Detail Precision] set to [Max]
Parameter [Channels] set to [Brightness Only]
Parameter [Algorithm] set to [Reveal DSO Core]
Parameter [Dark/Bright Response] set to [Full]
Parameter [Detail Size Range] set to [64 pixels]
Parameter [Strength] set to [1.5]
--- Wavelet De-Noise
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian Noise Diffusion]
Parameter [Grain Size] set to [4.5 pixels]
--- Wavelet De-Noise
Parameter [Scale 1] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 2] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 3] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 4] set to [90 %]
Parameter [Scale 5] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Scale Correlation] set to [6]
Parameter [Color Detail Loss] set to [15 %]
Parameter [Brightness Detail Loss] set to [15 %]
Parameter [Grain Size] set to [4.5 pixels]
Parameter [Read Noise Compensation] set to [Off]
Parameter [Smoothness] set to [75 %]
File loaded in layer module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/c.tiff].
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Multiply]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/multiply.tiff].
--- Heal
Parameter [Quality] set to [Low]
Parameter [New Darker Than Old] set to [Yes]
Parameter [Grow Mask] set to [2 pixels]
Parameter [Neighbourhood Samples] set to [0]
Parameter [New Must Be Darker Than] set to [Off]
Parameter [Neighbourhood Area] set to [200 pixels]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/ns.tiff].
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Subtract]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
--- Magic
Parameter [Mode] set to [Shrink]
Parameter [Mask Grow] set to [1 pixels]
Parameter [Iterations] set to [1 pixels]
--- Develop
Parameter [White Calibration] set to [Use Stars]
Parameter [Gamma] set to [0.55]
Parameter [Skyglow] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Digital Development] set to [Off]
Parameter [Blue Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Green Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Red Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [Off]
--- Color
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Bias Slider Mode] set to [Sliders Reduce Color Bias]
Parameter [Style] set to [Scientific (Color Constancy)]
Parameter [LRGB Method Emulation] set to [Straight CIELab Luminance Retention]
Parameter [Dark Saturation] set to [Full]
Parameter [Bright Saturation] set to [Full]
Parameter [Saturation Amount] set to [70 %]
Parameter [Blue Bias Reduce] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Green Bias Reduce] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Red Bias Reduce] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/s.tiff].
File loaded [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/ns.tiff].
---
Type of Data: Non-linear sRGB source
--- HDR
Parameter [Small Detail Precision] set to [Max]
Parameter [Channels] set to [Color Only]
Parameter [Algorithm] set to [Reveal All]
Parameter [Dark/Bright Response] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Detail Size Range] set to [20 pixels]
Parameter [Strength] set to [1.2]
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Blend]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [4.4 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
File loaded in layer module [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/s.tiff].
--- Layer
Parameter [Layer Mode] set to [Add]
Parameter [Cap Mode] set to [Clip]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Filter Type] set to [Gaussian (Fg)]
Parameter [Blend Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Kernel Radius] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset X] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Offset Y] set to [0.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
File saved [/home/rkonrad/Desktop/channels/finalmultiply.tiff].
micheleorsini
Posts: 87
Joined: Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:28 pm

Re: Flaming star and Tadpole Ha and HaRGB

Post by micheleorsini »

can't wait to follow your steps, thank you again!

M.
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