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by Carles
Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: StarTools 1.9 Beta
Replies: 67
Views: 693703

Re: StarTools 1.9 Beta

yeah, new SVD is the main reason I'm still using ST v1.8

1.9 has good stuff, but not feeling comfortable with the lack of control of SVD
by Carles
Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Soul Nebula
Replies: 15
Views: 27991

Re: Soul Nebula

Hi Stefan, No it isn't over stretched, after all this is almost 19h of data..., it simply has less aggressive use of contrast and I think that's one of the issues on why the inner part nebula gets lost. The use of Contrast module can darken too much some areas And yeah, over saturation hides details...
by Carles
Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Soul Nebula
Replies: 15
Views: 27991

Re: Soul Nebula

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by Carles
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:35 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Soul Nebula
Replies: 15
Views: 27991

Re: Soul Nebula

Stefan B I think the issue here is 1- Contrast 2 - wipe. Wipe is too agressive for narrowband as it applies same values as broadband when loaded on Compose as NBaccent. What I did yesterday was playing around (while was working from home xD so, took longer than usual) just with channels and so on b...
by Carles
Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Soul Nebula
Replies: 15
Views: 27991

Re: Soul Nebula

Carles may have been trying something to that effect? I will have to take a closer look later or on the weekend. One thing I'm not sure of Carles is the use of the L slot in compose. I don't see a reason for that which couldn't be accomplished identically with the exposure sliders. That's all synth...
by Carles
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:20 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Soul Nebula
Replies: 15
Views: 27991

Re: Soul Nebula

Stefan B So here's what I got. Loaded l=l-enhance file R=L-enh. Processed it and saved as halpha. Mono Loaded L=lenchance G=l-enchance B=l-enhanced, processed and saved as Oiii mono Loaded IR-uv cut as open only, processed quickly and saved as RGB Compose L=halpha , R=halpha G=oiii B=oiii save as H...
by Carles
Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:33 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Soul Nebula
Replies: 15
Views: 27991

Re: Soul Nebula

Hi Stefan B , Thanks, I will play a bit with your data, thank you for sharing The reason I'm surprised, is because I have made last year a mosaic of 2 panes of Soul Nebula with L-extreme on my Bortle 8 sky. Folling my pre-process workflow for NarrowBand data, here's what each one looks like. Since i...
by Carles
Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:07 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Soul Nebula
Replies: 15
Views: 27991

Re: Soul Nebula

Hi Stefan B Nice image! although, with 13h of L-enhance, i would have expected to see the nebula more prominent. Could you show the l-enchance file stretch even in BW ? Wonder how much signal is there in comparision of the final image. Also, you could try to stretch/process that Narrowband file as B...
by Carles
Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: 3 images in progress
Replies: 46
Views: 70538

Re: 3 images in progress

Mike in Rancho Right, I have tried ICE for post processing images, with OK results. Although as you mention, processing of the different parts of the stitch needs to be stretched or processed more or less equal, and that is sometimes hard to do. Other issue with Astap stitch is sometimes some dark ...
by Carles
Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:30 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: 3 images in progress
Replies: 46
Views: 70538

Re: 3 images in progress

Your GHS versions really make the Crescent pop out. Looks cool. But, too much? I wonder if something similar could be done with ROI and/or IFD settings, with the softer nebula clouds but sharper Crescent. Or is that too artistic? :think: Also in both GHS - where are all the stars? :lol: :confusion-...