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Thanks Ivo for the detailed log. Learnt some stuff especially on the Decon!
May I know when to leave the color module as default selection and when to use a star mask sample? Both yield quite different colors. Is it a preference thing?

Ah, so I kinda over-processed it lol. I did some highlights and color adjustment, pushed the yellows and orange in Lightroom as my stars were mostly purplish. Oh I also used photoshop for star reduction, the shrink stars module gave me a very blotchy and mottled result. Would you mind giving the dat...

Thanks Ivo.
I managed to re-stack it in DSS with the recommended settings.

FTS file here is anyone would like to give it a go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gdb9df127mugr ... 4.fts?dl=0

Here's my take at it with some additional adjustments in Lightroom.

Thanks Ivo! I was wondering why was the file size so huge. I have another question. There's another bilinear option under the alignment tab in stacking parameters. Do I leave that as automatic or bilinear?

Need some help processing star clusters in the galactic core. I managed to get satisfactory colors for M22 and M25 but the colors of the galactic core seems washed out or pale. I'm aware that more integration time is better judging by the low amount of light frames, but is there any way to pull out ...

Thank you for uploading the dataset - it is very helpful! I got a feeling the flats are not doing their job correctly. It is quite rare for a well calibrated image of the night sky to show increasing gradients towards the edges of the frame, though it is theoretically possible under special circums...

@happy-kat
Yes that's the process I followed to process this image. Do you know for the wipe modules, would a gradient wipe or a vignette wipe be more suitable?
I also did take dark frames with a lens cap on.

Having some problems again with wipe. After doing autodev, I get this uneven glow (see attached) that doesn't look like vignetting or gradient, both gradient and vignette wipe given strange uneven results. Capture.JPG Bortle 8-9 zone Tracked with star adventurer Sony a6000, ISO400 Lights: 66 x 60sec...

Thanks for the advice @almcl and Ivo! I didn't know flat frame were that important. I followed the stacking settings from this guide: https://astro.ecuadors.net/processing-a-noisy-dslr-image-stack-with-startools/ Stacking method - kappa-sigma for light frame, median kappa-sigma for the others So my ...

Hi, new to this astrophotography hobby and just bought StarTools to do some post-processing of M33. I've seen some tutorials on standard workflows but I'm having some problems especially at autodev and wiping. So autodev gives me this huge overexposed green glow over the centre the image, which wipi...