elpajare
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Post by elpajare on Aug 13, 2017 9:56:48 GMT
GIMP: Levels, contrast and Curves. Amp glow and small halftones PIXINSIGHT: Histogram, DBE (Dynamic background extraction), Curves transformation and ACDNR filters. Amp glow removal and greater richness of halftones. Brightest stars. I have not yet made use of the tool to work the layers. Is very complicated. But the cloudiness of the galaxy can be greatly improved. I hope so....
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robrj
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Post by robrj on Aug 15, 2017 1:42:26 GMT
I have Startools. It's a nice in-between from Photoshop and PixInsight. It's $50 for a license. M20 - ED80T-CF/AVX, Ultrastar-C (6x60s): Starlight Live image: Processed using Startools (I don't recall the steps. I just tried everything and backed out of anything that didn't appear to do much):
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elpajare
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Post by elpajare on Aug 15, 2017 6:36:30 GMT
I don't know this program. Results are very good, Robert.
Is it simple and intuitive to use? Pixinsight is very complicated and something simpler I would like more.
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Post by ChrisV on Aug 15, 2017 7:46:09 GMT
Startools is kind of easier... maybe. But it's a different way of thinking. Its quite cheap so worth a try. I haven't tried PI so don't know how it compares.
In startools you can just bin, crop, autoDev, wipe, colour. Then do the noise reduction for many objects that we do video astro on. There's other stuff if you want - like dynamic range etc.
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Post by robrj on Aug 15, 2017 13:23:21 GMT
I've never tried Pixinsight but it looks complicated mostly because there is so much to choose from. With Startools, you can try it for free. The free version won't let you save it but you can see how it works.
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elpajare
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Post by elpajare on Aug 16, 2017 7:09:07 GMT
Im a MAC user and I can't install the Mac version.
I get an error installing it. I will not be able to prove it....
Pixinsight is too complicated in my opinion, for the type of photos with little exposure and short time that we do in Videoastronomy is not necessary. With an image processing program that has the basic tools is enough.
The tools that I make serve more are:
Curves, Levels, Colourise, Hue-saturation, Selective Gaussian Blur and Unsharpen Mask.
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Post by ChrisV on Aug 16, 2017 13:24:47 GMT
Try startools. You can have a go for free - just can't save the files.
It does things differently to levels etc. Seems strange at first but it's cool. I find it can easily do good things quickly compared to fitswork and even photoshop
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Post by elpajare on Aug 31, 2017 9:54:52 GMT
Cris, sorry for the delay..
I can not install Startools in my Mac, some error of installing occurs.
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Post by ChrisV on Aug 31, 2017 14:42:21 GMT
I've got a mac sitting around. I'll try. I remember I even had some issue when installing on a pc.
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