Workflow for Starnet++ when using a mac

[Andy01]

Was asked this recently, so thought I'd share it here....

NB* Only works on Mac OS 10:13 or later

For more info read this thread on Cloudy Nights (https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/651745-starnet-star-removing-software/page-4)
And this on AstrobinB (https://www.astrobin.com/339099/)

Here’s what I do - it's fiddly but it works!

1: Download the latest Mac_OS.zip from Sourceforge (https://github.com/nekitmm/starnet)

2: Copy the entire folder to your desktop

3: Your working Ha or NB image must be a 16 bit mono or RGB tif file.
You must rename your image mono_test5.tif (or rgb_test5.tif if it’s a colour image) & save it in the same Starnet_MacOS folder on the desktop

4: Open Terminal and paste - cd ~/Desktop/StarNet_MacOS

5. Hit Enter

6: Drag 'run_mono_starnet.sh' into the Terminal - you should see the path of the the file appear.
(If using a RGB file drag run_rgb_Starnet.sh instead)

7: Hit enter - Program will run (takes a while)

8: Open mono_test5_s.tif & be amazed at the results!

9: Save & rename your image, repeat with O3, S2 etc. Remember you have to rename each one mono_test5.tif each time
(yes it’s fiddly but the results are awesome!) :)

Hope that's useful :thumbsup:

Cheers

Andy

[Atmos]

I tried setting it up on my MacBook Pro a while back and threw it into the top hard basket while following the directions on the website. I may have to give it another go :thumbsup:

[Benjamin]

Thanks Andy. All worked on my MacBook Pro, now running the latest 10.15 OS. Had a few issues when using Starnet++ on some old images that had an alpha channel. Was easy enough to open these images in Preview and save them as 16 bit tifs without the Alpha channel.