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Originally Posted by alpal
Rex,
Hi Rex,
you won't be able to get the image like mine unless
you do blurred masks in Photoshop of certain small & large areas.
I know that is not scientifically correct but it does give a more pleasing image.
I started by drawing a mask as a ring around the galaxy.
I could see from other images posted that there you would find all the red nebulas & blue areas.
I then boosted it in LAB mode just for those areas & the colours popped.
Further refinement of the mask using the paint brush at different strengths then highlighted only the areas I wanted.
This mask was then blurred & feathered - & the opacity altered.
I had to do this many times & even mask just many tiny areas in the same way
to get the final result here:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/134855/0/
Maybe I actually overcooked it & perhaps the previous version with
a noise reduction mask on the background would be better?
here:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/134829/0/
Should I fix that version?
cheers
Allan |
Hi Al, yeah I do realise that's what I will have to do to achieve similar results as you. I will probably have a go at it with photoshop one of these days. I am pretty happy with the data as you said, so i want to get the most out of it.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Al's on a roll here Rex   ...great stuff (both of you) 
Mike |
Yeah he's done really well, and taught me a thing or two in the process. Thanks for the encouragent Mike.