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Old 04-07-2018, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Placidus View Post

I think it is completely sensible to enhance the colour differences to the point where they are easily distinguishable without getting a headache. It is more than sensible, it is a moral obligation to enhance them to the point where they are telling a valid story about the astrophysics, for example showing that the core of a galaxy is generally more orange, and the OB regions in the spiral arms generally more blue, or for example that ellipticals are generally more orange than tidally disrupted spirals.


So I would argue strongly for artificially increasing the saturation just to the point where we are saying something sensible about what is up there, but no further.

Very best,
Mike Berthon-Jones
well said - agree entirely with this. Have sometimes found it necessary to saturate beyond the point of comfort to emphasise a particular feature in an image - not ideal, not for a purist, but necessary to get across a point. Cheers Ray
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