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Originally Posted by Benjamin
Thanks so much for your response Andy and that amazing image. I’ve made some adjustments now. It’s a bit “post-process”’ in that I’ve tried to sharpen what I have than redo anything. Can I ask about the process you use to sharpen the features (in general terms perhaps) or what steps you take to keep detail in the Star removal process? I think my misty mountain is probably limited by the star removal process now so would require a redo although the next plan is to add SII which could help definition?
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Hi Ben,
Your new version is a vast improvement, but I suspect that re-doing the star removal process from scratch will yield an even better result.
I use starnet++ from terminal on my mac. I just let it run, no masking required and it just does it's thing.
Then I layer this starless version over the original in PS and blink between the two to be sure it hasn't introduced any artifacts or odd results.
I'll then mask out any defects and once I'm happy with the starless result, I'll run it through either Topaz sharpen AI and/or Denoise AI to see if can be further improved without introducing any artifacts or tell tale oversharpening etc.
Starless images imo can be absolutely stunning, and are popular but they should be starless only, not detail less!
Hope that helps!
