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Originally Posted by Outcast
I've had a little play in Affinity Photo, I've tried to be conservative but, the goal was to just darken (adjust the black) background to remove some of the blue gradient in the Startools product...
I think I have been respectful of the data & not gone too far... Although, there might just be a touch of 'redness' to the background & some of the smaller stars...
I would like the nebulosity to pop just a little more but, I don't think it's possible to get to pop more with the data I have collected so far...
I'd be interested to hear peoples thoughts, suggestions, etc... all part of the learning experience, the curve of which, I am at pretty close to the bottom when it comes to post processing...
Cheers
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First I congratulate you for keeping at it ... save yourself further heartbreak and go narrow band
It will only cost a bass guitar or two
I still suggest you get photo shop and play with the dodge tool, the burn tool, the rubber tool and benefit from using layers.
It is Photo Shop after all and it enables you to build an image to Hubble level if you really decide to do that...but I will bet you can squeeze more out without "cheating"...one thing I will do using the layer function, say with your images here..is to layer two up and merge them in varying proportions and get something in between that is just a little better...then do copies of that adjust the copies differently and then merge them...until you go damn it no more
But the dodge tool used sparingly will bring out more nebulosity, the burn tool you can darken specifics for contrast without affecting the whole image..the rubber tool and layer..if you want a little more colour you create a solid colour layer put your image over it and using the rubber let a little colour in...that recent Dragon image I did, the last one was just a black and white HA and all colour as weird as it is was produced by layering over a solid colour and using the rubber to let a hint of colour into the main image... not entirely proper but it can be satisfying.
However take the time to look at what you have done...you have captured very good subs and I am sure with more of the same you will not find any difficulty nailing a superior image. You are already finding your way around Star Tools and realising being subtle is key and as anyone can see I still can not be subtle...you are doing extremely well so be very happy it took me years to get to where you find yourself..another month I expect you to be leaving us for the big boys section.
Alex