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Originally Posted by mswhin63
Thanks all for your comments.
When I use the Wipe module the gradient adjusts the reddish nebulosity into some fairly ugly bands across the image. I adjusted the Gradient sliders in different setting only to get changes in the gradients. I set them all the zero percent and got the last image which shows no bars as I did with the previous version. I was then able to get a better more detailed image. I am not going to give up on the Wipe tool as I need it for colour wiping but I will look at more details later. I usually follow the procedure on the website.
I am using the 1.7 latest version I downloaded last week. It has improvements in speed of processing.
Yes, masking will be another step to learn, Only basic auto star masking I use when required.
Not discouraged, actually the latest output has boosted my spirit.
This one is particularly hard for an un-modded camera. A modded camera should get deeper reds. So far I have to artificially create the reddish tinge.
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Malcolm
With Wipe , the default setting usually produces a good outcome which can’t be fully assessed until you do your final stretch in AutoDev or Film dev ( I never bother looking at the colour check , I just skip it and finish Wipe )
As long as you crop your stacking artifacts , mask out any dust donuts and other observable gradients or anomalies.
I also use the narrowband preset at the top for narrowband images , again it usually does a great job
Ive never ever needed to touch the sliders in 4 years using Startools, except for nudging up the dark anomalies by a 4 to 6 pixels
Wipe at the end will always give you a grainy field, as long as that grainy field is relatively even and not suffering from vignetting, just hit ok and move on to your final stretch in which case 9 times out of 10 I use AutoDev
Cheers
Martin