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Old 07-12-2021, 07:34 PM
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Thanks Russell I will give that a try. . Currently saving up for a new computer . The one I am using struggles to process images with dithering. Hopefully will get pixinsight on board as well .
no worries Kuz - i think you are using GIMP? I'm not booted into linux on this machine at the moment (where I have GIMP on this machine) but from memory, it is -> Color Tab -> levels - then you will have to select the channels from a drop down box (perhaps it is called Channel); one at a time (red green and blue ) and move the left most square towards the right, just before the front of the histogram curve.

Changing levels doesn't have to be heavy on the system -you can turn the preview option off in GIMP so it will load the changes after you move the black point.

Hope that helps.

cheers

-edit attached image on how the levels are, and how they could be lined up (photohop though) for a visual purposes
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