Indeed. StarTools' simple interface is mostly a massive bonus in a hobby with a lot of complexity, but sometimes it's also it's own enemy. That's the reason I bought a license over a year ago now!
The noise removal is very very good, agreed. Although I'm loving the EZ Processing Suite plugin in PixInsight right now as it's really very similar to ST with a simple interface and it's quite powerful. You should see a before and after for noise reduction... here's one example of one of my Orion shots.
That said, it's mostly done on linear data (it can do it on non-linear though) which is where ST shines.
I'm still going to download the latest version of ST and have a play though, it's got a bright future ahead of it.
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