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Trevor - What a great initial posting and idea for a thread. In the interest of altruism to get the ball rolling i've attached a couple I recorded in the last half hour. Written in CS2 so i dont know how they will work in later versions.
To give credit for the processes no. 1 is from jases posting on this forum (colour dodging), no 2 & 3 are channel enhancement procedures from Starizona. All are published free on the web so i dont think I have any copyright issues. They are fairly simple and I use them all the time to enhance faint nebulosity.
Some instruction is required:
Actions are:
1. Colour Dodge - does a full spectrun enhancement of weak data on a RGB image (or LRGB) - just open the image you want to enhance and click on go.
2. Red Channel Enhancement - If you have a image with a weak red channel use this to enhance the red channel (like Rosette but can be sueful on other multi coloured objects) - just open the image you want to enhance and click on go.
3. Blue channel enhancement - same as above for blue objects - works really well on things like (Pleiades and M31) - just open the image you want to enhance and click on go.
At the end you will have 2 layers in your image. The final layer opacity (at top right of your layers box)will be set to 40% - adjust this value to taste (lower the value if it is too strong and raise it if you want it stronger). Then flatten the image from the layers menu or by right clicking on the layer and selecting flatten image.
Alternatively you could use No 3 on something like M20 and layer mask the enhanced blue layer through if your blue is weak. Might right a layer mask set up action and ending if anyone is not familiar with masking.
Let me know if they need modifying or adjustment or plain dont work
Mark Bolton
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