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Old 22-09-2011, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by John Hothersall View Post
Thanks for comments, I must admit the RGB stars I always seem to have trouble with, they never look natural thats why the HubblePalette image still has its pinkish stars. I did not use a minimum filter on the stars which may have helped and stars are too bold. Perhaps S2 was not good enough to use as a luminance but its all an experiment.

The Ha HaRGB image below seemed to be a little better but still not right.

Regards, John.

You've got to process the stars in a separate layer and replace the NB ones using a layer or layer mask. Often a simple "lighten" mode layer and boost it up with curves a bit to shine through will replace the NB stars.

Otherwise select the stars colour range tool/highlights. Expand the selection a few pixels and feather it half of the expansion.

Greg.
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