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There is a way that does make the minimum filter a bit more effective:
- Duplicate the image
- select the stars (select - color range). Basically you select the stars you
are primarily interested in minimizing.
- If you select part of the nebula just delete it from the selection
- Expand selection about 5 pixels
- Feather about 2-3 pixels
- Add a layer mask
- Gaussian blur the layer mask with a radius of about 2.5 - 3
- Apply the minimum filter (radius 1-2) pixels.
- Adjust opacity to get natural looking stars
This works far better than the raw minimum filter. I agree with Greg - used by itself it's pretty useless.
Cheers
Steve
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