This video shows you how I control the stars in an image by stretching the image to get the stars to the size I want, then separate the stars from the background.
Nice simple approach. Thanks. There are all sorts a scripts to reduce stars. You can chase your tail trying to get on top of them though. I wish someone would produce a script allowing you to stretch stars differentially depending on their intensity so that you could for example suppress the many faint stars whilst bringing the main stars out.
Once the stars are separated, try using Curves with RGB/K. Fix the centre and experiment using an "S" curve, like I've done to bring out the nebula in this video. You should be able to reduce the fainter stars and give more emphasis to the more prominent ones.
@@lochaberastro9752 that kinda works but it’s not doing quite want we want. It’s working on intensity so it also reduces the intensity of the outer parts of the bright stars too. What’s required is a script which identifies the brightest stars and leaves them alone completely whilst attenuating the fainter stars according to some sliding scale.
@@andrewj1132 Have you had a look at Bill Blanshan's Star Reduction scripts for PI: th-cam.com/video/ofGt0Fk51h4/w-d-xo.html There are three versions to choose from and one of them may do what you're looking for. 😉
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Nice tutorial, great image too..👍🏻
Nice simple approach. Thanks. There are all sorts a scripts to reduce stars. You can chase your tail trying to get on top of them though. I wish someone would produce a script allowing you to stretch stars differentially depending on their intensity so that you could for example suppress the many faint stars whilst bringing the main stars out.
Once the stars are separated, try using Curves with RGB/K. Fix the centre and experiment using an "S" curve, like I've done to bring out the nebula in this video. You should be able to reduce the fainter stars and give more emphasis to the more prominent ones.
@@lochaberastro9752 that kinda works but it’s not doing quite want we want. It’s working on intensity so it also reduces the intensity of the outer parts of the bright stars too. What’s required is a script which identifies the brightest stars and leaves them alone completely whilst attenuating the fainter stars according to some sliding scale.
@@andrewj1132 Have you had a look at Bill Blanshan's Star Reduction scripts for PI: th-cam.com/video/ofGt0Fk51h4/w-d-xo.html
There are three versions to choose from and one of them may do what you're looking for. 😉
Very good video!!! I will try this on a couple I just shot in the last couple weeks and lt you know how they went.
Thanks Scott, it'll be interesting to hear how you get on. 👍