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Hi Gustavo, Thanks for letting me know. The help texts definitely need updating for 1.3 still. 1.3 is currently in Beta (and deemed feature complete for this development cycle) but there are a lot of things that still need tweaking and fixing. This is one of them and I thank you for finding this lit...

Hi Gustavo, I hear you. The end-goal for StarTools' Tracking feature is to make every operation sequence independent, just like the global stretch is now (i.e. you can redo it at any time). 1.3 provides just a small glimpse of what's possible, but the end-game is much bigger. Once this has been acco...

Thanks for your reply, What I meant is, if I want to make an image "dimmer" what would be the procedure? Then the Develop module's Gamma parameter would be your weapon of choice. A gamma value that is smaller than 1.0 will dim the image. A gamma that is larger than 1.0 brightens the image. http://e...

Hi Gustavo, StarTools should serve you well if you are a planetary imager. The Deconvolution tool will be of great help to you, while the Filter module and the Develop module's luminance mixer will allow you to reject UV or IR polluted luminance data while still retaining color. You will also benefi...

Hi Gustavo, A MacOSX 64-bit is definitely on the agenda in the near future. The one thing holding us back right now is Apple and its de-facto requirement that MacOSX binaries are compiled on a MacOSX computer. StarTools is a not-for-profit passion project endeavor (making a loss), so we really have ...

Simple? No. Possible? Absolutely :) The new Heal module in 1.3 was partly designed for this task. What you will want to do is put the the bunny in a mask. Then run the Heal module and set the 'New must be darker than' value to a percentage that approach the brightness of background level (it may be ...

Hi Gustavo, Thanks for your question. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'brightness', but if you mean stretching, then this can be achieved by using the Develop module or the Auto Develop modules. Changing contrast and brightness in traditional image processing suites like PhotoShop or The GIMP...

Hi Mike,

It's generally safe to do that, yes.

Hope this helps,

Should now be fixed in version 1.3.171.

Cheers,

Hi Mike,

It sounds like you've stumbled on a bug (that's why 1.3 is still considered in alpha). I'll fix this asap. Thanks for reporting this.