StarTools

Since I’m isolating with a 2nd round of COVID ( yes it is still active in our communities) so decided to re process my Carina image which did provide a subtle improvement. Star color is more uniform with red / blue outer halos now reduced / removed on small to medium size stars. SV Decon did work better this time than Synthetic mode. Improved contrast and brightness.

Startools V1.8
Compose L + Synthetic L from RGB
Sliders Sii 9720
Ha 11400
Oiii 9270

AutoDev inspection
Bin 72%
Crop edges ( final size 4200 x 2600 approx )
Wipe NB dark anomalies 2 pixels
AutoDev default with ignore fine detail 2pixels ( no ROI )
Contrast default with reduced shadow detail size 2 pixels
Sharpen default
SV Decon sampled ( 8 samples ) iterations 12 , increased de ringing parameters to soften coalesced stars in white nebulous areas ( sort of worked ok )
Superstructure brighten gamma 0.25 Power of inverse 100% linear brightness mask
Color SHO presets with 3 matrix options
SHO 50Sii+50Ha,50Ha+50 Oiii, 100 Oiii
SHO 50Sii+50Ha,15Ha+85 Oiii, 100 Oiii
SHO OHS 100Oiii, 70Ha +30 Oiii,40Sii+60Ha
Adjusted saturation and bias to taste
Shrink Tighten iterations 10 , color taming 10 pixels , halo extend 2 pixels
De Noise 4 pixels
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Comments welcome

Thanks for looking

Clear Skies
Martin