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by Jeff2011
Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:16 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: White balance advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14601

Re: White balance advice

Thanks for your quick reply. I am glad to hear that I at least I got the other DSS setting right. However, I am running into a few things. I am using the latest beta version of StarTools and I seem to have an issue using the new Restore feature. If I restore to Linear and Wiped, I get what looks lik...
by Jeff2011
Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:13 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: White balance advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14601

Re: White balance advice

Thanks Ivo. I figured the Develop module was the wrong place and I have been trying to work out a translation of the Regim numbers. With regard to your scale in the color module, the value of the RGB sliders go from 1 to 10. Is 1 equivalent to 100%? So with your calculated numbers I would leave red ...
by Jeff2011
Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:59 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: White balance advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14601

Re: White balance advice

Here are my results. I just cropped out a small part of my image so I could show at full resolution. color balanced before StarTools: CROP_OLD.jpg color balance in StarTools: CROP_NEW.jpg The only thing I was not sure of was how to apply the Regim color balance values. After I did the wipe and clear...
by Jeff2011
Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:31 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: White balance advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14601

Re: White balance advice

Thanks for the tip Ivo. I had been wondering how I could incorporate Regim's color balance without affecting the StarTools noise reduction logic. Your explanation makes sense to me. I will give that a shot and let you know how it goes. It would be an awesome enhancement to add this type of color bal...
by Jeff2011
Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:49 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: White balance advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14601

Re: White balance advice

Thanks for the detailed explanation Ivo. Using the camera white balance was an easy way for me to get good looking colors but was costing me noise. I will give your suggestions a try. Taking this a step further, would it be possible to modify StarTools to solve the stars and locate G2V stars automat...
by Jeff2011
Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:08 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: HDR with image sets of multiple exposure times
Replies: 5
Views: 6869

Re: HDR with image sets of multiple exposure times

If I'm using DSS to create different stacks they will differ slightly Pick a frame from one of your stacks as a referenced frame. I usually move this frame to a higher level directory to differentiate it from the others. Then in each stack include this frame, but leave it uncheck for the stacks tha...
by Jeff2011
Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:57 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: White balance advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14601

White balance advice

I am having a lot less issues with color balancing as I used to, but I would like to get a better understanding of how StarTools does it and get advice on how I can improve my process. My current method is to use a custom white balance on my modded DSLR and then have DSS use the cameras white balanc...
by Jeff2011
Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:00 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: StarTools helped me win a Cloudy Nights Challenge
Replies: 2
Views: 4757

StarTools helped me win a Cloudy Nights Challenge

I have less than a year of experience with DSO AP. In June I entered the Cloudy Nights Beginner DSO challenge and won. I was just learning autoguiding at the time and was struggling with it. The old dec backlash issue with my celestron mount. StarTools played a big role in saving the image and winni...
by Jeff2011
Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:11 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: My problem with the Life Module
Replies: 9
Views: 10212

Re: My problem with the Life Module

That is awesome Ivo. Thanks for the detailed play by play. Your processing of my picture also gives me a benchmark to compare my results against. I am still learning my new mount so I hope to get some better starting data once the clouds clear. Thanks again.

Jeff
by Jeff2011
Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:53 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: My problem with the Life Module
Replies: 9
Views: 10212

Re: My problem with the Life Module

Ivo,

Just sent you an email with link. You can post your result here if you like.

Thanks,

Jeff