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Good evening Ivo, I have been using the latest Beta 271 for a couple of days and I noticed that during the denoise process with a small preview window all seems to go well but once apply full image is chosen the end result is nothing like the preview. I noticed this tonight during the process of a m...

Hi,

Try and disable the hot pixel cleaning function in cosmetic section of DSS and see what happenes. This used to happen a lot certain of my captures, it may work for you.

A.G

Hi Cheman

With regret I do not have the file, I just try so many combinations till I am happy with the results but the work flow remains more or less the same.

Regards,

A.G

Hi, Here is a reprocess of the 2nd set of data you have provided, I am not sure what to make of it as I am not familliar with PI but the stack was really green. I have done a quick clean up job and here is the result. In StarTools if your image is green once you do the colour module just cap green t...

Hi Alan, I usually follow the standard workflow, Dev with a starmask, Wipe module with differenr presets, Dev with another star mask and then Decon,contrast,sharpness, life and colour and denoise, this usually works for me. I am now experimenting with getting the wipe to sample small areas of the ba...

Hi Ivo,

I am over the Moon that you approve of the Reprocess. I am using the latest Beta, 1.3.5.258 with an HP win 7 64, i3 laptop with 8 Gig ram.
Regards,

A.G

Hi Cheman, I took the liberty of downloading your stacked data and had a go at it. May I first say that it is superb. I am learning way around StarTools and that is why any chance that I get I practice hoping for the day that I could collect data such as yours. I had several gos at it and this is th...

Good afternoon Ivo, Many thanks for taking the time to reply to my long winded request list. I am very happy with starTools as it stands now and will be more than happy to purchase a new license for an upgraded package if and when it becomes available, the evidence so far suggests that it will be wo...

Hi IVO, First let me say that I love StarTools, I have left a thank you note to you in the general discussion section of the forum. What I would love to see in the not too distant future is a version of StarTools that would handle everything from image aquisition to alignment, stacking, combining an...

Hi to all, I just wanted to say a big thank you to IVO and the team for providing a fantastic piece of software that does what it is says on the tin and is afforadable too. Your constant improvement of the software is a proof of your dedication and belief in your product and respect and care for you...