Super Structure module with star mask
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:07 pm
Hello,
Really appreciating the new Super Structure module functionality; works great.
I have a question around what Ivo mentioned last week for this:
"Having many uses for final image presentation after colour and detail have been brought out to taste, the usage of the Super Structure module is chiefly recommended as one of the last processing steps. The use of a mask is possible for selective processing, however if uncompromised documentary value of the final image is desired (e.g. the image is to be presented as a photo, rather than art), then relying on the model as extracted from the dataset itself is highly preferable."
My mantra is to keep images as "true" as possible without "creative manipulation". That being said, before this latest rev, I sometimes used Guy's "Star Shrinking Under Tracking" Notes to push back heavy star fields and bring forth subject detail, but used a mask only on stars, not subject itself:
Mask, Auto, Fat Stars, Grow x2, then Auto, Stars, Add New to Old, Do, Invert", run Life module with default Isolate preset.
Is this an acceptable form, both with previous Life and new Super Structure modules to keep an image "true" or does it skew things? I figure since the mask is only on stars and not the subject, considered documentary value?
Thanks for any guidance.
Really appreciating the new Super Structure module functionality; works great.
I have a question around what Ivo mentioned last week for this:
"Having many uses for final image presentation after colour and detail have been brought out to taste, the usage of the Super Structure module is chiefly recommended as one of the last processing steps. The use of a mask is possible for selective processing, however if uncompromised documentary value of the final image is desired (e.g. the image is to be presented as a photo, rather than art), then relying on the model as extracted from the dataset itself is highly preferable."
My mantra is to keep images as "true" as possible without "creative manipulation". That being said, before this latest rev, I sometimes used Guy's "Star Shrinking Under Tracking" Notes to push back heavy star fields and bring forth subject detail, but used a mask only on stars, not subject itself:
Mask, Auto, Fat Stars, Grow x2, then Auto, Stars, Add New to Old, Do, Invert", run Life module with default Isolate preset.
Is this an acceptable form, both with previous Life and new Super Structure modules to keep an image "true" or does it skew things? I figure since the mask is only on stars and not the subject, considered documentary value?
Thanks for any guidance.