StarTools

Hiya Playmates,

My 1st little offering to the forum.

And a nice little offering it is!
Lots of detail in there and your guiding seems to be spot-on.
Would you be able to post your worklfow? I'm thinking we can get some better color out of it - the data appears to be nice enough!

Hi Ivo,
I'd love to post the workflow but where would I find it ?
Is this saved automatically or should I have saved it?
The colour is not as good as I'm used to but everything else seems better. The raw images were badly compromised by LP, so I'm impressed with the result. Can't get on with AutoDev though. Gives some weird output. Probably not doing it right.
Otherwise, a great program that I'm looking forward to master (If you know what I mean).
CU

ps. Photobucket link for original TIFF.
http://s812.photobucket.com/user/Kristo ... 2.jpg.html

Kristov48 wrote:Hi Ivo,
I'd love to post the workflow but where would I find it ?
Is this saved automatically or should I have saved it?

It should be in a file called 'StarTools.log', which is located in the folder where the executable/license key, etc. is.

The colour is not as good as I'm used to but everything else seems better. The raw images were badly compromised by LP, so I'm impressed with the result.

Do a Wipe at the start, then get everything looking right when it comes to luminance detail (don't worry about color yet), the launch the Color module at the end before you switch Tracking off. If you weren't, then use the 1.3.5 beta. Its Color handling is much superior than 1.3.3.

Can't get on with AutoDev though. Gives some weird output. Probably not doing it right.

AutoDev shows everything in your image. And by everything I mean *everything*. If you have bad noise, artifacts, gradients, etc, AutoDev will show them. That's why I always use it at the start after loading. Just to see any 'problems' in the image. Once you've fixed the problems (except maybe noise), then I almost always use AutoDev with a Region Of Interest over the object I'm interested in, so that that the global stretch will be optimised for exactly that object.

Thanks for taking an interest.
I think this is the workflow:
File loaded [C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\RAW\Nov2013\TIFF's\T3ED_M42_180s_800iso_20131112_8subs_0darks_15flats_A.TIF].
---
--- Bin
Parameter [Scale] set to [(scale/noise reduction 50.00%)/(400.00%)/(+2.00 bits)]
--- Develop
Parameter [White Calibration] set to [Use Stars]
Parameter [Gamma] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Skyglow] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Digital Development] set to [Off]
Parameter [Blue Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Green Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Red Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [Off]
--- Wipe
Parameter [Mode] set to [Correct Color & Brightness]
Parameter [Top End Treatment] set to [Wipe 2.0]
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Output Gradient Only] set to [No]
Parameter [Precision] set to [256 x 256 pixels]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [1 pixels]
Parameter [Drop Off Point] set to [95 %]
Parameter [Corner Aggressiveness] set to [148 %]
Parameter [Aggressiveness] set to [75 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [10 %]
--- Contrast
Parameter [Expose Dark Areas] set to [No]
Parameter [Compensate Gamma] set to [No]
Parameter [Precision] set to [256 x 256 pixels]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [1 pixels]
Parameter [Aggressiveness] set to [75 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
--- Fractal Flux
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Algorithm] set to [Modulate Unsharp Mask]
Parameter [Negative Flux] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Positive Flux] set to [500 %]
Parameter [Detail Filter] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Radius] set to [1.5 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Amount] set to [200 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
--- Wavelet Sharpen
Parameter [Channels] set to [Brightness Only]
Parameter [Scale 1] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Scale 2] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Scale 3] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Scale 4] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Scale 5] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [8.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [0.00]
Parameter [Amount] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Small Detail Bias] set to [75 %]
--- Develop
Parameter [White Calibration] set to [Use Stars]
Parameter [Gamma] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Skyglow] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Digital Development] set to [Off]
Parameter [Blue Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Green Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Red Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [Off]
--- Contrast
Parameter [Expose Dark Areas] set to [No]
Parameter [Compensate Gamma] set to [No]
Parameter [Precision] set to [256 x 256 pixels]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [4 pixels]
Parameter [Aggressiveness] set to [75 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
--- Filter
Parameter [Filter Mode] set to [Conservative Nudge]
Parameter [Sampling Method] set to [3x3 Average]
Parameter [Filter Width] set to [5]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
--- Crop
Parameter [X1] set to [55 pixels]
Parameter [Y1] set to [57 pixels]
Parameter [X2] set to [2058 pixels (-87)]
Parameter [Y2] set to [1306 pixels (-122)]
--- Develop
Parameter [White Calibration] set to [Use Stars]
Parameter [Gamma] set to [1.00]
Parameter [Skyglow] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Digital Development] set to [Off]
Parameter [Blue Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Green Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Red Luminance Contrib.] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [Off]
--- Contrast
Parameter [Expose Dark Areas] set to [No]
Parameter [Compensate Gamma] set to [No]
Parameter [Precision] set to [256 x 256 pixels]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Filter] set to [2 pixels]
Parameter [Aggressiveness] set to [75 %]
Parameter [Dark Anomaly Headroom] set to [5 %]
--- Color
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Bottom End Saturation] set to [1.10]
Parameter [Top End Saturation] set to [1.10]
Parameter [Saturation] set to [69 %]
Parameter [Blue Ratio] set to [1.74]
Parameter [Green Ratio] set to [1.51]
Parameter [Red Ratio] set to [1.99]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
--- Fractal Flux
Parameter [Brightness Mask Mode] set to [Off]
Parameter [Algorithm] set to [Modulate Unsharp Mask]
Parameter [Negative Flux] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Positive Flux] set to [500 %]
Parameter [Detail Filter] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Radius] set to [1.5 pixels]
Parameter [Filter Amount] set to [200 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [1.00]
--- Color
Parameter [Cap Green] set to [No]
Parameter [Bottom End Saturation] set to [1.20]
Parameter [Top End Saturation] set to [1.20]
Parameter [Saturation] set to [121 %]
Parameter [Blue Ratio] set to [1.85]
Parameter [Green Ratio] set to [1.60]
Parameter [Red Ratio] set to [2.25]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
--- Wavelet De-Noise
Parameter [Scale 1] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Scale 2] set to [75 %]
Parameter [Scale 3] set to [50 %]
Parameter [Scale 4] set to [25 %]
Parameter [Scale 5] set to [0 %]
Parameter [Mask Fuzz] set to [1.0 pixels]
Parameter [Brightness Mask Power] set to [0.00]
Parameter [Color Detail Loss] set to [50 %]
Parameter [Brightness Detail Loss] set to [50 %]
Parameter [Structural Emphasis] set to [0 pixels]
Parameter [Edge Repair Strength] set to [15 %]
Parameter [Noise Tracking Influence] set to [100 %]
Parameter [Intelligent Despeckle] set to [0 %]

Using Beta version now.

CU

Thanks for that!
Was this image processed with the 1.3.5 beta or the 1.3.3 version?
If processed with 1.3.5, I'm wondering why the color module didn't dig out more color than it did...

Thought it was with Beta but can't be sure as Beta was downloaded same day as image processed.
If you do have a go with it yourself I'd love to see your workflow.
Otherwise, thanks you've been great.
ATB

Kristov48 wrote:Thought it was with Beta but can't be sure as Beta was downloaded same day as image processed.
If you do have a go with it yourself I'd love to see your workflow.
Otherwise, thanks you've been great.
ATB

Would love to have a go and see if there's more we can do in terms of colour. Could you share the data? (the link you posted earlier seems to be just a jpg showing some pre-stretched data...)

TIFF file is 70Mb.
Whats the best way of making it accessible to you?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge with such things.

Kristov48 wrote:TIFF file is 70Mb.
Whats the best way of making it accessible to you?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge with such things.

Most people use some sort of on-line filesharing service like Dropbox or Google Drive (there are others out there as well if you don't like these though).