StarTools

Been processing my first ever bi-colour image and, perhaps due to slightly misaligned stacking in DSS and slight rotation of camera between filters, the blue and red bits don't quite line up.

Previously I would try and sort this using the Red/Blue X and Y shift in the Lens module, but aside from not being able to see the colours now at the early stages of processing (which I believe is where the lens module works best) I don't seem able to move the blue and red channels relative to each other.

Anyone else met with this?

Here's a blow up of an area of the image:

First off, would there be any way to fix this while stacking? (e.g. if using DSS, try "Align RGB Channels")

Second, remember that - thanks to Tracking - you can use the Restore functionality to restore the dataset to its linear ("original") state at any time with some operations intact (e.g. Crops, Wipes, and Lens shifts).
Just like you can use the Restore functionality in combination with AutoDev and Wipe to see what you're doing, you can also use the Restore functionality in combination with AutoDev+Color to see what you're doing when using the Lens module, then Restore the dataset to its 'Original' state.

So to recap;

• AutoDev to see what you're doing
• Wipe if you need to to see the color changes
• Color
• Lens
• Then Restore to Original state
• Now process your fixed up dataset as normal

Any trouble, let me know!

Thanks, as always, Ivo.

I tried to get DSS to stack with color alignment but it didn't make any discernible difference.

However, when reprocessing I used the duotone tab in the color module and things improved quite a bit. In the (heavily cropped and expanded) image below, the original, misaligned, image is on the left and the one using duotone is on the right.

They were processed slightly differently, but the colour fringing has gone almost completely!
I think the overall result (again, cropped and reduced) is better as well:

That's a lovely Veil Nebula!
The Duoband preset button uses rather aggressive desaturation settings, in combination with the "Artistic, Not Detail Aware" style which also progressively desaturates colouring in the highlights.
All up, this keeps the Color module from trying to recover colouring in the highlights. It's definitely helping here!