This is a very basic workflow using defaults, showing how the new Compose module (replacing the LRGB module in StarTools 1.5) makes complex LLRGB compositing and processing incredibly easy. The workflow details the usual data prep, bias/gradient removal, stretching, deconvolution, color calibration and noise reduction. You will notice this workflow is substantially similar to any other StarTools workflow, even though we are dealing with a complex composite of luminance, synthetic luminance, and color data all at once. Please see video description on YouTube for datasets and other resources.
Through the Compose module, StarTools is able to process luminance, color and narrowband accent information separately, yet simultaneously.
This yields the popular red/cyan bi-color renderings that are so effective at showing dual emission dominance.
"L, RGB" simply uses the loaded luminance dataset for luminance and uses red, green and blue for the colour information.
Upon launch, the colour module blinks the mask three times in the familiar way.
Luminance retention in CIELab color space is applied afterwards.
You can convert everything you see to a format you find convenient. Give it a try!