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Complete reprocess to try stacking in PI, rather than DSS. I also used DBE rather than ABE which addressed the blue gradients. I think this is more naturally colored.
I am slowly forcing myself to use PI more. Although I can see where it has benefits, it is a cumbersome program.
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Description: Minor touch ups and slight sharpening of nebulae.
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Title: Complete reintegration and reprocess
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With vast improvements in both my processing skills in PI and, more importantly, new and much better tools in PI like SPCC and the XTerminator suite, I am slowly going to reprocess some old data, starting with the images with which I am most unhappy, but for which I think I have good base data.
This image of NGC 6888 and the Soap Bubble Nebula is much better than my first go-rounds, I think!
By using Normalize Scale Gradient, I was able to confidently use some more, less than ideal, data to make this total integration 9 hours 30 minutes. The weighting function allows this data to contribute at least something to the overall.
Star rich fields, especially with lots of nebula, really benefit from the newer StarXTerminator. There is virtually no need for clone stamping to clean up the starless image, and the background is smooth and seems to well-represent the starred image, just without stars. This was such a huge problem for me before this tool came out!
Also, SPCC is really helpful in affirming image color correctness. I did do a few tricks to bring down the amount of blue in the darkest areas of the background, but I think I found a good balance.
Most importantly, both the Oiii shell around the Crescent, and the Soap Bubble, are actually visible now!
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