Wednesday, October 5, 2022

New Workflow for Starless Processing of Nebulas

This post is to document the effects of a new workflow using Affinity Photo. This workflow removes the stars from the original image, optimizes processing on the nebula, and then adds the stars back in to the starless image. The result is an image that shows much more nebular detail and preserves the stars.

Original, starred image:


Starless image


Blended Image



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