Annie's Astro Actions (action for PS)

[Big Dipper]

Annie's Astro Actions

Having got an image from last week which I'm still not happy with my processing on, I've been looking at various forums, websites & other Google links to see if there is a way of removing all of the stars from my stack whilst leaving the nebula & background sharply in tact for further processing (so as to avoid damaging the star images).

I was therefore looking to see if there was a simple way of getting a 'starless' image to work on as a separate layer (it seems to me that I will need to lasso the nebula, invert the selection & then apply the likes of a median filter until the stars disappear) - hence how I stumbled across this new set of Astro Actions for Photoshop.

Anyway I've just paid £9.35 GBP for a set and had a quick go with the star removal tool which seems to work fine. No doubt there is a large overlap with Noel's excellent tools (which I already have) - but as I'd never heard of this new set of actions, I thought the link may be of interest to others here.

[sgazer]

thanks for the link, just waiting for my password to come through......and I got it for £9.28....who says Britain is not flying out of recession!!

[Psychobilly]

Interesting thanks for the link Andy...

Peter...

[Ford Prefect]

Nice find!!!

Ill try these when I get home tonight

Cheers Jon

[adamsp123]

I have had them for a while now, some nice routines at a small cost, well worth it IMO

[ollypenrice]

But if You have Noel, why not just 'select brighter stars', expand, feather and then select inverse to work on the background?

Olly

[Big Dipper]

But if You have Noel, why not just 'select brighter stars', expand, feather and then select inverse to work on the background?

Olly

Easy answer - because I wasn't aware of that procedure. I still think that the package includes enough features to easily justify the cost - but obviously that's a matter of personal judgement. Also future updates are apparently free of charge, too.

[michaelmorris]

I've just ordered them.

As with Peter's and Noel's actions, there is some duplication, but there's enough that's different to keep a numpty like me happy.