Bloated stars

[shropshire lad]

How do I (in photoshop) stop my stars from bloating when I do my stretching.

Any help would be gratefully received 

 

[Ags]

I would like to know too. 

[shropshire lad]

Nobody got any suggestions ??

 

[CraigT82]

some good info on this here..

 

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/549132-how-to-protect-stars-when-doing-a-stretch-in-photoshop/

and here...

 

 

Edited March 12, 2021 by CraigT82

[shropshire lad]

Thanks Craig I'll look into those.

 

[astrobena]

Or in short, go to select < color range... then under the drop down list either click highlights and then use the sliders fuzziness and Range to adjust the selection or under the drop down list select sampled colors and use the eyedropper tools under the 'Save...' button to adjust the selection, then hit 'OK' now go to select < Select and Mask and turn up the feather option to smooth out the selection (dont overdo) ... Now hit CTRL + SHIFT + I to inver the selection or go to Select < Inverse and now with your selection when you click the 'Create or new fill or adjustment layer' or go to Layer < New Adjustment Layer < Curves and hit OK you will be able to do your curves strech without bloating the stars as it will automatically turn your selection into a mask for the layers adjustment.

Hope that helps!