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Russel Croman (GradientXterminator) has just released a new photoshop plug in to remove stars - StarXterminator

https://www.rc-astro.com/resources/StarXTerminator/

On a very quick runthrough I am highly impressed.

I took the same image
Monkeyhead.jpg
removed stars in Pixinsight with Starnet++ to get this - some quite bad artefacts
Monkeyhead_Starnet.jpg
Took the same tiff image into photoshop used Star exterminator to get this much improved version (but note the dissapearance of the small standalone neb to left of centre)
starless_MonkeyRC.jpg
One of my problems with Starnet++ has always been the matrix artefact where bright stars were removed, like this
Monkeyhead_Starnet_zoom.jpg
with starXterminator that is just not an issue (the sales pitch does reference this specific issue) but again some minor lose of nebula in the top right quadrant
starless_MonkeyRC1_zoom.jpg
I have a lot more trialling to do with it but, for those who only use photoshop, or like me dont mind shuttling back and forward to Photoshop it sure looks promising. I think that loss of nebula can be easily resolved with masks or clone stamp.
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That looks great David!

I am having artifact issues with difficulty with Starnet++ right now and this plugin looks great.

Thanks for the review.

May have to wait a few weeks though Just went for the Adam Block fundamentals course yesterday.

Sounds very promising and I will definitely look at it.

Ah, there is a free trial!

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I have written my own PS action script for a one click general star reduction, not removal. It's deliberately not too strong. Just reduces stars a little without wiping out all the faint stars. Copy below free for anyone who might find it useful.
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