Saturday, 7 June 2025

Gimp workflow for fixing elongated stars Part 3

 Gimp workflow for fixing elongated stars Part 3

This workflow is possibly the simplest and can be done either in Gimp or Photoshop. It uses the EQ mounted Seestar S50, 2h of 30s exposures that produced an image with slightly elongated stars when stacked. The elongation of the stars was in one direction.

The flowchart shows the workflow of Part 3

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Flowchart



Original Image with elongated stars



Image with original nebula and repaired stars



Animation of Original Image with elongated stars and Image with original nebula and repaired stars


This seems to be a reasonable workflow for fixing stars that are elongated in one direction.