mcamp14 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I am working on putting a cross screen on stars so that they stand out and looks better. I think the only way to do this is by duplicating the layer first. I then isolate the stars by adjusting the contrast all the way up and leaving the brightness at its default setting. Because the stars are too small I run a median at 100% and about 5 pixels, that is so that they are bigger. I run the splinter blur on the whole image (that takes forever) and then I go to each star and put a transparent radial gradient on the four splinters making the spikes look better. Because I lost any color information by shooting the contrast all the way up, I then set the layer blending mode to additive over the original picture. The sky does nothing to the picture because it is black and 0 + n = n. My only question is whether or not there is an easier way. This process is time cosumiong and I am wondering if I can do anything to make it faster. The other problem that I have is because the spikes do not have any color information, they look too fake. Quote My Humble Gallery Astronomy Fans group on facebook I see things, I'm an astronomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Can you post a small before & after image? Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mcamp14 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Use Sparkles plugin:http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23881 Thanks! That is exactly what I needed Quote My Humble Gallery Astronomy Fans group on facebook I see things, I'm an astronomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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