NGC 6188 - Fighting Dragons of Ara

Processing Workflow

Pixinsight

Luminance

- Dynamic PSF

- Local support - Starmask / HT

- DC w/ Regularlization

RGB Layer

- PixelMath SHO Combination

- STF Unlinked / HT

- Invert / SCNR Green 1.0 / Invert

- DC / Dynamic PSF

- LRGB Combination

RGB Starless Layer (sharp)

- Starnet

RGB Starless Layer (MMT)

- MMT (Jon Rista method w/ select wavelets) Chrominance and Luminance

Photoshop

Top Layer - RGB / Mask - Range Select + Levels

Middle Layer - RGB Starless Layer (sharp) / Mask (main object)

Lower Layer - RGB Starless (MMT)

ColorEfex - Detail Extractor / Mask (main object)

Smart Sharpen

Dodge and Sponge Tool

Clean-up with spot healer