Happy New Year! This video briefly explains the "issues" surrounding extracting stars from images and how to deal with them. A referential video on this can be useful so that each time the issue arises- you can point here and clear everything up! In the video I am obviously using StarxTerminator. You can try it out or purchase it from the link below. (Doing so does help me in a small way, this is my only affiliate connection I have.) BlurXTerminator StarXTerminator NoiseXTerminator 00:00 Intro 01:00 Examples from Forums 02:40 Demonstration from Recent Data 03:00 Stars Removed, Linear Images 03:40 AutoSTF is key understanding 05:16 The "Bizarre" Result of AutoSTF 06:30 Using the Original Stretch 07:00 Mini Workflow 07:20 Don't Touch it! (LOL) 08:00 The Permanent Stretch 08:40 Modify the Mid-tones (transfer function) 10:00 Screen Blend the images 12:10 The Other Issue Demo 14:10 Amazing Outro More at: See the Reviews: Those just starting out in PixInsight will enjoy FastTrack Training! (Updated to include SPCC, FastIntegration and more!!!) (see the video ) #PixInsight #StarXTerminator #Deconvolution #neuralnetworks #NGC1569 #NGC2392 #AdamBlockStudios #happynewyear