Easily Transform Color Images to HOO & SHO With PixInsight's Narrowband Normalization Tool

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[@tomdaigon8707]

When I want to alter colors in an images palette, I use a PI tool developed by Adam Block called Selective Color Correction, It allows me to create in real time masks based on a variety of values which are then used to alter the color in selected areas .

[@SKYST0RY]

Sounds useful. There are a lot of good ways to handle this. Usually, I just modify the colors in the channels, levels or curves tools.

[@Othman1992on]

You have to use the narrowband normalization tool strictly with starless images to get the optimal results according to the maker of this tool. I think this is why the SHO pallette was "fighting you". Great video, nonetheless.

[@SKYST0RY]

I tried this but didn't see any noticeable difference. However, it may have been because I was transforming fully developed images that had already been stacked, registered and pre-developed in PixInsight, middle developed in Affinity Photo, and finished in PhotoLab 8. Could just have been too far along to get much difference. I am tempted to try to reprocess it in the future by running fresher data through, maybe before it goes into Affinity Photo.

[@Othman1992on]

@SKYST0RY I agree, I think you should try it with fresher linear state starless data. I'm sure the SHO palette would be easy with the tool. Best of luck.