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Remove green tool

Removes the residual green (SCNR), or turns it towards teal.

How to use it

The COSMO window, recorded while the settings are moved.
  1. Open Tools and click the tool: it is added after the selected step.
  2. Move its settings: the image follows as you move them (Live preview).
  3. Press Apply to keep the result. Before / after compares at any time.

Settings

Amount
How much of the green above the neutral level is removed.
Average neutral / Maximum neutral
The level green is brought down to: the mean of red and blue, or the larger of the two (gentler).
Preserve lightness
The brightness lost with the green is given back.
Towards teal
Turns the hue of the greens towards cyan: 50 % gives teal. Made for dual-band stacks.
Mask
Everywhere, Bright parts (the object, not the sky) or Dark parts. Stars are not in the mask.
Threshold
Where the mask starts, from the sky background (0 %) to the brightest part of the object (100 %).

When to use it

When a green cast is left on a colour-camera image, most often after an anti-pollution filter.

Image

Made for a stretched image; it can be used on a linear one.

Example

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Veil Nebula, SCNR 100 %. Image taken with a Seestar S50 Pro.