UPDATE FROM MABULA
I have had a very rough 2 months unfortunately health wise. I was struck 3x in a row with bacterial infections. The second infection occurred  after a routine hospital checkup and I became very sick. I had to rest and take a lot of antibiotics. Once I was recovering and restarting work 1 month ago, I again became sick. The infection was not yet gone, so even more antibiotics and rest was needed. Needless to say, it took a lot of my energy and I needed a lot of rest.
Finally, the infection is really gone and my energy is coming back step-by-step now and I have started work again. I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for support. I will address all outstanding questions and e-mails step-by step and will be on the forum daily from today.
APP 2.0.0-beta47 will come soon as well, a lot of work was already completed before I became very ill, so the release is also nearly ready for you. Beta47 will be much faster actually. Many workflows will be more than 2x faster, mosaics can even be 10x faster than before because registration really received a major boost... all compared to beta46. Â Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Dear all,
Still new to AP and APP but enjoying the journey.
I have 2.5 hours of NGC 281 with darks, flats, dark flats and after stacking with APP (all settings left as standard) I managed to get an okay image (clearly zoomed) Image A.
I was really unhappy with my Lightroom effort (to the point where I might cancel my subscription) so decided to "play with" APP tools and settings to see what I could get.
Image B... (which is actually a mobile phone photo of my laptop screen hence really poor quality)
Was getting happy with it before parent duty called, closed the laptop and lost the image...
Despite a large number of attempts to recreate in order to continue with improving I cannot get anywhere close.
Sorry for the newbie question but any hints / tips on which settings I could start with to get close? Colours are better, overall nebula is brighter and dark element of nebula is darker and more defined imho
Started with 15% BG 3 Sigma 2.5% base...
Will continue to play in between work and kids but any hints / tips greatly appreciated!
Thanks and regards,
Rob
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Hi Rob @robster,
Please accept my apologies for the delay in my respons to your question.
Were you able to get a better result in the meantime? Maybe additional contrast was the key with the CON = contrast slider ?
Mabula
