How To Make Stars Smaller in Adobe Photoshop [For Beginners!]

In this video, I show you three examples of star reduction techniques in Adobe Photoshop!

Index:

1:34 Making a Star Selection
3:04 The Select and Mask Tool
4:30 The Minimum Filter
4:59 The Before/After
6:20 Dealing with Tough Selections
7:47 Removing Areas of the Selection
9:00 Saving a Star Mask Layer
11:05 The “Make Stars Smaller” Action
11:52 The “Enhance DSO and Reduce Stars” Action
12:50 Using StarNet++

Reducing star size in Photoshop can help better reveal your deep-sky object that lies underneath. The amount of star minimizing is up to you, but I have found this technique to make a dramatic difference to my personal astrophotos.

Here are the links I mention in the video:

Astronomy Tools Action Set: https://bit.ly/astroactionset
StarNet ++: https://astrobackyard.com/starnet-astrophotography/
My In-Depth Image Processing Guide: https://bit.ly/astro-processing

Thank you for watching, and clear skies!