[APML] Processing Challenge: LMC

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

Below is a URL to an unprocessed 8.5MB TIFF of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Also below is a link to a processed version of the image. I chose this image because I could not make it look as nice as I want. I am hoping that y'all will show me a thing or two with it. That said, this is a difficult image. It has major vignetting and red fogging (probably from film age and or humidity). If you're new to image processing, this is a tough image to start with.

Because there is some nice stuff on the edges, I'm hoping that you won't crop your version.

One thing I don't have yet is SGBNR or Grain Surgery. I think that would help this one a lot.

You know that if you do a good job with it, the folks on the APML (especially me) will want to know what you did in gory detail.

I found that WinZip did not compress the file very much, so I didn't bother with it. If you're on a 56K modem, it will take at least half an hour to download. I downloaded the image and opened it in Photoshop to test its validity.

http://world.std.com/~mattb/lmc.tif

http://world.std.com/~mattb/gallery/astro/lmc.html 
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Matt BenDaniel
matt@starmatt.com
http://starmatt.com


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