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StarNet2 WinGUI
StarNet2 removes stars from an astrophotograph so the nebulosity can be stretched on its own. It ships as a command-line tool. This is a small Windows front-end for it: pick a file, pick a stride, press go. No installer, no dependencies beyond StarNet2 itself.
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Release details are unavailable here right now. Check GitHub for available downloads. Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.
What it does
- Wraps the StarNet2 command-line binary in a window with a file picker.
- Remembers where your StarNet2 installation lives between runs.
- Exposes the stride setting without needing to remember the flag.
- Handles 16-bit TIFF in and out, which is what the rest of the chain wants.
What it does not do
- It does not include StarNet2. Install that separately first.
- It is not a processing suite. One job, one window.
- There is no auto-update. Check back here, or watch the repo.
Source
github.com/aariste/StarNet2-WinGUI
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