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meetdilip
 Post subject: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:32 am  (#1) 
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I tried to add realistic stars to the night sky for the attached image. Tried adding noise, using night sky image, tried png of stars. Nothing had the realistic look I was hoping for. Any help will be great.


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Wallace
 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:30 am  (#2) 
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Try HSV Noise on a black layer and use Color Curves.
To get a something that looks star like.
Duplicate this layer twice.
Set top layer to Dodge layer mode and the other to Overlay.
Mask out what's not needed.
Adjust Opacity.

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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:53 am  (#3) 
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Thanks. I tried filter > Noise . It didn't go well. Is HSV noise different ? Nice to know that we can reduce the no. of dots ( stars ). For me, they were very saturated by volume.

I finally used a night sky image and tried with some amount of Opacity. Looks fine now.
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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:56 am  (#4) 
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meetdilip wrote:
Thanks. I tried filter > Noise . It didn't go well. Is HSV noise different ? Nice to know that we can reduce the no. of dots ( stars ). For me, they were very saturated by volume.

I finally used a night sky image and tried with some amount of Opacity. Looks fine now.

Nice.
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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:13 am  (#5) 
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@Wallace, I want to ask something.

How come the no. of stars in the sky so less when the HSV Noise creates a lot of dots ?
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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:31 am  (#6) 
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meetdilip wrote:
@Wallace, I want to ask something.

How come the no. of stars in the sky so less when the HSV Noise creates a lot of dots ?

Use Color > Curves.
Use the Layer Modes I suggested.
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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:36 am  (#7) 
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+1

You mean, darken the image so that there will be fewer stars ? What is " Layer modes " ?
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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:53 am  (#8) 
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meetdilip wrote:
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You mean, darken the image so that there will be fewer stars ? What is " Layer modes " ?

Yes.
Layer Modes.
gimp-concepts-layer-modes @ docs.gimp.org

Yes use Color Curves.
To adjust the colors/stars to your desire.
The “Colors” Menu, “Curves” @ docs.gimp.org

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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 4:50 am  (#9) 
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Thanks. Not used to with the nomenclature. I think I did those :)
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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 4:52 am  (#10) 
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meetdilip wrote:
Thanks. Not used to with the nomenclature. I think I did those :)

Ok cool.
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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:22 am  (#11) 
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I used opacity + Layer mode - lighten only. It looks fine now :)

You guys are awesome.
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racer-x
 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:24 am  (#12) 
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There is also the Stary Sky script.

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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:58 am  (#13) 
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I like the outcome produced by using the method in the video...
www.youtube.com Video from : www.youtube.com

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 Post subject: Re: Adding stars to the night sky
PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:51 am  (#14) 
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racer-x wrote:
There is also the Stary Sky script.

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