Wavelet Processing

18) Now I tweak the wavelet settings to sharpen the image.  I like to use the Linear mode with a step size of 1.  For most of my images I normally only make adjustments to layer 2 and 3.  For this image I only tweaked layer 2.  The wavelet adjustments just take a lot of experimenting.  The tweaks will vary based on your image scale and the quality of the image.  Plus everyone has a different taste when it comes to sharpening.  I try not to over sharpen my images since I prefer a more natural smooth look.

19) This is a nice feature that became available in version 2.0.  Select the Set RGB shift checkbox to make adjustments to the color planes.

20) I've had good results just using the Estimate button and letting Registax calculate the offsets.

21) The R+G+B mixer section is shown if you selected the LRGB checkbox earlier.  This determines the weighting for creating a Luminance channel from your color data.  I recommend you experiment with these sliders to see what type of effects it can produce.  For Mars I find that the red areas are too bright if you have the R slider far to the right.  You can lower that intensity by pulling the R slider to left as you can see I did for this image.

22) Some other nice new features in Registax 2.0 are the ability to tweak the histogram and gamma settings if desired.  The brightness and contrast can also be adjusted with the sliders at the bottom.

23) Select the Final tab to finish up.