Hide Effects Tool (X) - use this tool to hide unwanted effects, drag to do multiples; hold down the Alt key to to turn it into an undo Hide Tool

Click the Hide Tool icon or press X to activate.

StarFilter Pro 4 makes every effort to put effects on only the highlights in your image, but sometimes very bright places in your image that are not highlights may be identified as highlights and given effects, and you don't want them there.

After activating the Hide Tool, which is one of the Tools to the left of the Preview Viewport, the cursor is changed to an "X crosshair". This can be used to hide spike and flare effects you don't want showing. (e.g., over the center of a galaxy, cluster, or a bright knot in a nebula).


Hiding One Set of Effects

A single click on the very center of a set of spike/flare effects will hide the closest set of effects only.

Click the Hide Tool at the center of a set of effects to hide them


Hiding Multiple Effects

If you click and drag you can select an entire area in which all effects will be hidden.

Click and drag the Hide Tool to hide effects in a selected rectangular area


Note that until a Highlight Analysis has been performed, the Hide Tool will only affect highlights that have had effects added manually (if any).


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