Protect Individual Stars With a Mask in PixInsight [TAIC Short]

Ron Brecher shows how to use a star mask and clone stamp to avoid applying edits to stars of our choosing (such as very bright, large, or saturated stars).

Taken from Ron Brecher's presentation on The Astro Imaging Channel on August 17, 2025, "New Mask-Making Tools in PixInsight": https://youtube.com/live/zj-HhAj_EVY?...

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