Hey Jeff, thanks anyways, found the couple guys on the other site said they've had no problems. I've been leery of plug-ins since I down loaded a curves action (grants) for PSele8 I was using. The program would just shut down at will, no fun. But, while I got your ear, do you run this as normal work flow (any detriment(?)) or just when you think you need it . Thanks, Marc

No problems with the HLVG plug-in. I use it everytime now. I don't have PS CS5 open at the moment, but I believe the plug-in has three settings. For my M42 I used the Strong setting for example. I've been doing it at the very end before I crop, if I crop, directly after a couple iterations of Carboni's make stars smaller.

That's pretty nice. Just downloaded a few mns ago and tried it out on a really green pic-like magic-gone. Thanks for the heads up, Marc