Possible to blend multiple layers to build a "custom filter"?

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Quale
Mar 14, 2007
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I have several noisy scans from the same transparency. When the image layers are all aligned in register and equally blended, the resultant composite layer is much cleaner than any single original scan.

But this first attempt at noise reduction could be made much better than simple averaging. If the median pixel value in the stack of layers could be calculated, pixels of excess variance could be masked. Only good pixels would be blended. Are there blend modes and other commands to build and action for such a median filter to operate on several layers?

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John_R_Nielsen
Mar 15, 2007
I’ve read about this approach being used in Astrophotography. I don’t know if these will do what you’re looking for, but maybe . . .

<http://www.astronomie.be/registax/index.html>
<http://www.astrostack.com/index.html>
< http://www.geocities.com/ex_cathedra_3/Processing-Photoshop. html>

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