For about the last week, when I try to desaturate stars (using Autostretch view) , any nebulosity virtually disappears and all stars become much fainter. The background appears grey with only a hint of stars.
If I try to process my image (star removal & stretch in linear view) some of the image comes back but the quality is very poor. As a work-around, I’m desaturating in the older ver 1.2.
I do not know of any setting change I made that caused this. Windows 11 on a Zenbook laptop. If you want a log, I can erase or rename existing logs & try recreating the problem. I typically 1) plate solve, 2) remove green noise, 3) Color calibrate (Photometric), 4) Save image, 5) desaturate, 6) Deconvolve stars, etc.
I just noticed a similar msg. from 11d ago.
I can provide screenshots if requested/