Stretched image

Temperature tool

Makes the whole image warmer or cooler; the sky stays neutral.

How to use it

The COSMO window, recorded while the settings are moved.
  1. Open Tools and click the tool: it is added after the selected step.
  2. Move its settings: the image follows as you move them (Live preview).
  3. Press Apply to keep the result. Before / after compares at any time.

Settings

Temperature
Right: warmer, towards red and yellow. Left: cooler, towards blue. In the middle the image is unchanged.
Mask
Everywhere, Bright parts (the object, not the sky) or Dark parts. Stars are not in the mask.
Threshold
Where the mask starts, from the sky background (0 %) to the brightest part of the object (100 %).

When to use it

When the whole image looks too cold or too warm. One slider.

Image

Works only on a stretched image.

Example

with Temperature without withoutwith Temperature
M 42, towards warm. Image taken with a Seestar S50 Pro.