Introduction

System Requirements

Installation and Activation

Opening Images

General Operation

Making Image Adjustments

Deconvolution

Simple Deconvolution

Removing Camera Shake

Removing Focus Blur

Multiscale Contrast

Multiscale Sharpening

Super Contrast

Wavelet Sharpening

Denoising

Edge Aware Filtering

Image Statistics

Other Topics

Frequently Asked Questions

Opening Images in Astra Image

Astra Image has a lot of powerful functions for enhancing images, and the first step in using that power is to open an image. There are several ways to open images in Astra Image:

• After starting Astra Image, select File > Open and choose the image you want to open. You can also select a recently opened file from the File > Recent Files menu.
• Images can be pasted from the clipboard by selecting Edit > Paste.
• You can drag an image from Windows Explorer and drop it onto the Astra Image application.
• Astra Image can also open files from the command line. For example, in a command prompt window, you can type: AstraImageWindows.exe [Filename of Image]. This command will start the Astra Image application and load the image.

Once your photo is open, it is ready for processing.

Supported File Types

Astra Image is designed to open many different image formats, including the following:

• TIFF (8, 16 and 32-bit)
• JPEG and JPEG 2000
• FITS
• PNG
• BMP
• HDR
• EXR
• PSD
• PBM
• MNG

Many RAW files can also be opened:

• CR2
• NEF
• RW2
• ARW
• ORF
• ERF
• Plus a lot more...