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AutoBruBY IRN-BRU NEBULA
Your desktop astrophotography workspace

Your sky.
Brought to light.

Stretch, colour and refine your astrophotography in one place. Make every adjustment yourself, or work alongside an AI assistant that can see your image.

Local processing Originals protected
The AutoBru desktop workspace editing the Heart Nebula, with live stretch previews and colour controls.
Your image. Every detail in view.
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At home on your desktop.

macOS, Windows and Linux. Installers coming soon.

macOS

DMG installer

Installer coming soon

Windows

Windows installer

Installer coming soon

Linux

AppImage

Installer coming soon
AutoBru editing the Heart Nebula with an image library, histogram and nine stretch previews.
INSIDE AUTOBRU

Your image takes centre stage.

A live preview, visual stretch choices and the controls you need, together in one workspace.

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LESS GUESSWORK. MORE YOUR SKY.

The details are yours to decide.

A starting point you can see. Fine adjustments you can judge. Room to find your own look.

See it before you choose it.

From a gentle stretch to a deeper finish, compare real previews of your image side by side.

Make the colours your own.

Start with a palette, refine the balance and save your favourites. Share colour recipes as portable palette packs.

Small changes. Clear choices.

Adjust stars, tone and fine detail. Use the before/after divider, saved versions and undo to judge each change.

YOUR IMAGE. YOUR WORDS. REAL EDITS.

Describe the look.
Watch it take shape.

Connect Pi with your own supported AI account. Ask it to inspect your image, adjust the look or help with your workflow. The assistant works through AutoBru’s controls, and you see the changes in the app.

Keep the conversation beside your image. Compare each result, steer the next step or take over yourself.

Pi inspects the Heart Nebula, adjusts star reduction to minus 50 and brightness to minus 35, and shows the previous edit beside the result in AutoBru.
REAL ASSISTANT SESSION

“Make the stars a little less prominent without changing the nebula or colours.”

Pi inspected the image, adjusted star reduction and brightness, and opened a comparison with the previous edit. The nebula and colour settings stayed the same.
Read the conversation

It can see what you’re working on.

The assistant can inspect your actual preview and current settings, then use the same stretch, palette, colour and star controls you do.

Help beyond the next slider.

Ask it to open projects, choose tools, prepare processing settings, manage palettes or work with saved versions. App control is built into the conversation.

You keep the final say.

Watch the actions as they happen. Steer or stop the assistant, compare before and after, and undo its edits. You can also ask for alternatives without changing your current look.

FROM CAPTURE TO CREATIVE CONTROL

Bring the night home.

Start with your prepared stacks, or bring supported original frames through Siril. AutoBru keeps the next step close at hand.

ASIAIR discovered on the local network, with storage totals and selectable capture files in AutoBru.

Less file juggling.
More time with your images.

The ASIAIR plugin finds devices on your network with Bonjour. Browse storage, check sizes and copy the targets you choose.

Prepare those files for the Siril workflow, with the originals kept on your device.

Built as a plugin. Ready to grow.
  1. 01

    Bring your data

    Open supported linear masters, or calibrate and stack original frames with Siril.

  2. 02

    Find your look

    Choose your stretch and palette. Refine the colour, nebula and stars.

  3. 03

    Make it a keeper

    Save your choices and render a separate result at full resolution.

FAMILIAR TOOLS, ONE WORKSPACE

Build on the tools you trust.

Siril for stacking. GraXpert for background work. NoiseXTerminator or GraXpert for denoising, and StarXTerminator for star separation.

SirilGraXpertStarXTerminatorNoiseXTerminatorCommercial tools use your own licences.
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW

Before your first edit.

Is AutoBru the same as Nebula Studio?

AutoBru is our desktop workspace, connecting local astronomy tools, an image editor and an optional AI assistant. Nebula Studio is the editor you can use directly in your browser.

Which computers will it be available for?

We’re preparing AutoBru for macOS, Windows and Linux. Each platform’s download will appear at the top of this page when its installer is ready. Platform requirements will be provided with the release.

What images can I start with?

Prepared AutoBru runs, or stacked linear mono FITS masters in H, H/O or H/O/S. The Siril workflow also handles supported original mono FITS and camera raw sessions with calibration frames. Input support is expanding as development continues.

Do I need paid tools or an AI account?

You can edit a prepared run without connecting an assistant. The current full processing pipeline uses licensed StarXTerminator for star separation, with either licensed NoiseXTerminator or free GraXpert for denoising. The optional Pi assistant connects to your own supported provider account.

Where does the processing happen?

Image processing runs through local tools on your computer. Exports are separate from your originals. If you connect the AI assistant, workspace context and image previews used in that conversation can be sent to your chosen AI provider.

AutoBru

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