All effects and presets

Effect

Thermal

Map brightness to a thermal false-colour palette.

Thermal cameras map infrared heat to a visible palette, often ironbow or similar ramps from cool to hot. Search-and-rescue, building survey and wildlife work use the real thing; music videos and interfaces borrow the false colour.

The storytelling hook is heat as colour, even when the source is an ordinary photograph.

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Properties

  • Invert

    invert gradient

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    1

  • Shadows

    shadows adjustment

    Range
    -0.5 to 0.5
    Default
    -0.26

  • Midtones

    midtones adjustment

    Range
    -0.5 to 0.5
    Default
    -0.272

  • Highlights

    highlights adjustment

    Range
    -0.5 to 0.5
    Default
    -0.113

  • Gradient Type

    gradient preset

    Range
    0 to 9
    Default
    3

  • Gradient Shift

    shift gradient mapping

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0

  • Gradient Repeat

    gradient repetitions

    Range
    0.1 to 10
    Default
    0.737

  • Show Edges

    show edge overlay

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    1

  • Edge Range

    edge detection sensitivity

    Range
    0.15 to 2
    Default
    0.562

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool… 

rethings apply --effect thermal --set invert=1 --set shadows=-0.26 -i input.jpg -o output.png

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