User`s guide

172 Starry Night User’s Guide
Image Editor controls (described in the
next section) to line up your image
correctly.
2 Choose Add Image from the object’s
contextual menu. This opens the Image
Editor dialog box.
3 Click the From File button or the Paste
button. The From File button allows
you to select an image from your hard
drive, while the Paste button will paste
an image that you have copied to your
clipboard. Once you have selected the
image, press OK and your image will
be pasted into the Image Editor
window.
4 Align the image using the controls
available in the Image Editor. There are
controls for sizing, shifting, flipping,
and rotating the image as needed. All of
these controls are described in
“Image Editor Controls
” on page 174.
All nearby stars from Starry Night’s
databases appear in green, making it
easier to visually align your image with
any stars that might be in it.
5 Once your image is aligned, press the
Details button in the upper left corner
of the window. This opens a dialog box
which lets you name your image and
add other optional information, such as
picture source, notes, object kind,
magnitude, and distance.
6 The Image Editor window also has a
Background Reduction box (the box
only becomes visible after you have
pasted in an image).
This box allows you to reduce the
brightness of an image. If you have an
overexposed image, placing it into
Starry Night will often result in an
unattractive, “boxy” look where the
edges of your image contrast greatly
with the black background sky.
Reducing the image brightness using
this box can eliminate this problem.
Once you have adjusted your image
brightness and entered all relevant
information, press Save to exit the
Image Editor.