I'd previously tried enhancing in Lightroom and Photoshop, but StarTools was far easier and far more effective.M. D., United States

I'm relatively new to image processing and just wanted to say how straight forward and powerful StarTools is. Thanks for all your hard work and a fantastic product that I can't recommend strongly enough!L. B., United States

As a relative newcomer to Astrophotography, I struggled with post processing using GIMP and other non-aware astro software; then stumbled upon Star Tools a year ago and haven't looked back.N. Gialiris, Canada

Although you can go deep with StarTools, I think for beginners in processing, it is more easy to start working with it than some other software, like GIMP I used to work with.F. M., Belgium

I'm now creating gorgeous images from even mediocre data with very little effort using StarTools.G. B., United States

I discovered StarTools and my photos are now amazing. Thank you StarTools for turning my average photos into amazing ones.R. Forest, Canada

The code and the theory behind it are truly innovative and much easier to use than the competition.E. O., United States

I'm impressed with StarTools, in the sense that it might possible have the best simplicity of use/results ratio of all. I managed to process my fist image in 20 minutes after my first contact with StarTools.P.A., Portugal

No nonsense, affordable astro software that just works.S. Sheriff, Spain

Since I've discovered Star Tools I feel that processing can be something faster, easier and much more intuitive compared with other software. It has really powerful tools not seen in other programs.A. Roig, Barcelona, Catalunya

StarTools does more than just help you make "pretty pictures". It teaches you how to "read" your data, to better understand the objects you're looking at.D. H., United States

Your truly innovative and powerful software continues to amaze and delight me!D. Zielke, Canada

Your software makes intuitive sense to me. It is easy and automatic enough to get good results almost immediately, but powerful enough to tweak even more from my data once some time is spent playing with it.P. Brand, Australia

Congratulations for your huge and wonderful masterpiece in image post processing!M. Cecconi, Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF, Fundación Canaria, Spain

It seemed easy to navigate and concise, but still crammed with advanced functions. Even without reading the documentation in any detail I managed to produce something half decent from a single sub!T. Murray, United Kingdom

I tried your 'Startools' today and was blown away with its blinding speed and unique functionality.R. Higby, Australia

Such a wonderful piece of software.G. Stevens, Australia

StarTools offers a breath of fresh air in a field that at times can be complex and bewildering.BBC The Sky at Night Magazine, April 2013

Having acquired StarTools I'm now starting to feel confident with what I can do in this hobby. And that's a bloody good thing!!M. Vecchi, Australia

I love love love your StarTools! Please keep up the good work! Its an amazing piece of image processing software. I am so glad I found your StarTools.A. Svahins, United States

This ingenious software in my opinion out performs all previous packages I have used in the past.P. Scully, South Africa

Underneath its simple front interface is a powerhouse of tools.BBC The Sky at Night Magazine, April 2013

I am impressed with the ease of working with the package compared to MaxIm DL Pro 5, PI and PSCS2/3/4 with which I am very familiar.J. Giles, Australia

There are many clever things about StarTools, but the most impressive is the way it rejuvenates image processing by combining more primitive algorithms into new routines.BBC The Sky at Night Magazine, April 2013

Technical FAQ
Minimum specs

What are the CPU, GPU, RAM and storage requirements?

The minimum specifications to run StarTools depends mostly on the resolution the data you intend to process.

Low resolution data sets (for example from a 1MP CCD or Webcam) may be processed successfully on a Pentium 4 with 512Mb RAM. High-resolution data sets, such as those from a DSLR typically require at least 4Gb of RAM. For best results, 16GB and a modern many-core CPU are recommended, in addition to running from a RAM disk (or alternatively a Solid State Drive).

As of version 1.7 StarTools is fully GPU accelerated. Heavy arithmetic is offloaded to any OpenCL 1.1 compliant GPU present in your system. Significant processing speed can be seen on even modest, older GPUs.

Regardless of your machine's specification, consider binning your data if your data is oversampled.