What makes an aurora composite believable?

The ground has to be lit by it. An aurora is a genuine light source, so a landscape below one picks up a green cast on upward-facing surfaces. A bright aurora over a neutrally lit foreground is the giveaway that the sky was dropped in.

Which landscape suits an aurora sky?

A night or blue-hour landscape with a clear, open sky and a strong foreground silhouette — a treeline, a ridge, a lake edge. Daytime photos cannot be rescued into aurora shots convincingly.

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Aurora Sky Relight Photo Filter Online

Fill the sky with flowing aurora and reflect its color into the scene. Control the strength, compare the result, and download a finished image from your browser.

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About the Aurora Sky Relight effect

Curtains of green and violet aurora are built into the sky and the scene below is relit to match, so the landscape picks up the color cast the aurora would actually cast on it.

How to use Aurora Sky Relight

Upload a photo, adjust the Aurora Sky Relight intensity, compare its processed preview with the source, and download the finished result.

Why use the Aurora Sky Relight effect?

Aurora Sky Relight, tuned to your photo

Use the intensity control to balance the Aurora Sky Relight treatment with the detail and character of your original photo.

A fast Aurora Sky Relight workflow

A reduced Aurora Sky Relight preview keeps adjustments responsive. Free downloads are clean and web-size; Premium or a credit unlocks the original resolution.

Secure Aurora Sky Relight processing

Aurora Sky Relight uploads are processed on secure servers and automatically removed under the normal Pixoate retention policy.

How it works

Curtains of green and violet aurora are built into the sky and the scene below is relit to match, so the landscape picks up the color cast the aurora would actually cast on it.

Processing

Aurora Sky Relight uses an AI action. Any separate allowance is shown before this effect starts processing.

Best for

night landscapes, winter travel photography, mountain and lake scenes, and dramatic outdoor portraits.

Less suited to: daylight photographs, where an aurora has no plausible reason to be visible.

Ways to use Aurora Sky Relight

Aurora Sky Relight questions

What makes an aurora composite believable?: The ground has to be lit by it. An aurora is a genuine light source, so a landscape below one picks up a green cast on upward-facing surfaces. A bright aurora over a neutrally lit foreground is the giveaway that the sky was dropped in.
Which landscape suits an aurora sky?: A night or blue-hour landscape with a clear, open sky and a strong foreground silhouette — a treeline, a ridge, a lake edge. Daytime photos cannot be rescued into aurora shots convincingly.