SkyForge: Milky Way Finishing

SkyForge is the finishing app for Milky Way and nightscape photographs — the polish pass that comes after your base edit. It is not another RAW developer and not a stacking suite. It is the last mile, and it now runs on iPhone and iPad as well as the Mac. ONE TAP: AUTOFORGE AutoForge measures your actual photograph — the true grain of the sky, star density, how much Milky Way structure is present, how much of the frame is foreground — and finishes it accordingly. It tells you what it did and why, in plain English, and every setting stays yours to override. FORGE NR — NOISE REDUCTION THAT RESPECTS STARS An edge-aware guided filter cleans the sky while detected stars and Milky Way dust are held back by masks. Grain disappears; the star field does not soften into mush. Separate luminance and colour control, shadow bias for the darkest sky, and optional re-grain for a natural finish. INTELLIGENT SKY MASK One tap separates sky from landscape using a Segment Anything 2 model that runs entirely on your own device's Neural Engine. Then simply choose Sky Only or Foreground Only — no masking knowledge required. The mask stays editable if the detection needs help. Or choose Tap Object and tap anything in the frame — a tree, a barn, a ridge — to confine every edit to that alone. STARFORGE — REDUCTION AND TRUE STARLESS Shrink small stars so galactic structure reads, while bright anchor stars stay intact. Or go fully starless: SkyForge lifts the stars onto their own layer, lets every later module work on clean nebulosity, then composites them back at the end — the classic astro separate-and-recombine workflow, without leaving the app. Two starless engines: Classic, and SkyForge AI — an on-device star-removal model. Nothing is uploaded, and Classic stays a tap away. SKYCLARITY, GLOW AND MYSTICAL Star-protected local contrast lifts dust lanes and the galactic core without haloing a single star. Glow adds soft radiance, including the classic Orton dreamscape. Mystical brings light-prioritised radiance with contrast, saturation and black-point control. SEVENTEEN LOOKS One-tap starting points built for starry landscapes: Natural Night, Classic Nightscape, Galactic Core, Earth & Sky, Foreground Pop, Documentary, Winter Arc, Moonlit, Aurora Night, Desert Warmth, Alpine Snow, Film Grain, Ink & Silver, Dreamscape, Deep Sky, Light Pollution Rescue and Monochrome. BUILT FOR REAL WORK • 32-bit float pipeline end to end, ICC preserved • Saves at full resolution, in 16-bit where the format allows • Opens what your library holds, including HEIC and camera RAW • Non-destructive: every module is live and reversible • Before-and-after split slider — drag the divider across your own frame COMPLETELY OFFLINE Everything runs on your device. No account, no cloud upload, and no subscription to view your own work. Your photographs never leave your iPhone, iPad or Mac — including the sky detection, which runs locally on the Neural Engine. ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE SkyForge is free to download and free to try for seven days. After that a single unlock keeps full-resolution saving — and it covers Mac, iPad and iPhone together. Every editing module stays available whether or not you unlock; only saving is gated. One purchase, no subscription.