What does Thermal do?

It makes a clip look like FLIR / infrared thermal footage: a heat-map palette where warm bodies glow, cold areas go dark, and the whole image is soft and melted the way real thermal is.

The iconic FLIR palette: a smooth cold-to-hot ramp from near-black through purple, red and orange to white, like glowing heated iron. It is the look most people picture when they think thermal.

Why is the image so blurry?

Real thermal sensors are low-resolution and heat spreads, so thermal images have no fine texture and look melted. That softness is what makes the effect read as real rather than a colour filter.

Can I add the crosshair and temperature readout?

Yes, the scope overlay is an optional toggle, off by default. The readout drifts deterministically so exports look the same every time.

Thermal

Thermal makes a clip look like it came off a FLIR / infrared thermal camera instead of a normal one. Brightness and warm tones are read as temperature and pushed through a heat palette, so skin, faces and engines glow hot while cold areas fall dark. It leans on the things that read as real thermal: a soft, textureless, melted image, hot spots that bloom and bleed a warm halo, and a faintly noisy, banded low-res sensor.

Tips

Ironbow is the look everyone recognises from film and military footage. Start there.
White Hot is the most sensor-like and reads instantly. Black Hot is the hunting and law-enforcement favourite.
Blur is the whole trick. Keep it high. A sharp thermal image is instantly fake.
People, hands and faces are the hottest thing in most scenes, so close-ups on skin read best.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Thermal do?: It makes a clip look like FLIR / infrared thermal footage: a heat-map palette where warm bodies glow, cold areas go dark, and the whole image is soft and melted the way real thermal is.
What is Ironbow?: The iconic FLIR palette: a smooth cold-to-hot ramp from near-black through purple, red and orange to white, like glowing heated iron. It is the look most people picture when they think thermal.
Why is the image so blurry?: Real thermal sensors are low-resolution and heat spreads, so thermal images have no fine texture and look melted. That softness is what makes the effect read as real rather than a colour filter.
Can I add the crosshair and temperature readout?: Yes, the scope overlay is an optional toggle, off by default. The readout drifts deterministically so exports look the same every time.

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