2026-10-09 APP 2.0.0-beta48 has been released !
This is mainly a bug fix release for the reported bugs in beta47. In addition it has a significant User Interface performance improvement noticable when you need to process 1000s of images in APP.
2026-10-03 APP 2.0.0-beta47 has been released !
This is a very big release... many code optimizations/rewrites, many parts of APP are much faster and more precise, especially star analysis and registration are much faster ! Big mosaics will go much faster 🙂
And we introduce a new preview filter, which includes the new Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch and a General Levels Stretch, this has been long over due. The old preview filter (the panel on the right side to stretch and preview your data) has not been updated for a couple of years and it is a critical part of any APP session.
Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch or ADSS is a much more intuitive stretch algorithm. It is also color preserving (which is a great new addition in itself ! ) which means that the highlights are no longer bleached, color is maintained from the linear data while stretching. You can simply stretch your data using the sky background level and signal width sliders which work much easier and more intuitive. You no longer need to fiddle with the old complicated sliders with zoom buttons. All the zoom buttons for the sliders are made redundant. And you can enter slider values in the slider value fields yourself. I will make a youtube video in the coming days to explain and fully introduce ADSS. Once the video is ready, it will be highlighted on the forum.
RGB Combine upgrade !. The RGB Combine Tool has been rewritten mostly. The tool is faster and easier to use and most importantly, the Luminance slider to inject a luminance channel or channels into the RGB composite is now working correctly. It no longer bleaches the RGB colors. Combined with the new ADSS preview, you will get much better and easier great composites with great color! I will also explain this in a new youtube video.
The following camera models have been tested:
- E20, E-20N, E-20P
- STYLUS1
- C5050Z
- C5060WZ
- C7070WZ
- C8080WZ
- SP350
- SP500UZ
- SP510UZ
- SP565UZ
- SP570UZ (from 2.0.0-beta34)
- E-1
- E-10 (from 2.0.0-beta34)
- E-20, E-20N, E-20P (from 2.0.0-beta34)
- E-3
- E-30
- E-300
- E-330
- E-400
- E-410
- E-420
- E-450
- E-5
- E-500
- E-510
- E-520
- E-600
- E-620
- E-P1
- E-P2
- E-P3
- E-P5
- E-P7 (from 2.0.0-beta34)
- E-M1
- E-M1 MARK II
- E-M1 MARK III
- E-M1X
- E-M10
- E-M10 MARK II
- E-M10 MARK III
- E-M10 MARK IIIs (from 2.0.0-beta34)
- E-M10 MARK IV
- E-M5 (from 2.0.0-beta34)
- E-M5 MARK II
- E-M5 MARK III
- E-PL1
- E-PL2
- E-PL3
- E-PL5
- E-PL6
- E-PL7
- E-PL8
- E-PL9
- E-PL10
- TG-4
- TG-5
- TG-6
- XZ-1
- XZ-2
- XZ-10
- SH-2
- E-P5
- E-M5
- E-PM1
- E-PM2
- E-M10
- PEN-F
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If your camera model is not on this list, please share one of your ORF files and we will add full support for your camera.
Please contact support by e-mail for upload instructions at support@astropixelprocessor.com
Be aware: APP will read all ORF files, but if your camera is not on this list yet, correct interpretation of your data cannot be fully guaranteed .
I have downloaded a trial version 1.079 but appear to be unable to load my olympus raw ORF files. My camera is an EM5 mk2.
Interestingly in playing with some old files I can load ORF files from an EM5 mk1.
Any suggestions?
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That is strange as that model is in the supported list. What kind of error do you get?
Vincent
When I try to load an ORF file into the image viewer I get the following three error messages.
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Regards
Chris
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Hi Chris @crowland,
I have checked a sample ORF of the EM5 M2 and it just loads fine here:
Have you checked if the ORF is not corrupt somehow? Can you open it with another application?
If you think that the file is okay, please upload it to our server:
https://ariesprodstor.astropixelprocessor.com:7001/
login and password: appuser
you will see a folder: UnsupportedRaws
Please upload it there and let me know once uploaded. I will have a look then at what is happening 😉
Mabula
Mabula
Thanks. File uploaded - P150016.ORF
Regards
Chris
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Hi Chris @crowland,
Thank you very much for uploading the ORF file. This ORF file will work in APP 1.080 😉
The issue was that the ORF file does not have the whole sensor dimensions which was hard coded in our raw convertor. I have fixed this now, also for other camera models and of other brands as well.
It seems that you only used half of the sensors surface, right? The raw dimensions were 4640x3472 of your ORF file versus 9280x6932 of the whole sensor.
Kind regards,
Mabula
Mabula
Thanks for getting back to me. Good news that it will work in the next version. Is that likely to be released before my 30 day trial is over? I have realised I can convert my files to tiff and have been playing with a few of them but would obviously like to try it out with native ORF files as well.
Yes my raw dimensions are 4640x3472 but I am pretty sure that is the full sensor. It is a m43 camera of course so think that makes sense?
Regards
Chris
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If your trial runs out and you still need more test time, you can ask Mabula for a small extension, just drop him an email for that. And yes, it's best not to convert the raw files, unless you can be very sure the conversion didn't change the raw data at all.
Hello, I have seen that the new Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III is currently not supported. So I've tried to upload an .orf from the camera to the > https://ariesprodstor.astropixelprocessor.com:7001/ <
but access was denied. Is there an other possibility to send you an image from the E-M1 Mk III so the images from the cam would be supported asap?
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... any thoughts?
Sorry for the delay, it's very busy personally at the moment. You can upload such a raw to here;
https://upload.astropixelprocessor.com/ login:upload1 and password:upload1 put it in the "UnsupportedRaws" folder please. Thank you!
@vincent-mod
Thank you very much. Have uploaded an .orf (E-M1 Mk iii).
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@vincent-mod
.... uups, sorry. The first image (M540007.ORF) is made with my E-M5 Mkiii. Have uploaded an second image (9190072.ORF) wich is made with my E-M1 Mkiii.
pls apologize.
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Paul
Excellent thank you.
Hi all,
I have added 3 more camera models to the fully supported list, they will be supported in APP 1.083-beta3 and stable:
- E-M1 MARK III
- E-M10 MARK IV
- E-PL10
Hi all,
APP 2.0.0-beta34 will add fully tested support for the following models: E-10, E-20, E-20N, E-20P, E-M5, E-M10 Mark IIIs, E-P7, SP570UZ
