Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
Hello Mabula, how does this work with the dynamic distortion correction. How to find out which setting is the right one, for example telephoto lens.
Hi Minusman,
For images shot with a telehoto lens I would suggest to
- enable dynamic distortion correction
- enable same camera and optics
- increase distortion margin only when registration fails.
- only increase scale stop if you are making a mosaic.
Let me know if this helps 😉
What objective are you using exactly?
Kind regards,
Mabula
Hello Mabula, I use a Sigma 50-500 mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM and a mirror lens Mak 1000 recently.
Hi minusman,
Thank you, I know that zoom lenses usually have quite significant optical distortion and that the amount of optical distortion usually increases with shorter focal lengths.
Can you correctly apply the distortion correction on your data or do you need more help?
Kind regards,
Mabula
Hello Mabula, I have a question about dynamic distortion correction. And to the distortion margin, what causes the controller?
Hello Mabula, I have a question about dynamic distortion correction. And to the distortion margin, what causes the controller?
The distortion margin is basically a clue that you can give to the registration engine. If you have little optical distortion then you can easily set it at the lowest value. Normally, you will only have to increase this setting if
- you are using very short focal length objectives (less then 50mm focal length)
- or if you are using an inexpensive very fast newton (Boren Simon for instance). These have quite strong distortion.
- or if your scope is not well collimated, like with newtons, SCTs, RCs...
So, in most cases, you don't need to alter the setting. Setting it lower will increase registration speed and vice versa.
Cheers,
Mabula
