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.
Hi @mabula-admin and @vincent-mod
From https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/product/astro-pixel-processor-renter-license/ :
"you will have regular support on the forum from me and the other APP users."
I see many posts with no answers from you 2. @mabula-admin doesn't often reply to users problems on the forum, expecially in the last few months he is often absent.
For example i made 4 posts with some requests and/or problems and nobody answered to me.
So i wonder what do you mean with "regular support on the forum"?Â
Thnaks
Hi there,
Well, we always try to keep it regular yes but it's not always possible to do this every day as Mabula is very busy with development and I have to arrange things during this interesting time. If you browse back 5 days, you'll see I've been on the forums almost 7 days a week. Sorry for this gap in activity, service will resume tomorrow when I have scheduled time again and I'll go through all posts I missed.
Thanks @vincent-mod
And i hope sooner to hear and read some answers from @mabula-admin.
And some new video from him: he made very interesting tutorial video, clear, comprehensive, but at the same time with important technical explanations..
He was here a lot at that time as well, I think he's preparing a new version at the moment. He'll be here less often, but will definitely come along. Video's need to be updated completely, we're talking about that amongst ourselves as well, that will be taken care of. When, hopefully soon, but it may take a month or 2 depending on several real-life arrangements. 🙂
