June 24 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta46 has been released !
Improved internal memory configuration (lower ! memory usage), fixed beta45 startup issue, fixed Set Save Directory & 2-panel mosaics.
May 27 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta45 has been released !
Fully Multi-Threaded LNC, many improvements for the registration engine, platform upgrade, and further tuning of internal memory consumption and memory release back to OS.
Apr 14 2026: Google Pay, Apple Pay & WeChat Pay added as payment options
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 from Austria!
Here is my latest project 
Canon 6D(a) - Lacerta 72/432 APO - Fornax Lightrack II - Optolong L Pro
Nebula: 49x 120 sec. / F5.9 / ISO 1600
Center: 24x 12 sec. / F5.9 / ISO 1600
Full quality:Â https://www.astrobin.com/391593/?nc=user
Please give me feedback 😀
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Hi Gernot @skanker,
Great Orion Nebula 😉 !
You have captured a lot of signal here in s hort time, nice job 🙂
Best feedback I can give right now is probably to try and add more data, for only 100 minutes of exposure time this is great, but perhaps with 4-8 hours the quality of the weaker nebulosity will be better as well 😉
Did you create a HDR in Photoshop, or did you let APP integrate the long and short exposures together ?
Cheers,
Mabula
Hello Mabula!
Thank you for your feedback... I'm very happy with the result 🙂
I have created the HDR in Photoshop ( layering two stacks made with APP). Does APP support this process?
Cheers
Gernot
Hello Mabula!
Thank you for your feedback... I'm very happy with the result 🙂
I have created the HDR in Photoshop ( layering two stacks made with APP). Does APP support this process?
Cheers
Gernot
Hi Gernot @skanker,
You can integrate the different exposure times in APP at the same time, that is no problem and it will give you more depth in the result. Using different integration weights is key here, with star shape weights, you usually get the best protection of the highlight areas for an object like this.
Making a HDR combination like you did in Photoshop is on my ToDo list, so that will come to APP as well.
Kind regards,
Mabula
This didn't work for me on Andromeda, unless I am doing something fundamentally wrong. I have taken subs at 30S, 60S and 90S, but when loading them all up in APP, it produces a session1+2+3 stack which has blown out the core, when I look at each session stack individually, they all look similar, but when I create each stack seperately (Load up, stack, clear, load up stack, clear.....) I get different results, the 30S is not as blown out or as bright as when I process them as three seperate sessions within the same process job
So, you did try to set this star-shape option in the integration tab?
A true HDR, which is likely what you're after is not (yet) available in APP.
@stastro, Simon, like Vincent indicate, did you try different integration weights like the star shape ?
Maybe for your data, setup, you need more shorter exposures even. How does the 30s stack look like?
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All three combined (As session 1, 2 and 3) in APP:
The three Stacked separately in APP and then HDRComposition performed in PI:
Exact same processing steps in both images (Image processing container with same settings) in PixInsight, you can see the first one lacks detail, and has the core blown completely, the 2nd one is much better
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Regards
Simon
Hello All,
My M42 shoot at ISO200_9x300" on Dobson10"+Canon1000Da (50% Moon on Sky) 😋Â
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Lovely! Dust is always tricky, so nicely done!
