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! A question: My renter's license will expire on the 11 of this month. Is there some benefit of waiting until the expiration of the license before buying a new one, or if I buy a new renter's license today, this will automatically extend my renter's license?
Thank you
I don't think there is a benefit, I asked Mabula if a renewal right now simply extends the current rental period by a year (I think it does, but I'm not sure). Will get back to you on that.
So I made in the between time the purchase, it didn't considered it as an upgrade ... It just took today's date and added 1 year. So I loose 1 week of license. Maybe something to look into? If somebody has a renter's license it should add 1 year to the expiration date of current license and not the current date ...
Yes, Mabula just informed me he should change the way that works. So you can drop him an e-mail and he'll happily add that week to it. mabula@astropixelprocessor.com
I've a similar issue too.
Upgraded from trial, with a few days left on my license to rental and the remainder of my trial has disappeared.
Is that supposed to happen?
Dear Kevin @infinite_wisdom,
I am not sure what you mean here, I have just checked, when your Trial was issued, the expiration date was 2019-12-23.
And it still is according to our database. So the expiration date has not changed of your Trial license.
Do you mean that you assumed that the remaining days on your Trial would be added to the 1 year of the Renter purchase perhaps?
Kind regards,
Mabula
Pretty much - am i mistaken?
Cheers.
Hi Kevin @infinite_wisdom,
Okay then, yes, I think it's a fair proposition. The Trial is 100% the same, in regard to functionality, to the commercial licenses with the only difference that the commercial licenses can work offline. I will make the appropriate changes in our license server 😉
I have adjusted your Renter's license expiration date, you should get a confirmation of this soon...
Kind regards,
Mabula
Very kind of you. 👍
Best Regards,
Inf
