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.
Please be aware, upon ordering your license you should receive three e-mails:
- An e-mail with your new account on this platform if you did not have an account yet.
- An e-mail with your order confirmation
- An e-mail with the license code to activate your license.
E-mails 1 & 2 will be sent directly to your e-mail address
E-mail 3 will NOT be sent directly, it will be sent once the order is processed. Please allow up to 24 hours for the order to be processed.
A SPECIAL NOTICE FOR GMAIL users:
GMAIL will probably put e-mail 3 with the license code in your spam folder. Please check your spam folder for the license code e-mail and inform Google that mail from astropixelprocessor.com is not spam.
Kind regards,
Mabula
I have tried contacting AstroPixelProcessor support three times regarding my licensing issue, but I never received any reply at all. This is extremely disappointing.
I was genuinely interested in purchasing the software and wanted to properly test it before making a decision. However, if I cannot even get a response or basic support during the trial stage, it makes me question what kind of support I could expect as a paying customer.
Because of this experience, I’ve decided not to buy AstroPixelProcessor. It’s really unfortunate, as I had high hopes for this software.
Hello, I have the same problem. I lost my license information and bought a new Apple PC. Now I can't activate the software anymore. Please send me my license information by email: mwilhelm-88@hotmail.de
Thank you!
Hi @f5r700 and @mwilhelm-88,
Mirko, your license is in your mailbox 😉
Leszek, I have responded by email to your query, your old Trial, since never activated, will still work, simply try to activate it.
Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long on my response.
Mabula
Howdy!
I recently purchased an owner's license of the software, and this was roughly 48 hours ago. I received the email from Stripe indicating successful purchase, but unfortunately I have not received the emails containing the license itself. Should I have received the license emails by now, or how long should I expect to wait?
And if I should have it already, is there a specific process I should go through in order to request assistance?
I've already checked my spam email too, just to be sure, but not luck there either.
Thanks,
ndguardian
You should get with it a few mins, and good luck in getting help on this forum, it’s like the Mary Celeste, pretty much a waste of time unfortunately ☹️
@astroshed that’s a bummer. I’ll see if I can figure out how to contact their support and get some help with this. Thanks for letting me know!
Just wanted to say Mabula was able to help me get fixed up here. Thanks @mabula-admin! Seems I was getting caught up in an edge case scenario in the email system that was preventing the emails from going through, and it's specific to a fairly uncommon configuration on my email. If this exact scenario was impacting others here, you likely just got some emails now. And if it's something else, know that Mabula is around and will be helping out.
thanks for the new update Beta 39
Can I ask when the full version 2 is released are you planning on an extra fee for the renters, as I noticed you said there would not be for the owners but no mention on the renters
thanks
Hi Stewart @astroshed,
You are most welcome, it's my pleasure !
For APP 2.0 stable there will not be any extra fee, not for Owner's and not for Renter's. The Renter's license holders will never have an extra fee, because they have the yearly subscription 😉 On the product description of the Owner's license it says, that Owner's license holders can need to pay an extra upgrade fee at some point in the future. Maybe for APP 3.0 that would be the case. Hope that explains it?
I am working on the final bits of the manual, once the manual is really ready to be published I release it with 2.0 stable. I aim to do this before Christmas this year.
Mabula
Hello! I had to upgrade my PC and reinstall APP. Now I can not find the license code anymore. Could you resend it to me? Thanks from Terje (tbjerkga)
I had APP installed on another computer, whose hard drive got wiped out. Now want to install APP on a different computer. I do not have the old emails which had the codes. How to obtain those again? Phil
Never mind the request; I found the old email and am up and running. Tnx, Phil