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.
Hello,
APP beta9 not starting on Kubuntu 22.04
darek@darekpc:20:06:~$ astropixelprocessor Â
Dec 19, 2022 8:06:58 PM com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl startup
WARNING: Unsupported JavaFX configuration: classes were loaded from 'unnamed module @595b007d'
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.InternalError: XXX0 profile[2]: GL2 -> profileImpl GL3bc !!! not mapped Â
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.computeProfileMap(GLProfile.java:2098)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initProfilesForDeviceCritical(GLProfile.java:1976)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initProfilesForDevice(GLProfile.java:1895)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initProfilesForDefaultDevices(GLProfile.java:1861)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.access$000(GLProfile.java:80)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile$1.run(GLProfile.java:239)
       at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initSingleton(GLProfile.java:225)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.getProfileMap(GLProfile.java:2324)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.get(GLProfile.java:1042)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.get(GLProfile.java:1071)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.getMaxProgrammable(GLProfile.java:847)
       at ro.a(Unknown Source)
       at com.ariesproductions.astropixelprocessor.AstroPixelProcessor.e(Unknown Source)
       at com.ariesproductions.astropixelprocessor.AstroPixelProcessor.<init>(Unknown Source)
       at com.ariesproductions.astropixelprocessor.a.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
       at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
(java:6893): Gdk-WARNING **: 20:07:02.130: XSetErrorHandler() called with a GDK error trap pushed. Don't do that.
darek@darekpc:20:11:~$ glxinfo -B Â
name of display: :0
display: :0 Â screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
   Vendor: X.Org (0x1002)
   Device: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.15.0-40-lowlatency, LLVM 13.0.1) (0x6758)
   Version: 22.0.5
   Accelerated: yes
   Video memory: 1024MB
   Unified memory: no
   Preferred profile: core (0x1)
   Max core profile version: 3.3
   Max compat profile version: 3.1
   Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
   Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.1
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
   VBO free memory - total: 1023 MB, largest block: 1023 MB
   VBO free aux. memory - total: 1021 MB, largest block: 1021 MB
   Texture free memory - total: 1023 MB, largest block: 1023 MB
   Texture free aux. memory - total: 1021 MB, largest block: 1021 MB
   Renderbuffer free memory - total: 1023 MB, largest block: 1023 MB
   Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 1021 MB, largest block: 1021 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
   Dedicated video memory: 1024 MB
   Total available memory: 2045 MB
   Currently available dedicated video memory: 1023 MB
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.15.0-40-lowlatency, LLVM 13.0.1)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 22.0.5
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 22.0.5
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 22.0.5
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10
darek@darekpc:20:12:~$
Hope this bug can be fixed?
Hi @pekdar,
Thank you very much for reporting this.
I think this bug was reported by you previously on a much older APP version, right? See your old topic :
https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/linux/app-1-077-not-run-on-kubuntu-18-04-lts/
This issue was then fixed in a special release and this fix never made it into the OpenGL library that we use officially somehow.
The current OpenGL library is a different version than the one with the release because we need a version that supports macOS Apple Silicon natively.
I can not promise anything at the moment, but I have added this issue to our issue list again and I will contact the OpenGL developers why this fix somehow got lost in a later version of their library.
Mabula
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Hi
I just installed the lastest beta version as trial on kubuntu 22.04 with the same problem. Are there any news? I would like to test APP but i don't wanna set up a new OS for just one software.Â
Best regards, Seraphin
Dear Seraphin,
If you get the exact same error when starting APP it means that your graphical chip is not supported at the moment unfortunately.
Can you share which graphical chip it is, i guess it is an older ATI chip?
Mabula
Thanks for your fast answer!
I have to check the exact error message again. But know APP 1.083.2 is stacking 😉Â
Graphic card is a Intel HD Graphics P4600/P4700, so the Chip is a Haswell GT2.Â
BR, Seraphin
Dear Seraphin,
Thank you for sharing those details. Please check and report the exact error message, I need it to try to have this fixed upstream. The bug is not in APP's code but in a 3rd party library.
Mabula
Hi
Sorry for the delay, i had CS 😉
Here is the Terminal output:
stf@ASTROSERVER:/opt/AstroPixelProcessor$ AstroPixelProcessor
Jan 17, 2023 5:53:51 PM com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl startup
WARNUNG: Unsupported JavaFX configuration: classes were loaded from 'unnamed module @36bc55de'
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.InternalError: XXX0 profile[2]: GL2 -> profileImpl GL3bc !!!
not mapped Â
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.computeProfileMap(GLProfile.java:2098)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initProfilesForDeviceCritical(GLProfile.java:1976)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initProfilesForDevice(GLProfile.java:1895)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initProfilesForDefaultDevices(GLProfile.java:1861)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.access$000(GLProfile.java:80)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile$1.run(GLProfile.java:239)
       at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.initSingleton(GLProfile.java:225)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.getProfileMap(GLProfile.java:2324)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.get(GLProfile.java:1042)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.get(GLProfile.java:1071)
       at com.jogamp.opengl.GLProfile.getMaxProgrammable(GLProfile.java:847)
       at ro.a(Unknown Source)
       at com.ariesproductions.astropixelprocessor.AstroPixelProcessor.e(Unknown Source)
       at com.ariesproductions.astropixelprocessor.AstroPixelProcessor.<init>(Unknown Source)
       at com.ariesproductions.astropixelprocessor.a.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
       at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Sou
rce)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
       at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
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Best regards, Seraphin
Thank you Seraphin @stfeller,
I will investigate and will try to have this fixed for your hardware.
Mabula
Hi Mabula
Awesome! I installed it right now and did a first Teststack with the first 8 min from tonight and it worked perfect for me! Thank you very much! Love it!
Cheers, Seraphin
Right now I'm on a business trip... I'll be back at home after 1st of April and I'll check new version and let you know for sure.
just did a few test with latest version and all works as expected 🙂
Bug has been fixed again.
Good job Mabula
